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The Department of Trade and Industry was set up in August 1955 within the Ministry of Industry and Commerce to coordinate measures taken by the Government towards the industrial development of the Maltese Islands.
At the same time the new Department took over the functions and duties previously carried out by the Trade Development Office (under the Ministry of Industry and Commerce), covering the representation in Malta of the United Kingdom Board of Trade, and the Registration of Trade Marks, Patents and Designs. This function is now the responsibility of a separate Division within the Department, in the charge of the Comptroller of Industrial Property.
In December, 1955, the Director of Trade and Industry took over, in addition, the former activities of the Food and Commerce Control Officer.
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As of 1957, the structure of the Department consisted of 4 main divisions:
- Industrial Development;
- Registration of Trade Marks, Patents and Inventions;
- Export and Import Licensing and Price Regulation;
- Rationing and Essential Supplies.
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Date of creation: 27/11/2024
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Ministry of Industry and Commerce (1957). The Malta Directory & Trade Index (2nd ed.). Malta Publicity Services Limited.
Malta Government (1959). Reports on the working of Government Departments during the financial year 1954 - 1955 (p. 75). Malta Government Printing Office.
Maintenance notes
Creator of Authority Record: Zvetlana Pace Cassar