About Uganda Export Promotion Board(UEPB)
Who we are:
Uganda Export Promotion Board (UEPB) is a public Trade Support Institution established to coordinate the development and promotion of Uganda’s exports. It is the national focal point for export promotion and development. It is supervised by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives, falling directly under the External Trade Department. It was established by a Statute of Parliament, UEPB Statute No. 2 of 1996, which repealed the Uganda Export Promotion Council (UEPC) Act No. 7 of 1983. The 1983 Act had previously repealed Parliamentary Act 17 of 1969 which established the first Uganda Export Promotion Council.
Functions of UEPB
The Board was set up to serve five primary functions:
- To provide trade and market information services (details of tariffs for all markets by product category, general market entry information, lists of importers by country and product category, price data, analyses of market trends, import and export procedures and documentation requirements, trade flows by products and trade partners, and market information dissemination)
- To promote the development of exports (including provision of technical advice in production and post-harvest handling, and test marketing new exports)
- To provide trade promotional services (including organizing, coordinating and participating in trade fairs, and organizing both inward and outward trade missions aimed at fostering export growth)
- To provide customized advisory services such as basic business skills, export distribution channels, foreign trade practice, trade preferences available to Uganda, pre-shipment credit and other trade financing, and export
- To formulate and recommend to Government export plans, policies and strategies
Organizational Structure
The institution is made up of three(3) functional divisions
- Finance and Administration Division
- Trade Information Division
- Export Market and Product Development Division
Our Mandate & Services
Uganda Export Promotion Board is a public Trade Support Institution (TSI). Our fundamental role is to facilitate and coordinate the development and promotion of Uganda's exports. As such our core functions, as enshrined in the Act, are to;
- Provide trade and market information services
- Promote and coordinate the development of exports
- Provide trade promotional services
- Provide customized advisory services
- Formulate and recommend to Government export plans, policies and strategies
Accordingly we are structured in to two (2) service departments - Export Market & Product Development (EMPD) and Trade Information Division (TID). The statutory functions guide our service portfolio which is structured under five (5) pillars as below. These are geared towards "Helping you(the exporter) to export."
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