Vision
To have a sustainable, competitive and semi-industrialized economy.

Mission
To facilitate the development of sustainable industry and trade sectors through creation of enabling environment and provision of improved services.

Functions

• Formulation, administration and review of policies and strategies for industrial and commercial development.
• Creation of enabling environment for industrial and trade development.
• Co-ordination and supervsion of parastatal sector restructuring through privatization and commercialization.
• Post privatization monitoring and evaluation of Sales and Joint Venture Agreements.
• Enterpreneurship Promotion and development.
• Promotion of environment friendly technologies.
• Monitoring of industrial sector performance.
• Promotion of international trade through bilateral, multilateral and regional co-operation.
• To facilitate industrial and trade development through appropriate recommendations on the enabling legal framework.
• Export and import management.
• To perform managerial and administrative functions relating to the sector.
• Preparation and co-ordination of recurrent and development budget for the sector including financial management and accounting for Government and donor funds.
• Planning, programming and mobilization of both internal and external resources for strategic industrial and trade projects.
• Supervision of Agencies and firms performing regulatory roles with specific reference to industry and trade licensing, company and business registration, weights and measures, quality and standardisation and competition policy.
• Human resources development in specialized fields.

Agencies/Institutions

  * Board of External Trade (BET)
  * Centre for Agricultural Mechanisation and Rural Technology (CAMARTEC)
  * Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS)
  * Small Industries Development Organisation (SIDO)
  * Tanzania Engineering and Manufacturing Design Organisation (TEMDO)
  * Tanzania Industrial Research and Development Organisation (TIRDO)
  * Fair Competition Commission (TPC)
  * Weights and Measures Agency

Institutional Setup

The Ministry has two line divisions (Industry Division and Trade Division),  two staff divisions (Policy, Planning and Parastatal Restructuring Division; and  Administration and Personnel Division) and three staff units (Accounts Unit, Internal Audit Unit and Trade Practices Tribunal).

Also the Ministry has a Fair Trade Practices Commission, a Unit dealing with SADC matters; Business Registration and Licensing Agency(BRELA); and Weights & Measures Commission.

For more informatio visit the following website: http://www.tanzania.go.tz/industries.htm