Willkommen auf der Webseite der Handels- und Diensteleistungskammer Schweiz-Maghreb.
Welcome to the website of the Chamber of Commerce & Services Switzerland-Maghreb.
Bienvenue sur le site de la Chambre de Commerce et Services Suisse-Maghreb.
The Maghreb
Maghreb means West or Sunset. The Word is derived from GHARABA “the sun goes down”.
So Maghreb is where the sun goes down.
Maghreb means also the countries in North Africa. The countries of the Maghreb have a lot in common: geography (Atlas mountains), history, culture, language. The Maghreb is influenced by different cultures: African, Phoenician, Roman, Arabic, Berber, European. The languages of the Maghreb are Arabic, Amazigh. French is spread much in the business world. Many business people also speak English, German or Spanish.
The UMA (Union du Maghreb Arabe) was founded in 1989 by Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya. Seat of the Union is in Rabat, Morocco.
The Chamber
Services
Introduction
- Maghreb means West or Sunset. The Word is derived from the word “gharaba” which means “the sun goes down”. So Maghreb is where the sun goes down. Maghreb means also the countries of North Africa (Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria,
Tunisia and Libya). - These countries with a population of about 90 mio people do represent a huge potential for Swiss medium and small enterprises. Switzerland is importing about 2 mio tons of goods from the Maghreb area for a value of 2.3 billions CHF.
Exports to the region represent 121 mio tons for a value of 1.4 mio CHF. The volume of passengers who flew to the Maghreb Countries is estimated to be 310 344 passengers who flew to the region mostly from the airports of Zurich, Geneva and Basle.
The Chamber
- The Chamber of Commerce and Services Switzerland-Maghreb was established in 2016 as an association according to Article 60 of the Swiss Civil Code.
Objectives
- The main objective is to promote trade and services between Switzerland and the Maghreb Countries: Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya.
Advisory Board
Members
- There are different member categories: Active members, Non-active members, Honorary members, Patrons to support the purposes of the chamber. You can apply for membership.
Secretariat
- A secretariat is at your disposal to assist you with your needs. Contact the secretariat
- Address search
- Business partner search
- Export consulting
- Location advising
- Fair advisory
- Market information
- Contact to authorities
- Study trip and official trips
- Seminars, Workshops
- Translations
- Events,
- press conferences
- Business representation