The All-Union Chamber of Industry’s division was established in Primorsky Region on 25 April, 1964

The Primorsk Chamber of Commerce and Industry has made great progress for forty years of its operations, with the lines and scope of its business considerably extended. The Primorsk CCI has evolved from a small branch employing three persons into a large-scale structural unit and has formed a staff displaying a high level of proficiency and inherent discipline.

The Primorsk CCI is a non-governmental and nonprofit institution which unites its members to gain the goals and objectives defined in the federal Law on the Russian Federation’s Chambers of Commerce and Industry and in its Articles of Association.

The Primorsk CCI contributes to the formation and development of socially focused market economy by representing, and acting for the benefit of, national entrepreneurs on both the home and the foreign markets in order to improve the standard of living of the inhabitants in Primorsky Region.

Today the Primorsk CCI’s membership list includes more than one hundred large and small-scale entities of different legal status in respect of their ownership, such as Vladivostok Commercial Sea Port PLC, Far Eastern Shipping Company PLC, RIMSCO Pte Ltd., TURNIF JSC, Dalintorg GUE ARA, Vladivostok State-Owned Department Store PLC, Zarya PLC, Spasskcement PLC, etc. The members of the Chamber are the most reliable partners that may be recommend for cooperation to Russian and foreign associates or investors.

The activities of the Primorsk CCI are aimed at promoting and strengthening interregional cooperation (the Chamber Association of the Far Eastern Federal District) as well as at developing direct ties between Russian institutions and foreign associates. The Chamber has greatly expanded international relations with its partners in the Pacific Asia region.

The emphasis on high-grade service has been the governing principle in the operation of the Primorsk CCI. In August 2003, a certificate was issued to the Primorsk CCI to attest the conformity of its service to the ISO 9001 International Standard.

The following services are offered by the Primorsk CCI:

• foreign economic activity and information business
• expert examination of goods
• property examination and appraisal
• goods and service certification
• execution of foreign economic documents
• surveyor service
• exhibition and fair business
• arrangements for presentations, press conferences, seminars and contests
• intellectual property protection
• patent service
• translation and interpretation service

Furthermore, the attachments to the Primorsk CCI are a branch of the Secretariat of the International Commercial Court of Arbitration and the Arbitration Tribunal.