Seychelles and Mauritius’ chambers of commerce strengthen existing ties |14 December 2016

The chambers of commerce of Seychelles and Mauritius are of the view that they should extend their collaboration in more diversified sectors.

This came up during a meeting on Monday between the President of the Mauritius Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) Azim Currimjee and the new President of the Seychelles Chamber of Commerce and Industry Wilson Nancy.

In this context, Messrs Nancy and Currimjee have reviewed the memorandum of understanding signed between the two organisations in 2014.

Provisions are now made for more cooperation between the two countries’ business people in the tourism sector, training and in the ocean economy.

Both parties agreed that there are many projects which can be conducted jointly, particularly in the field of the ocean economy. In 2015, Mauritius imported around US $53 million of fish and fish products from Seychelles, which represented around 99% of total imports from Seychelles.

The presidents also affirmed more exchanges will be scheduled in 2017 to allow business people of both countries to discuss and further exploit the opportunities that exist between Mauritius and Seychelles.