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OIC MC LINE MINISTRY MARKET INSTITUTION CLASSIFICATION(S) FUNCTION(S)
enterprise
Uganda*
 Ministry of
Health,
Tourism, Trade
& Industry
 Ministry of
Agriculture,
Animal Industry
& Fisheries
a) Uganda Co-operative
Alliance Ltd
a) Cooperative a) Exchange &
facilitating
b) Cotton Development
Organisation (CDO)
b) Marketing board b) Facilitating
c) Dairy Development
Authority (DDA)
c) Marketing board c) Facilitating
d) Uganda Coffee
Development Authority
(UCDA)
d) Marketing board d) Facilitating
e) Uganda Commodity
Exchange (UCE)
e) Commodity
exchange
platform
e) Exchange &
facilitating
f) Uganda Warehouse
Receipt System
Authority (UWRSA)
f) Licensed public
warehousing
company
f) Exchange &
physical
United Arab
Emirates
 Ministry of
Environment
and Water
(MOEW)
a) Fishery marketing
cooperatives
a) Cooperative a) Exchange &
facilitating
Uzbekistan
 Ministry of
Agriculture and
Water
Resources
(MAWR)
 Ministry of
Health (MOH)
a) Agricultural production
cooperatives
a) Cooperative a) Exchange &
facilitating
b) Uzvinprom-Holding b) State-owned
economic
enterprise
b) Exchange &
physical
Yemen
 Ministry of
Agriculture and
Irrigation
a) Agriculture
Cooperative Union
a) Cooperative a) Exchange &
facilitating
b) Credit and Agricultural
Cooperative Bank
b) State-owned
economic
enterprise
b) Facilitating
c) National Corporation
for Services and Fish
Marketing
c) Marketing board c) Facilitating
d) Fisheries Cooperatives
Union
d) Cooperative d) Exchange &
facilitating
e) Coastal Fisheries
Corporation
e) State-owned
economic
enterprise
e) Exchange &
physical
*Based on country case studies in Chapter 5 – Other OIC Member Countries based on web and desk research
°Based on the WTO’s Trade Policy Reviews
The remainder is based on further desk research including sources of FAO (2017), World Bank (2017), US Department of
Commerce – export.gov (2017), and Global Forum for Rural Advisory Services (2017).