Sevastopol Chamber of Commerce and Industry

President: Ms. Lyudmyla Illivna Vishnya

The Sevastopol Chamber of Commerce and Industry is one of the youngest regional Chambers among 27 regional Chambers of Ukraine.

Founded in 1968 as the Representation of the Crimean Chamber of Commerce and Industry, in February 1998 it obtained the status of the regional Chamber on the initiative of 106 enterprises, organizations and business structures acting as its founders.

Today the Chamber unites 62 enterprises, organizations and firms of different forms of property and types of activity; of which 38 became the Chamber members in the year of its foundation. Nearly all large Sevastopol enterprises of the principle industries, including shipbuilding and ship-repairing, machine-building and radio engineering, fishing and fish-processing, agricultural and wine-making companies, travel agencies and health resorts, banks etc., are the members of the Chamber.

The main purpose of the Sevastopol Chamber of Commerce and Industry is to promote the formation of the modern industrial, financial and commercial infrastructure in the city of Sevastopol as well as provide assistance in the development of all kinds of business, strengthen international business partnerships of enterprises of the region. These tasks are pursued by providing a wide and constantly growing range of services.

The Chamber
- gives the support, protects the rights and represents the interests of the businessmen in the official bodies and in the international organizations,
- makes consultations on the questions of the legislation,
- prepares the pack of documents which is necessary for the fulfillment of the foreign trade operations and transactions,
- represents the interests of the client in the International commercial court of arbitration and Marine committee of arbitration,
- fulfills the registration, re-registration and closing down of the enterprises,
- makes the claim applications, complaints, inquiries and other juridical documents,
- promotes the establishment of contacts and commercial relationships between the enterprises of regions and foreign companies,
- organizes and carries out exhibitions, presentations, seminars,
- takes part in foreign exhibitions,
- organizes business tours, meetings and negotiations of Sevastopol businessmen with foreign partners,
- renders consultation services on the questions of foreign economical activity including the force majeure circumstances, economical law, intellectual property, management,
- organizes professional training for specialists on the territory of Ukraine and abroad,
- carries out non-state Registration of reliable Ukrainian partners whose financial position proves their reliability as partners for business in Ukraine and abroad,
- carries out patent and licensing,
- works on and registers trade-marks,
- searches for investors,
- carries out price monitoring,
- checks financial reliability of foreign partners,
- distributes business offers,
- gives informational supply of the legislative base,
- makes foreign translations,
- renders services on cargoes declaration,
- defines the codes of Goods Nomenclature of Foreign Economical Activity,
- makes expert examination of quantity, quality and completeness of goods, raw materials and equipment,
- makes and certifies the certificates of origin and quality,
- issues the certificates of production correspondence in CERTEX system,
- makes expert examination of real estate, bar encoding of goods and many other kinds of services.

The Sevastopol Chamber of Commerce and Industry has its own edition, a monthly newspaper “Business-Partner” addressing the issues of business law and economy including operations of the Chamber members; containing trade leads of firms; offering reviews of domestic and foreign markets and information concerning exhibitions held in Ukraine and abroad.

Our Chamber cooperates with Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Ukraine and other countries, Ukrainian and foreign firms and public organizations. We are ready to participate in all programmes aimed at revitalizing the economy of Ukraine and Sevastopol and to develop international cultural and economic ties.

Sevastopol Chamber of Commerce and Industry jointly with Sevastopol State City Administration is seeking investors for building an International Business Centre (located in the central part of Sevastopol) that will include:
- Exhibition halls (a big one, of at least 1000 m2 and a small one for press conferences, thematic exhibitions, presentations, seminars, lectures, etc.);
- Offices;
- Negotiation parlours;
- Bar and restaurant;
- Hotel complex for 100-150 bed spaces;
- International telecommunications center;
- Bank department;
- Railway & air booking offices;
- Parking;
- Car rental agency;
- Warehouses;
- Open air exhibition grounds.