SAARC Trade Information Project is jointly implemented by the SAARC Information Centre (SIC) and Germany Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) in collaboration with twenty six leading regional and national partners from both the private and public sectors in all eight SAARC nations - Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce is a National Partner of the SAARC Trade Promotion Network and is the leading Network Partner of the Trade Information Portal.

The SAARC Trade Information Portal, www.saarctrade.info offers all trade related information in the SAARC region at a mouse click. It is an easy accessible trade database for traders including SMEs by connecting existing databases within the SAARC countries to a common SAARC entry point for trade information.

The second phase of the SAARC Trade Information project aims to enhance the features available on the portal by adding more value. The visitors will be offered the opportunity of requesting research information, accessing publications of the network partners, and registering the business contacts on the portal. A newly added feature will include placing advertisements on the portal based on the advertising models offered. The portal aims to be more customer oriented with relevant, accurate and timely information.

The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce in collaboration with the other network partners promoted the portal at the 10^th SAARC Trade Fair in Kathmandu in 15^th to 19^th December 2010 with the intention of informing the business community of the growing trade opportunities. In addition to this The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce provides administrative support to the project and is represented at the operational committee level and regional informational manager level.