On behalf of the Lae Chamber of Commerce Inc, I have much pleasure in introducing you to the website of the Lae Chamber of Commerce Inc. Our resident office is currently situated on the first floor of the IPI building, 2nd Street, Lae.

Lae, the capital of Morobe Province and the gateway to the Highland Provinces, is the second largest City in Papua New Guinea with a population of around 120,000 people (preliminary figures from the year 2000 census).

Being the Industrial centre of PNG, Lae boasts of a wide range of businesses and a vibrant commercial sector involved in importing, re-packaging, transporting and exporting goods to and from the Highland Provinces. The Highlands Region has the most dense population in the country, and 99% of all goods travel from Lae along the Okuk (Highlands) Highway to the five Highland Provinces; these being Eastern, Simbu, Western, Enga, and Southern Highlands.

The Highlands and Morobe Provinces produce the majority of the PNG’s coffee, which is one of the prime export products from the Lae Port. The Lae seaport contributes in excess of 60% of Papua New Guinea's movement of import & export cargo in any one year, for and on behalf of the outer sea ports in Papua New Guinea. It may be regarded as one of the busiest ports in the South Pacific region. 

Due its locality, the Lae Chamber of Commerce Inc. represents a majority of the businesses that function as the industrial hub of Papua New Guinea, thus contributing to a robust Chamber of Commerce in our region. 

Other Lae businesses centre on the agricultural and fisheries sectors. The Markham Valley, which traverses Morobe Province from East to West, is often called the food-bowl of PNG. With the abundance of flat, fertile plains, the Markham Valley has long been realised as the most significant agricultural potential of the Morobe Province. The Huon Gulf, which dominates coastal Morobe Province, caters for a fledgling fishing industry, with an abundance of fish maintained by the deep waters, and supplied by the many fast flowing rivers. 

Morobe and its surrounding Provinces, also have such diverse attractions that lend themselves to Papua New Guinea's developing tourism industry. The Lae Chamber of Commerce Inc. is very much committed to promoting this potentially profitable associated industry that encompasses business development in Morobe Province. The Morobe Tourism Bureau is located adjacent to the LCCI Office, and operates directly under the management and auspices of the Lae Chamber of Commerce Inc. Further information about Morobe Tourism Bureau can be sought from their website on www.tourismmorobe.org.pg. 

To conclude I welcome you to glance through our web pages for more information; if however you do require other specifics details, we would appreciate your contact via our email address lcci@global.net.pg. We look forward to being of service to you and your business in the near future.

Alan McLay
PRESIDENT

• To promote the business interests of the private sector;
• To further the economic development in Lae and to ensure the provision of services and utilities essential to such development;
• To provide a representative body for business people with which government can consult;
• To promote, support or oppose legislation or other measures affecting the business community;
• To provide a forum for discussion of private sector goals;
• To pool the strengths of business people so that together, they can accomplish tasks that cannot be achieved by each one alone;
• To promote the economic viability of the area, so those current businesses will grow and new ones will be developed locally;
• To provide the business sector with a common voice.