Council for International Trade and Commerce South Australia Inc


Chairman's Welcome

Dear Visitor

Welcome to the website of the Council for International Trade & Commerce, SA Inc - CITCSA.

CITCSA members are Market Access Facilitators for South Australian enterprises to take SA goods and services globally.

CITCSA is the peak body for South Australia's International - or country specific, business chambers and councils.

CITCSA was established in 1994 by the then State Liberal Government. 

As an independent incorporated association - CITCSA charter is creating chambers and then supporting its membership in their development of bilateral economic and cultural relations with their countries of origin, and by  identification and facilitation of sustainable export markets for South Australian enterprises.

As a taxpayer funded organization, CITCSA is linked to the State Government through its key government agency, the Department for Trade and Economic Development, which is represented on the CITCSA Board. We have excellent working partnerships with Austrade and Business SA and they too are represented on the CITCSA Board.

Our chambers and councils work mainly with the State's small and medium sized enterprises - SME's, whose resources generally cannot cover multiple international destinations potentially as diverse as China, Russia, Africa, India and so forth.

CITCSA's chambers and councils have both the resources and will to assist South Australian enterprises. Our presidents and council leaders travel frequently between South Australia and their countries of origin in developing sustainable trade and cultural relationships. They facilitate commercial relationships in the targeted world markets for export ready SA companies.

They act as quasi diplomats and champions in their global promotion of Adelaide and South Australia.

CITCSA's chambers and councils, through support from the SA Governments MAP Scheme, introduce some 70 South Australian companies to global markets each year.

By and large, this is track record achievement through consistent representation and relationship building by CITCSA's members in targeted regions.

We aim to capture these achievements and more at our website and your feedback is most welcome.


Nicholas Begakis AM
Chairman