LCTA
WHO WE ARE
The Lugano Commodity Trading Association (LCTA) is a nonprofit association based in Lugano founded in 2010 to respond to the need of companies active in the commodity trading sector to strengthen the favorable framework conditions in the canton of Ticino by pursuing common goals, such as improving staff training, broadening sectoral knowledge, exchanging opinions and viewpoints, but also developing a 360-degree platform formed by commodity traders, shipping companies, banks active in commodity trade finance as well as insurance companies, trustees and other important players for the sector.
Today, the LCTA brings together some of the sector’s leading companies and their ecosystem, all of which are Swiss-based legal organizations with a business relationship to Ticino and surrounding regions.
PURPOSES
This association’s main objectives are:
- Reinforcing the sector in the Swiss-Italian area of Europe.
- Training its member’s employees and new career starters.
- Developing services and focusing on know-how related to the trading, shipping and financing of these activities.
- Lobbying and cooperating with authorities in order to improve business conditions and the attractiveness of Ticino as a business location.