Services 

The Swiss – Asian Chamber of Commerce was formed by a merger of the Swiss - South East Asian Chamber of Commerce SEA and the Swiss - Korean Chamber of Commerce SKCC on Tuesday, May 24, 2005, in Zurich, Switzerland, as a private non-profit association. Its main purpose is to promote economic and business relations between Switzerland, Southeast Asia, Pakistan and Korea based on the principle of reciprocal benefit.

The Chamber serves as a forum for all firms, institutions, government bodies and individuals interested in the bilateral relations between Switzerland, Southeast Asia, Pakistan and Korea. The Chamber is a non-governmental association and receives no grants of financial aid of any kind. To maintain an efficient and member-oriented activity serving the interest of Swiss, Southeast Asian, Pakistani and Korean business, the Chamber depends on the financial support of a strong and growing membership base.

The Chamber’s activities cover the following Asian countries:

• Brunei
• Cambodia
• Indonesia
• Korea
• Laos
• Malaysia
• Myanmar
• Pakistan
• Philippines 
• Singapore
• Thailand
• Vietnam 

The Swiss-Asian Chamber of Commerce (SACC) offers its members a comprehensive range of services at preferential terms:

• Business Contacts – SACC provides assistance in establishing business contacts in the ASEAN region, Korea and Pakistan or Switzerland and in locating suitable agents, representatives, manufacturers and suppliers. SACC acts as a contact point for Swiss industry whenever questions arise with regard to the bilateral economic relations. SACC offers Company Pools through its partners in the ASEAN region, Korea and Pakistan: In order to realize large projects, small companies which do not compete with each other can join in a pool and benefit by sharing infrastructure.
   
• Business Advice – SACC gives you unique access to people and institutions which affect your business and offer you opportunities to meet with professional staff to discuss general or specific issues on the Southeast Asian, Korean and Pakistan markets. Chamber luncheons let you meet, learn from, and interact with CEOs of major corporations or with decision makers from the public sector.
   
• Exchange of Experience – SACC helps you to establish business relations with business people and official bodies in the ASEAN region, Korea and Pakistan. SACC offers its experience to link Swiss and companies from the ASEAN region, Korea or Pakistan for rewarding business opportunities.
  
• Information Services – SACC offers you diversified, up-to-date information and documentation services including database access, enquiries about and from the ASEAN region, Korea or Pakistan.
   
• Publication – SACC members and subscribers benefit from the SACC Journal, a regular publication, which gives practical information about the way business is done in a country or economic sector in the ASEAN region, Korea and Pakistan. Each edition focuses on a specific and current topic. Members can publish their company news and experiences related to the ASEAN region, Korea or Pakistan and take advantage of advertising space at reasonable costs.
   
• Government/Economic Relations – SACC keeps regular contact with Swiss, the ASEAN region, Korean and Pakistan government agencies, economic organizations and private firms. Members may benefit from this network by obtaining access to these organizations through our Chamber.
   
• Delegations – SACC assists trade delegations from and to the ASEAN region, Korea and Pakistan in their visits and gives support to Swiss business people going to the ASEAN region, Korea and Pakistan. The Chamber is open to all kinds of business sectors and Swiss–ASEAN, Korean and Pakistan business activities – not only exports to and imports of the ASEAN region, Korean and Pakistan products, but also investments, license production, services and R&D. As part of its membership, a company is incorporated into a comprehensive network of contacts to which it may refer at any time.
   
• All services of SACC –  are also available to non-members who will be charged with a time based fee.