QCCI was established in 1963 as a government body in accordance with Law No (4) issued in the same year. In 1990 Law No (11) was issued to reorganize the QCCI’s organizational structure and transform it into an independent and public utility body, representing the collective commercial, industrial and agricultural interests of its members. The members of its board of directors are chosen from the general assembly by direct ballot.
The responsibilities of the QCCI include collecting information and data of interest to the commercial, industrial and agricultural community; supplying the government departments with their requirements for data, information and advice on commercial, industrial and agricultural matters; providing advice on establishing bourses, markets and commercial, industrial and agricultural fairs; issuing certificates that indicate the origin of goods and nationalities of exporters and arbitrating on disputes referred to it with the consent of concerned parties.