The Palestine Trade Center (PalTrade) was established in 1998. PalTrade is a non-profit, membership based organization with a national mandate to lead the development of exports as a driving force for sustainable economic growth. PalTrade advocates a competitive, enabling business environment and is dedicated to improving trade competitiveness.

PalTrade's Mission is to Develop Trade Through:

- Advocating a competitive, business enabling environment

- Improving trade competitiveness through trade promotion and capacity building

- Fastering international business practices and standards among professionals, firms and business organizations

- Providing trade-enabling knowledge