Established in 2010, Lugano Commodity Trading Association (LCTA) is a non-profit organization based in Lugano. With this association, the commodity trading companies intend to reinforce Canton Ticino’s favorable business conditions and to pursue common goals, such as fostering personnel training, broadening domain knowledge, exchanging opinions and views. Furthermore, LCTA aims at developing a platform composed of commodity trading firms, shipping companies, banks active in commodity financing as well as all consultants and certification companies active in this business branch. 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.