The Chamber of Trade and Industry in Rijeka 1924-1945

Abstract

The Author presents a brief historical survey of economic conditions in Rijeka after the Kvarner Region was established in 1924. The Chamber of Trade and Industry was established in the same year for the territory of Rijeka and the Kvarner Region (Camera di Commercio e Industria della Provincia del Carnaro - Fiume). It was a public and advisory institution of state and local administration that represented the interests of trade and industry within its area. In 1926 the organization changed its name into Regional Economic Council, because it then represented the interests of the economic system as a whole in the same area. The growing of the fascist corporate system was reflected within this institution in the establishment of the Regional Council for corporate economy in 1931, and the Regional Council of Corporations in 1937. After 1945 the institution was abolished.