The Ministry of the Interior decides and adjusts the division of organizational area of trade associations of export trades in special zones.

A trade association should be established with approval from the competent authorities when in a special zone, there are more than five licensed corporations and firms of export trades established in accordance with Company Act or Business Registration Act.
A national league of trade associations of export trades is to be established with approval from central competent authorities when there are more than three trade associations in a special zone.

Corporations and firms of export trades that are not located in special zones are allowed to join in the relevant trade associations of export trades in an adjoining special zone.

The trade association of export trade in special zone may handle the following businesses:
1. Assist its members to register, sell, keep, choose, pack and transport the exporting commodities and manage other common operational facilities.
2. Assist its members to develop international markets and collect international market information.
3. Help its members to establish export organizations in home or establish combined agencies abroad.
4. Provide services of commodity quality research and experiment to its members.
5. Carry out the inspection work as entrusted by qualify inspection authorities.
When handing the operations mentioned in subparagraph 4 and subparagraph 5, the trade association in special zone should organize teams of research, experiment and inspection.

In special zone without trade association of export trade, the industrial boards of trade should handle the operations mentioned in article 51 with approval from central competent authorities and central target business competent authorities. When a trade association of export trade is established in this special zone, it will take over the operations mentioned in article 51.

The directors and supervisors of trade associations of export trade in special zones and national leagues of trade associations of export trade are elected from among the member representatives in general meetings; board of directors and board of supervisors are to be established, the number of directors and supervisors is as follows:
1. A trade association of export trade in a special zone should have no more than thirty-three directors.
2. A national league of trade associations of export trade should have no more than thirty-nine directors.
3. The number of directors should not exceed half of the number of the member representatives.
4. The number of supervisors should not exceed one third of the number of directors.
5. Alternate directors and supervisors should not exceed one third of the number of directors and supervisors respectively.
Standing directors and supervisors are to be elected when there are more than three directors or supervisors respectively in commercial group, the number of standing directors or standing supervisors should not exceed one third of the number of directors or supervisors respectively; a chairperson of directors is to be elected from among the standing directors, the chairperson of directors is to be elected from among the directors if no standing directors are available, a convener of the board of supervisors is to be elected from the standing supervisors when standing supervisors exceed three persons.

In addition to prescriptions of this chapter, the relevant prescriptions of chapter 2 and chapter 3 also apply to trade association of export trade and league of trade associations of export trade.