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The distribution of commodities in the local Libyan market had gone through different five time periods from year 1970 to the end of 2006, and in which, this activity had witnessed beg developments and changes. These periods were distinguished from each other according to the role of the public and private sectors in this activity and the nature and degree of state intervention in the distribution activity of commodities. Starting by allowing the private sector to play the main role in the distribution activity of commodities in the period 1970-1977 and little role played by the public sector, and limited state intervention. This situation had changed with the implementation of the economic policies which were of a socialistic nature, where, the public sector dominated and controlled the marketing, distribution, and domestic trade of commodities completely, by publicly owned companies, firms, and agencies, which were supported and backed by beg state intervention, and terminating any role of the private sector in the two periods 1978- 1980 and 1981-1987. But in the following period 1988-2000, the private sector was given the opportunity by allowing the individual distributors to engage in the distribution of commodities to a limited extent, and its role had increased gradually, in parallel to a gradual decrease in the role of the public sector in this activity by applying privatization to the Libyan economy, and continuous state intervention in the domestic trade to a degree less than it was before. In the period 2000–2006, the Libyan economy returned gradually to the market economy system, and radical changes were made in the distribution of commodities and services by allowing the private sector to play the main role in the domestic trade at all levels and adopting free trade approach by individuals, families, partnerships, and shareholding companies, allowing trading agents and brokers to practice their activities in the distribution of commodities, and new commerce and industry chambers were established. By that, a beg importance was given to the private trade by the private sector as an approach to marketing and distribution activities in the local Libyan market. The role of the public sector decreased to a large extent, but continued in producing and/or supplying and distribution of some commodities, state intervention in the domestic trade has decreased and its role concentrated in making, issuing, implementing, and monitoring the policies, laws, and legislations required for the workings of the trade sector in general, and marketing and distribution activities in particular.
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