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| Market information and market development have always been essential for enterprise development and growth. With the advent of globalization, extensive market information is needed to make critical business decisions about markets, product sourcing, partnerships, alliances, exporting, and much more.This page provides a guide to the best sites on business marketing and export development, national trade, global markets and international trade. |
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 KnowThis.comOriginally created by two professors from West Chester University to be the Marketing specialty area within the World Wide Web Virtual Library, this meta site has grown to become one of the leading resource and reference sites on the Internet for those involved in marketing, advertising, selling, promotion, research and e-commerce. A truly essential reference site. TradePortTradePort is a very easy-to-use, superbly designed tool offering one place to go for comprehensive trade information, trade leads, and other types of useful information. I particularly liked the way it is structured (see main menu) which reflects the way a small company functions and looks for information. An excellent site SICE Foreign Trade Information SystemThe "Foreign Trade Information System" (SICE for short from its Spanish acronym -- Sistema de Información al Comercio Exterior) is the information technology arm of the Trade Unit of the Organization of American States (OAS). Their goal is to provide the most complete information and documents on trade in the Western Hemisphere as is possible. SICE centralizes the location of public -- but often difficult to locate or obtain -- documents on their Web site in the four official languages of the OAS (English, Spanish, Portuguese and French). An excellent site for anyone interested in trade in North America, Carribean States and Latin America. Strategis: Trade and InvestmentFrom the Strategis Home Page ( Industry Canada ) this category provides the market information needed to make critical business decisions about markets, product sourcing, partnerships, alliances, exporting, and much more.A very good site.
Doing Business The World Bank Group Doing Business project provides objective measures of business regulations for local firms in 183 economies and selected cities at the subnational level. For Small and Medium size Enterprises (SMEs) it looks at regulations for starting a business, dealing with construction permits, registering property, getting credit, protecting investors, paying taxes, trading across borders, enforcing contracts and closing a business. Excellent and very rich site. The 2011 Doing Business report is available for download. Do not miss the Law Library and the section on Women, Business and the Law. International Trade - CanadaCanada focused but a very useful site. Includes Canada's International Business Strategy (CIBS) by priority sectors, info on International Procurement and Capital Projects Opportunities, Assistance to Exporters, info on investing in Canada, Market Information by Region and Sector, Trade Policy, Trade Events, Shows and Summits, etc. US International Trade AdministrationEven though the ITA homepage is dedicated to helping U.S. businesses compete in the global marketplace, the information provided will be useful to anyone interested in international trade Do not miss their information directory on regions and countries. The World Trade Organization (WTO)The WTO is the only international body dealing with the rules of trade between nations. At its heart are the WTO agreements, the legal ground-rules for international commerce and for trade policy. The agreements have three main objectives: to help trade flow as freely as possible, to achieve further liberalization gradually through negotiation, and to set up an impartial means of settling disputes. A very much improved and excellent site
Serra InternationalA Transportation and Trade commercial site with extensive free value added, it offers a combination (mostly external) of trade leads sites, country specific information, search engine, bulletin board for identifying trade opportunities, chat room and even weather information. A perfect example of how a commercial site can enhance many times its own appeal by including free value added information. Do not miss the import/export directory it's a gem. International Trade Centre (ITC)The International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO (ITC) is the focal point in the United Nations system for technical cooperation with developing countries in trade promotion. As an executing agency of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), ITC is directly responsible for implementing UNDP-financed projects in developing countries and economies in transition related to trade promotion.The site has very much improved lately and due to the richness of its infobase and related links it now ranks as an excellent site Do not miss their various indexes to market information sources and also the section on institutional capacity development for SMEs. Also of interest is the innovative virtual exhibition centre for artisanal products which unfortunately suffers from slow loading due to very nice but quite large graphics.
Agricultural Market Information Virtual LibraryThis web site serves as a guide to different sources on commodities market information presently available on the Internet.These sources may be daily, weekly, monthly or yearly reports, outlook reports, commodity reports or quotes from different exchanges. A rather specialized but excellent site. Federation of International Trade AssociationsThe Federation of International Trade Associations (FITA) fosters international trade by strengthening the role of local, regional, and national associations throughout North America that have an international mission.The FITA index of web resources is just amazing. Do not miss the FITA Trade Lead Hub. Portals of the worldElectronic resources on the nations of the world selected by Library of Congress subject experts. They are arranged by country or area with the links for each sorted into a wide range of broad categories. Excellent site essential for exporters trying to penetrate foreign markets. Global Trade Negotiation Home PageThis site, maintained by Harvard University's Center for International Development, provides a centralized information resource on global trade negotiations, with a particular focus on the WTO Third Ministerial Conference and subsequent trade negotiations. An excellent site. One of its key features is the ability to access information either by actor or by issue. International Trade Law MonitorInitially hosted by the University of Tromso, Norway, this exceptional resource provides information and links related to international trade law. The ITL presents the full texts and where relevant country implementation details of several of the most important conventions and other documents used in International trade. In July 2000, the site (now called Lex Mercatoria) was acquired by Cameron May, an international law publishing firm. Although the initial free information is still available the site has also become a showroom for the firm's products, and its previously efficient and pleasant navigational structure has been changed. International Trade ForumThe International Trade Forum is the magazine of the International Trade Centre (ITC). It focuses on trade promotion and export development, as part of ITC's technical cooperation programme with developing countries and economies in transition. The magazine is published quarterly in English, French and Spanish. Excellent site. Do not miss the sections on the various themes and more particularly the list of related sites on the various topics. European Commission Directorate-General for TradeTogether with monetary and development policies, trade policy forms the main pillar of the European Union's relations with the rest of the world. Within the European Commission DG Trade has the task of conducting the Union's commercial policy and this site provides access to essential information on all the main aspects of trade in goods and services (tariff and non-tariff barriers, trade defence, particularly in cases of dumping and subsidies, export loans) as well as key aspects of intellectual property, investment and competition. Eldis Trade Policy Resource GuideThe Trade Policy Resource Guide offers quick access to key documents, organizations, research themes, discussions and other key resources on international trade. Very good site. Do not miss the section on trade policy websites. Marketing TeacherCreated by a group of marketing lecturers from southern England, Marketing Teacher provides marketing learners, teachers and professionals with free resources on the topic of marketing. Many of these lessons are supported with their own exercises with answers. Very good and interesting site, especially for the student who wants to learn the subtleties of marketing at his own pace. U.S. Export Directory: A Basic Guide to Exportingan excellent guide to exporting. US focused but very useful. Global ConnectorThe Global Connector is managed by Indiana University's Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER). This search engine puts the Internet's best sources of international business information at your fingertips in order to help you expand your business into new overseas markets. Search can be made on a country or industry basis in order to identify the best relevant websites and provide information on trade associations, trade publications, trade shows, international trade, etc. as well the domestic economy. Very good and useful site. ExpoWorld.netExpoWorld.net is a an international trade meta site providing access to directories and search engines in order to identify and locate events, tradeshows, conferences and exhibitions worldwide. A very good site. What I liked best was their very useful newsletter (free) United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)The official UNCTAD Website. Of particular interest their "Press and Reference" section and the newly opened "Least Developed Countries" Homepage. WBI International Trade and DevelopmentPart of the World Bank Institute (WBI), this website has been created as a research, training and outreach tool for people interested in trade policy and developing countries. Particular emphasis is placed on the new trade agenda associated with the present round of WTO negotiations. Of particular interest are the WTO 2000 Capacity Building Project Background Papers. UNCTAD Trade Point Development CenterThe UNTPDC offers traders a simple, one-stop access to a broad array of databases dealing with trade and investment including trade information, trade facilitation and trade procedures. Access to the UNTPDC Internet services is free of charge. Heavy on graphics but includes a text only version. A Global Marketplace for SMEs"The G-7 members took the opportunity of the G-7 Ministerial Conference on the Information Society held in Brussels on 25 & 26 February1995 to identify a number of international pilot projects whose aim is to demonstrate the potential of the Information Society and stimulate its development. Consequently, they launched as one of the projects"A Global Marketplace for SMEs", whose overall objective is to facilitate increased competitiveness and participation in global trade for SMEs by exploiting the opportunities offered by the development of the Global Information Society. This site has very much improved in the past 6 months especially their page on "Global Information Network on SMEs" World Competitiveness On-LineIMD is an independent not-for-profit foundation located in Lausanne, Switzerland whose mission is to understand current and future management issues and to share this learning in a practical manner with executives so they can better lead international corporations. Of particular interest is their "World Competitiveness on-line system" which presents on a monthly basis a unique analysis, ranking the competitiveness of 46 countries, based on 230 criteria. Global Trade CenterGlobal Trade is the focus of the links on this page. They are posted here to assist individuals and businesses in their activities involving International Trade. An extensive meta-index providing numerous, well organised links. I particular liked their mailing list servers and their publications and news. U.S Patent and Trade Mark Office Very much US focused but the link to US and International Legal Materials is really value added.
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