Trade Inquiries

 

The first 25 successful exporters received Export Rewards from the HE the President
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Export Development Reward Scheme.
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3 Million Pieces of Garments at zero duty to India under Indo-Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement
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India removed port restrictions on import of tea from Sri Lanka 3 million pieces of garments at zero duty to India

 

Trade Promotion Institutions / Chambers


Import Promotion Offices

Canada
TFOC (The Trade Facilitation Office Canada
) operates as a non-governmental, not-for-profit organization, and is the primary provider of information on the Canadian import market and a source of training for exporting and for investment attraction for developing and transition economy countries.
www.tfoc.ca
Germany
GTZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Tchnische Zusammenarbeit GMBH ). GTZ is the German governmental organisation for international cooperation with worldwide operations. GTZ offers technical assistance and information on business develoopment and international trade.
www.gtz.de
Italy
ICE (Italian Institute for Foreign Trade ). ICE is the public agency in Italy entrusted with promoting trade, business opportunities and industrial cooperation between Italian and foreign companies.
www.italtrade.net
The Chamber of Commerce of Bolzano/Bozen http://www.venicexport.com/it/index.asp
The Chamber of Commerce of Venice www.venicesport.com
Japan
The Import Promotion Department of JETRO (The Japan External Trade Organization).
www.jetro.go.jp
The Netherlands
CBI (The Centre for the Promotion of Imports from developing countries). The mission of CBI is to contribute to the economic independence of developing countries. To fulfil this mission, CBI aims at strengthening the competitiveness of companies in those countries on international markets, primarily the West-European market, by improving conditions in enterprises and business support organisations.
www.cbi.nl
Norway
Norad (The Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation) has signed an agreement with HSH (The Confederation of Norwegian Commercial and Service Enterprises ) for cooperation on trade promotion services.
www.hsh-org.no
www.norad.no
Sweden
SIDA (The Swedish International Development Agency) has signed and agreement with Swedish Chambers of Commerce and Industry for cooperation on trade promotion services. The objective is to increase and upgrade business contacts between Swedish companies and exporters in Africa, Asia and Latin America .
www.cci.se/trade
www.chambertrade.com
Switzerland
SIPPO
- The Swiss Import Promotion Organisation. SIPPO promotes imports from emerging markets and markets in transition and operates under the patronage of the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO).
www.sippo.ch

Other trade support organisations

ITC (International Trade Centre) is the technical cooperation agency of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the World Trade Organisation (WTO) for operational, enterprise-oriented aspects of trade development.
ITC provides technical assistance and market information on various product groups, country information, including directories of trade promotion organisations, ITC publications and projects.
www.intracen.org

Expanding Exports Helpdesk - Advice for Developing Countries Exporting to the EU
The Expanding Exports Helpdesk is an online resource, provided by the European Commission, to facilitate access for developing countries to markets within the European Union. The Expanding Exports Helpdesk provides relevant information required by developing country exporters interested in supplying the EU market.
http://export-help.cec.eu.int

 



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