CENTERS FOR INT’L TRADE DEVELOPMENT:
www.citd.org
This site offers information on export readiness, tools of the trade, research, and more.
CORPORATE INFO:
www.corporateinformation.com
This site allows you to research by company, industry, country and state and contains research reports on over 15,000 companies. Subscription required.
COUNTRY REPORTS:
www.mckinsey.com/knowledge/mgi
This site offers free country reports with data on markets and economies around the world.
CURRENCY EXCHANGE RATES:
http://moneycentral.msn.com/investor/market/exchangerates.aspx
This site gives the current exchange rate for all major currencies.
EXPORT SOURCE:
www.exportsource.gc.ca
Export Source is an online resource for export information that enables both export-ready and new-to-exporting Canadian businesses harness a world of trade information, from many federal departments. Export Source offers info on everything from trade statistics and export financing to the logistics of delivery, trade shows, export missions and sources of assistance.
FEDERATION OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE ASSOCIATIONS:
www.internationaltrade.org/
This site has a searchable index of over 1,000 international trade related web sites. It also has trade leads, events, multi-industry international resource directories, legal information and international government procurement opportunities.
INT’L BUSINESS RESOURCES ON THE WEB:
www.ciber.bus.msu.edu
The Michigan State University Center for International Business Education and Research offers a wide listing of International Business Resources available on the World Wide Web. This page also provides about 50 links for trade show listings.
THE INVESTEXT GROUP – WORLDWIDE RESEARCH & ANALYSIS:
http://research.thomsonib.com
The Investext Group’s investment, market and trade association research, will help you find the targeted business intelligence you need to support effective decision making. They offer in-depth research reports providing detailed analyses of thousands of industries, companies, products and countries.
TRADE DOCUMENTATION FOR CANADA:
http://www.pbb.com/en/tools/trade_documentation_tools/
Whether you are exporting goods from Canada to the U.S.A., or importing into Canada, you will find all the information you need.
MARKET REPORTS:
http://www.citd.org/booklets
The California Centers for International Trade Development (CITDs) are now offering a new series of Best Market Reports (BMRs) on U.S. industries with high export potential.
MARKET RESEARCH:
www.strategis.ic.gc.ca
Market Research is divided into regions, countries, specific reports, trade facts and statistics producing information on industries around the world.
MINORITIES IN BUSINESS, 2001 REPORT:
www.sba.gov/advo/stats/min01.pdf
Technical questions may be addressed to Dr. Ying Lowrey, Economist, at ying.lowrey@sba.gov, or by mail to the Office of Advocacy, U.S. SBA, 409 Third Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20416.
ONE PLANET:
www.one-planet.net/index.php
One Planet is a leading technical translation and software localization company that creates foreign-language versions of equipment manuals, software, documentation, Websites, e-commerce solutions, marketing collateral and other corporate materials for the international arena.
PIERS TRADE PROFILES:
www.piers.com/piersproducts.aspx
Piers provides online access to in-depth information on the 300,000+ domestic and foreign companies most active in U.S. waterborne import-export commerce, including recent trading activity, detailed business background and contact information.
SMALL BUSINESS GUIDE TO EXPORTING:
www.sba.gov/oit/info/Guide-To-Exporting/index.html
The U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Office of International Trade (OIT) developed this Trade Guide as an information tool to assist American business developing international markets. This Guide will help answer questions concerning exporting and overseas markets.
STAT-USA:
www.stat-usa.gov
One of the most widely used sources of international trade data (all its materials are in the public domain). 10,000 market research reports, extensive country and “how-to information”, international legal and trade dictionaries and current US export import information are part of the NTDB’s gigabyte of international trade information. Data is updated monthly; a must for the professional international researcher.
TOOLS OF THE TRADE:
www.fita.org/webcasts.html
This site is part of a service that includes international business broadcasts and global trade videos (also called Webcasts, netcasts, streaming media, etc.) that cover a wide variety of topics.
TRADE AGREEMENTS ARCHIVE:
mba.tuck.dartmouth.edu/cib/research/trade_agreements.html
WEBEC:
http://www.helsinki.fi/WebEc/framef.html
This site provides a library of international economics and affairs throughout the world.
WOMEN’S BUSINESS CENTER:
www.pawomensbusinesscenter.com
This site has resources in Spanish and four other languages for women entrepreneurs.
WORLD TRADE CENTER ASSOCIATION:
www.wtca.org
The World Trade Center Association web page offers international information resources and trade services.
WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION:
www.wto.org
The WTO’s web site offers various resources such as: a Trade & Development site, Documents Online, News Releases, International Trade Archives and Trade Policies.
ZEPOL CORPORATION
www.zepol.com
Zepol Corporation, a leading trade intelligence company, provides a tool that allows users to search through over 100 million bills of lading.
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