http://www.intracen.org//layouts/RSSFeed.aspx?id=55469ITC projecthttp://www.intracen.org/Coordination-of-African-Regional-Cotton-Sector-Strategies-Implementation/04/05/2013 9:22:14 AMA programme run by the International Trade Centre (ITC) is seeking to help small and medium-sized enterprises in Mozambique adopt a more structured and market-driven approach to export packaging, which it is hoped will generate more private sector investment....http://www.intracen.org/news/Building-export-capacities-in-Mozambique/12/05/2012 2:40:24 AMRapid growth in the number of supermarkets in country and the increasing presence of major players like Shoprites, Spar, Game, Pick and Pay, and Woolworths has created many opportunities for local industries in Mozambique. GS1 is the international standard...http://www.intracen.org/news/GS1-bar-codes-in-Mozambique-provide-increased-opportunities-for-SMEs/04/19/2012 4:51:16 AMWith Mozambique’s SMEs increasingly participating in international trade, smaller companies with export potential are looking for relevant, simple to understand, up-to-date and practical information on export packaging. The Packaging Information Centre will help to answer their questions…http://www.intracen.org/news/Packaging-Information-Centre-opens-at-the-Instituto-de-Promoção-de-Exportação-IPEX-Mozambique/04/16/2012 10:43:18 AMAs its three-year Business Environment Support and Trade Facilitation (BESTF) project in Mozambique comes to an end, ITC is preparing a final report detailing its accomplishments...http://www.intracen.org/news/ITC-wraps-up-BESTF-after-three-years-of-buoying-export-led-growth-in-Mozambique/01/27/2012 9:48:18 AMIf you pay attention to the news, you’ll hear two stories about African agriculture. The first is of the drought that sears the Horn of Africa and forces tens of thousands of Somalis – now climate refugees – to pack up their belongings and families...http://www.intracen.org/article/Agri-entrepreneurs-grow-Africa-Turning-local-farming-into-global-business/09/28/2011 6:19:46 AMThe new site covers a large number of topics and services of use to women exporters, including:An Exporter Training Package. This part of the site focuses on the sectors most relevant to African women exporters, such as coffee, leather, horticulture,...http://www.intracen.org/news/ITC-launches-new-website-for-African-businesswomen/09/21/2011 10:07:03 AMITC Executive Director, Ms. Patricia Francis, and Secretary General of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), Mr. Sindiso Ngwenya met yesterday to discuss ITC /COMESA cooperation, particularly focusing on PACT II as the major regional...http://www.intracen.org/news/COMESA-and-ITC-heads-meet-to-discuss-regional-trade-development-and-support/07/22/2011 6:46:59 AMCodes of conduct or codes of practice such as Eurepgap (see 03.05.04) are a good example of how purchasing power translates into change at the producing end.http://www.intracen.org/03050500---Codes-of-conduct3/03/23/2011 3:59:04 PMTitle:Pan-Africa Artisan Enterprise Development (PAED) Project : Mid-Term EvaluationCorporate Author(s):Aid to ArtisansYear of Publication:2005Number of Pages:iii, 51 p.http://www.intracen.org/NGOs---Pan-Africa-Artisan-Enterprise-Development-PAED-Project-Mid-Term-Evaluation/03/14/2011 3:23:09 PMLocationZambia is a landlocked country in south central Africa. It shares borders with the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania to the north, with Malawi to the east, Mozambique to the southeast, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia to the South and Angola to the West.http://www.intracen.org/exporters/organic-products/country-focus/country-profile-zambia/03/14/2011 3:07:31 PMLocationTanzania is an East African country situated on the Indian Ocean just south of the Equator. It borders eight other nations: Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique.http://www.intracen.org/exporters/organic-products/country-focus/country-profile-tanzania/03/14/2011 3:06:55 PMLocationSouth Africa occupies the southern tip of the African continent, its long coastline stretching more than 2,500 km and across two oceans, the Atlantic and the Indian.http://www.intracen.org/exporters/organic-products/country-focus/country-profile-south-africa/03/14/2011 3:06:39 PMLocationMadagascar is an island nation in the Indian Ocean, separated from the southeastern coast of Africa by the Mozambique Channel. The country extends 1,600 km from north to south and up to 570 km wide.http://www.intracen.org/exporters/organic-products/country-focus/country-profile-madagascar/03/14/2011 3:06:04 PMWTO: Trade Policy ReviewCountry profile: United States of AmericaNote: This text provides brief description of the conditions foreign business will encounter in trade with the United States of America.http://www.intracen.org/Country-profile-United-States-of-America/03/11/2011 8:15:12 PMWTO: Trade Policy ReviewCountry profile: Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and MatsuNote: This text provides brief description of the conditions foreign business will encounter in trade with Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu.http://www.intracen.org/Country-profile-Separate-Customs-Territory-of-Taiwan-Penghu-Kinmen-and-Matsu/03/11/2011 8:15:06 PMWTO: Trade Policy ReviewCountry profile: MalaysiaNote: This text provides brief description of the conditions foreign business will encounter in trade with Malaysia.http://www.intracen.org/Country-profile-Malaysia/03/11/2011 8:15:00 PMWTO: Trade Policy ReviewCountry profile: MalawiNote: This text provides brief description of the conditions foreign business will encounter in trade with Malawi.http://www.intracen.org/Country-profile-Malawi/03/11/2011 8:14:53 PMWTO: Trade Policy ReviewCountry profile: HondurasNote: This text provides brief description of the conditions foreign business will encounter in trade with Honduras.http://www.intracen.org/Country-profile-Honduras/03/11/2011 8:14:46 PMWTO: Trade Policy ReviewCountry profile: GambiaNote: This text provides brief description of the conditions foreign business will encounter in trade with Gambia.http://www.intracen.org/Country-profile-Gambia/03/11/2011 8:14:39 PMWTO: Trade Policy ReviewCountry profile: El SalvadoreNote: This text provides brief description of the conditions foreign business will encounter in trade with El Salvador.http://www.intracen.org/Country-profile-El-Salvador/03/11/2011 8:14:32 PMWTO: Trade Policy ReviewCountry profile: CroatiaNote: This text provides brief description of the conditions foreign business will encounter in trade with Croatia.http://www.intracen.org/Country-profile-Croatia/03/11/2011 8:14:26 PMWTO: Trade Policy ReviewCountry profile: ChinaNote: This text provides brief description of the conditions foreign business will encounter in trade with China.http://www.intracen.org/Country-profile-China/03/11/2011 8:14:19 PMWTO: Trade Policy ReviewCountry profile: Benin, Burkina Faso, MaliNote: This text provides brief description of the conditions foreign business will encounter in trade with Benin, Burkina Faso and Mali.http://www.intracen.org/Country-profile-Benin-Burkina-Faso-and-Mali/03/11/2011 8:14:12 PMWTO: Trade Policy ReviewCountry profile: ArmeniaNote: This text provides brief description of the conditions foreign business will encounter in trade with Armenia.http://www.intracen.org/Country-profile-Armenia/03/11/2011 8:14:05 PMWTO: Trade Policy ReviewCountry profile: AlbaniaNote: This text provides brief description of the conditions foreign business will encounter in trade with Albania.http://www.intracen.org/Country-profile-Albania/03/11/2011 8:13:58 PMWTO: Trade Policy ReviewCountry profile: Southern African Customs Union (SACU)Note: This text provides brief description of the conditions foreign business will encounter in trade with the Southern African Customs Union.http://www.intracen.org/Country-profile-SACU/03/11/2011 8:11:11 PMWTO: Trade Policy ReviewCountry profile: Niger - SenegalNote: This text provides brief description of the conditions foreign business will encounter in trade with Niger and Senegal.http://www.intracen.org/Country-profile-Niger---Senegal/03/11/2011 8:11:05 PMWTO: Trade Policy ReviewCountry profile: New ZealandNote: This text provides brief description of the conditions foreign business will encounter in trade with New Zealand.http://www.intracen.org/Country-profile-New-Zealand/03/11/2011 8:11:00 PMWTO: Trade Policy ReviewCountry profile: MozambiqueNote: This text provides brief description of the conditions foreign business will encounter in trade with Mozambique.http://www.intracen.org/Country-profile-Mozambique/03/11/2011 8:10:54 PMWTO: Trade Policy ReviewCountry profile: MoroccoNote: This text provides brief description of the conditions foreign business will encounter in trade with Morocco.http://www.intracen.org/Country-profile-Morocco/03/11/2011 8:10:47 PMWTO: Trade Policy ReviewCountry profile: GuyanaNote: This text provides brief description of the conditions foreign business will encounter in trade with Guyana.http://www.intracen.org/Country-profile-Guyana/03/11/2011 8:10:38 PMWTO: Trade Policy ReviewCountry profile: ChileNote: This text provides brief description of the conditions foreign business will encounter in trade with Chile.http://www.intracen.org/Country-profile-Chile/03/11/2011 8:10:21 PMWTO: Aid for TradePrivate Sector should 'think regional' to benefit from North-South Corridor The African business community should 'think regional' and get ready to benefit from the North-South corridor which will make road and rail communications easier between eight African countries - Tanzania, DR Congo, Zambia, Malawi, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and South Africa.http://www.intracen.org/Keep-trade-open-and-to-keep-opening-trade/03/11/2011 8:06:12 PMWTO: ServicesFacilitating Trade in Services: Mozambican Strategy*By Otília Pacule* Mozambique is one of the fastest-growing economies in Africa - modern, reforming, and outward looking, with an average growth rate of more than 7% per year for the last ten years.http://www.intracen.org/ITC---World-Trade-Net---WTN62/03/11/2011 7:56:10 PMITC Events West Africa: ITC schedules experts meeting on EU EPAs An ITC Regional Experts Meeting, Accra, Ghana, 5-6 September, will bring members of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) face-to-face with their trade negotiators and experts from ITC, World Trade Organization (WTO) and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).http://www.intracen.org/ITC---World-Trade-Net---WTN48/03/11/2011 7:55:12 PMITC Events The business implications of EPAs between the EU and the SADC The business implications of the European Union's proposed Economic Partnership Agreements (EPA) with members of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) will be the subject of debate and commentary at a Regional Experts Meeting, to be held in Stellenbosch, South Africa, on 11-12 June.http://www.intracen.org/ITC---World-Trade-Net---WTN47/03/11/2011 7:55:07 PMWTO: Doha RoundAgriculture Chair circulates four new texts In the first document, the Chair proposes a tiered formula for calculating an overall reduction of trade-distorting domestic support.http://www.intracen.org/ITC---World-Trade-Net---WTN9/03/11/2011 7:52:32 PMFree Trade AgreementsMining Ministers from Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting in Perth mid-February agreed to work on breaking down the barriers to greater trade and investment in the minerals and metals sector.http://www.intracen.org/Vol8-N-3-9/03/11/2011 7:51:45 PMCountry Size:750,000 Km2Population:11 millionCurrency:Zambian Kwacha (ZmK)Languages:EnglishCapital City:LusakaGDP (US$):352 MillionEconomy - Overview:Zambia's economic performance improved in 2004 with real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth estimated at 5.http://www.intracen.org/Zambie-Country-Information/03/11/2011 4:26:55 PM