Tailored Studies

Trade-related, tailor-made research and market analysis

Market Analysis Services conducts tailored trade-related research for public and private decision-makers involved in trade promotion, trade policy and international business development. Clients include governments, trade support institutions, international organizations, research institutions and the business community.

ITC’s core competency lies in combining the world’s leading databases on trade and customs tariffs with state-of-the-art analytical methodologies and models and presenting the results in a non-technical, intuitive and practical manner.

MAS has developed particular expertise with respect to the following questions:  

For trade support institutions and policy makers:  

• How well is my country performing in international markets?
  
   

• What are my country's strengths and weaknesses relative to my main competitors?  

• What are the priority actions to improve competitiveness?
  
   

• What are most promising markets and products for trade promotion?
  
   

• How to identify priorities for bilateral and multilateral trade negotiations?
   

For the business sector:      

• How competitive is a given sector and who are the major competitors?  
  
   

• What are the sector's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats? 
  
   

• What are promising products within the sector?
  
   

• What are the most attractive new export markets for a sector / product?
   

Tailored studies: selected titles

The list below presents selected tailored studies that were conducted by ITC’s Market Analysis Section in the past five years (please note that in general tailored studies are not intended for distribution):

Export Potential Assessment in Cambodia, 2007.

Identification of Priority Industries and Countries for CBI’s Export Promotion Activities. Report prepared for the Centre for the Promotion of Imports from Developing Countries (CBI), Netherlands, 2007.

Trade Competitiveness Assessment in Romania, 2007.

Export Potential Assessment in Nepal, 2007. Report co-financed by the European Commission.

Sudan Market Study, 2007. Report prepared for The Omani Centre for Investment Promotion & Export Development (OCIPED).

Trade Competitiveness Assessment in Kazakhstan, 2006.

Trade Competitiveness Assessment in Uruguay, 2006.

Trade Competitiveness Assessment in Ghana, 2006.

“A Comparison of de jure Economic Integration in East Asia: Is East Asia Discriminating Against Itself?”. Paper presented at the International Workshop on East Asia’s De-facto Economic Integration, January 19, 2005 at the Institute of Developing Economies (IDE), JETRO, Japan. Published as Chapter 7 in East Asia's De Facto Economic Integration, edited by D. Hiratsuka, Palgrave MacMillan, London, 2006.

Identification of priority sectors for export promotion in Botswana, 2005. Report prepared within the framework of the Joint Integrated Technical Assistance Programme (JITAP).

Identification of priority sectors for export promotion in Zambia, 2005. Report prepared within the framework of the Joint Integrated Technical Assistance Programme (JITAP).

Export Potential Assessment in Mongolia, 2005. Report co-financed by the European Commission.

Export Potential Assessment in Viet Nam, 2005. Report financed by the Governments of Switzerland (Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs – seco) and Sweden (Swedish International Development Agency -- Sida).

Export Potential Assessment in Lao PDR, 2005. Report financed by the Governments of Switzerland (Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs – seco) and Sweden (Swedish International Development Agency -- Sida).

Les Conditions d'Accès aux Marchés Internationaux de la Tunisie pour les biens (The International Market Access Conditions for Tunisia's Goods) - Report undertaken by ITC for the Government of Tunisia, July 2004

Les Conditions d'Accès aux Marchés Internationaux de la Mauritanie pour les biens (The International Market Access Conditions for Mauritania's Goods) - Report undertaken by ITC for the Government of Mauritania, March 2004

Africa - Caribbean – Pacific, Regional Trade Integration. The Impact of EU-ACP Regional Economic Partnership Agreements on ACP regional trade integration. Report undertaken by ITC for the European Consortium for Trade Policy Analysis (ECTA). 2003

Current market access conditions for Mauritian exporters and importers and multilateral liberalisation scenarios. Prepared for the Mauritius Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Ministry of Industry and International Trade. Part Two 2004, Part One 2003

Régime commercial, conditions d’accès aux marchés et érosion de préférence du Sénégal. (Senegal's Trade regimes, Market Access Conditions and the Erosion of Preferences) 2003

Identification of priority sectors for export promotion in CBI partner countries, 2003. Report prepared for the Centre for the Promotion of Imports from Developing Countries (CBI), Netherlands, 2003

Performance à l'exportation du Québec. Préparé à l'attention de Industrie Canada, région du Québec. 2003 

Régime commercial, conditions d’accès aux marchés et érosion de préférence du Sénégal. In the framework of Project INT/W4/40A: Form. Progr. & Country/Region Specific Act: Preparation of Joint ITC/TFOC Initiative in selected African Countries. 2003  

Tajikistan: Preliminary Assessment of National Export Potential. In the framework of Project RER/61/85: Integrating Central Asian CIS Member Countries into the Multilateral Trading System. 2003  

Uzbekistan: Preliminary Assessment of National Export Potential. In the framework of Project RER/61/85: Integrating Central Asian CIS Member Countries into the Multilateral Trading System. 2003

Identification of Industries Offering Opportunities for Investment Promotion in six African Countries (Mozambique, Senegal, Mali, Uganda, Tanzania and Ghana). Joint studies with MIGA (Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency of the World Bank Group) in the framework of the MIGA-SWISS Africa Initiative.2002

Kazakhstan: Preliminary Assessment of National Export Potential. In the framework of Project RER/61/85: Integrating Central Asian CIS Member Countries into the Multilateral Trading System. 2002 

Kyrgyzstan: Preliminary Assessment of National Export Potential. In the framework of Project RER/61/85: Integrating Central Asian CIS Member Countries into the Multilateral Trading System. 2002

Malaysia’s Exports to West Asia: Review of Current Trade Situation, Strategies and Approaches to Export Promotion. Study prepared at the request of the Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (MATRADE). 2002

Mongolia: Preliminary Assessment of National Export Potential. In the framework of Project MON/83/01: Preparatory Assistance for the Establishment of an Effective Trade Promotion Network in Mongolia. 2002

The Gambia: Analysis of Export Potential. In the framework of Project GLO/02/G02: Follow-up of Trade Round Table: Pilot Phase of the Integrated Framework. 2002

The United Arab Emirates: Matrix of Tradable Goods. In collaboration with The Ministry of Economy and Commerce, Abu Dhabi, U.A.E. In the framework of Project UAE/99/005: Matrix of Tradable Goods and Services. 2002