Marketing Manual and Web Directory for Organic Spices, Herbs and Essential Oils, 2004

ITC also recently carried out a project on export development of organic spices, herbs and essential oils in Africa. While it became clear that these products offer developing countries great export potential, the project also showed that producers and exporters are faced with a number of serious obstacles related inter alia to organic farming, production and product development, finance and marketing.

This manual builds on information compiled through consultancy and mission seminars in Africa and South America, as well as other activities carried out under this project. It is designed to address the needs of producers and exporters in developing countries for specific technical and market information in order to develop their organic enterprises and to export the products covered to target markets.

The Canadian market for organic food and beverages

2004

In recent years the world has seen a growing awareness of health and environmental issues, and sustainability has become the key work whenever discussing economic development, in particular in relation to developing countries.  It is a constantly growing number of concerned consumers mainly in the industrialized countries of Western Europe, North America, Japan and Australia that are the cause of this development. The international community is becoming more and more conscious of these issues, and Government policies in industrialized as well as developing countries are increasingly formulated to encourage organic and other forms of sustainable agriculture.

The Canadian market for organic food and beverages (2004) is meant to focus on those aspects of the Canadian market that are of most interest to producers and exporters in developing countries, although it may hopefully be of interest to other readers as well.  It gives practical information on distribution channels and identifies major importers and other organic companies.

The United States market for organic food and beverages

2002

The study presents the findings of recent ITC research on the United States market for organic food and beverages. It identifies market prospects and business opportunities for developing countries and transition economies ; gives data on domestic production, imports/exports and market size ; outlines market characteristics and import requirements ; provides information on organic certification, including the National Organic Program (NOP) ; examines distribution channels and identifies major importers, distributors, retail organizations and manufacturers/packers of organic foodstuff,  industry and consumer associations, trade publications and government offices.