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Global markets for organic agri-food and natural products are
growing and worth approximately US$40 billion. For developing
countries, this growth presents export earning potential as well as
a market-based way to mitigate against and adapt to climate change, protect
local environmental benefit and generate biodiversity gains. However, developing countries face serious obstacles to
export organic products including high quality demands of buyers,
lack of information about standards, certification, markets trends
and potential importing partners. ITC works with small companies and
trade support institutions in overcoming these obstacles and
improving access to international markets. The objective of ITC's
programme on organic trade is twofold:
- To strengthen the competitiveness of SMEs and community
enterprises and the capacity of TSIs
- To provide support to policy makers on organic agreements and
trade
Through its technical assistance, ITC supports exporters of
organic products and trade support institutions in developing
countries through a number of channels. Follow the links below to
read more about ITC's technical assistance in this area.
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