‘We have seen an immense growth of Lao PDR's foreign trade value in the past few years, resulting in an increase of $12 billion or 64% of GDP in 2019,’ said Saysana Sayakone, Director of the Department...

(Geneva/Thimphu) - The first Creative Industries Export Strategy of Bhutan - 2021-2025 was launched today.Mr. Kinley T. Wangchuk, the Director General of the Department of Intellectual Property, representing the Ministry of Economic Affairs, RGOB, Ms....

Iranian business associations and policymakers are clear about their future priorities during an uncertain period.

‘Uniquely Saint Lucian with a Global Appeal’ lays out a vision for the country’s export development geared towards increased competitiveness, diversification and environmental sustainability.

(Yangon) – The Government of Myanmar and the International Trade Centre today unveiled the Trade and Investment Project, which will support joint efforts by public and private-sector partners to strengthen Myanmar’s role in the Asian economic ecosystem....

New Strategy is blueprint for achieving increased exports, enhanced regional cooperation and job creation.

Afghanistan’s President Ghani approves National Export Strategy to increase trade, boost job creation, reduce poverty and promote stability.

Afghanistan eyes greater participation in regional trade.

Speech delivered by ITC Executive Director Arancha González at the Launching Ceremony of the National Export Strategies and NTM Report 13 October 2017 - Kathmandu, Nepal

Over 100 business, industry and public-sector representatives meet to advance the country’s National Export Strategy preparations.

Innovation and competitiveness key for Mauritian companies to succeed in international trade.

ITC and PIFS to help guide the Kingdom of Tonga mainstream trade into its national development strategy.

ITC Executive Director and Myanmar Vice President unveil five-year roadmap to fuel exports and trade diversification

ITC-facilitated regional approach to cotton-to-clothing industry presented at ICAC Plenary Meeting in Greece

Allocution de Madame Arancha González, Directrice Exécutive du Centre du Commerce International (ITC)

The Strategy aims to reposition Ivorian exports in international and regional markets

A National Export Council has been established by the Government of Côte d’Ivoire to manage and monitor the country’s soon to be launched National Export Strategy (NES). ‘The creation of this institution translates the willingness of the Government to...

Exporters in The Gambia are set to see their goods become more competitive in global markets following the launch of the country’s Trade Information Centre and two key sector strategies.The International Trade Centre...

International commerce can open doors for enterprises to grow

Increased competitiveness of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises key to economic growth in Liberia

ITC strategy will help spearhead economic growth for the Southeast Asian country

Kyrgyzstan launched its national export strategy (NES) after more than a year of multi-stakeholder consultations led by the International Trade Centre (ITC).The NES will function as a blueprint for the country’s private sector,...

Joint report launched on World Food Day focuses on food and nutrition security, features ITC contribution to coffee sector in Cameroon

An ITC survey of 500 businesses in key export sectors points to major obstacles to trade, including lengthy product registrations, excessive certification requirements and inconsistent customs procedures

Fourth Global Review of Aid for Trade provided opportunity to strengthen trade and development cooperation between ITC and partner countries

Policymakers must assist in building the skills and markets of small and medium-sized enterprises, reducing transport time, streamlining border controls

ITC's new programme for the Caribbean aims to facilitate the creation of regional value chains in priority sectors in order to boost the region’s competitiveness, according to ITC Director Friedrich von Kirchbach at the launch event of the Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) Regional Aid for Trade Strategy in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

Improvement of the transport sector could help speed up the movement of Kazakh good, study finds.

Export Strategy Map makes a decade’s worth of trade-promotion documents searchable by country, sector or document type

Changes to strategy aimed at raising market competitiveness, access to European buyers

When Salama Tulari sat at her roadside shed in Tamale selling yams and wondering how she would ever come up with the money to expand her business, she never imagined her voice would help determine the future of Ghana’s strategy to develop its yam industry.But...

ITC set to continue work to strengthen Vanuatu’s public and private sectors post WTO accession.

Non-tariff measures on the agenda during visit of Paraguay’s ambassador to the UN.

That was the message at a stakeholder conference on WTO accession in Vientiane, Lao PDR, on November 27th, where private sector representatives, academia, society players and government officials discussed Lao PDR’s WTO accession commitments and...

Regional integration in Africa has long been recognized as essential to addressing issues related to the small economic size of many countries and the often arbitrarily drawn borders that pay little attention to the distribution of natural endowments.

ITC studies assess the capacity and interest of African business associations to engage in trade-policy issues.

ITC survey of Peruvian companies shows that many still face non-tariff measures in their major export markets in Europe and the Americas.

Business-practice assessment of EFAL highlights value and benefits of Ethical Fashion Initiative’s social-enterprise partner in East Africa.

Survey on non-tariff measures seeks to identify and understand barriers to trade faced by Guinea’s private sector.

A delegation from Republic of Liberia on 17 July visited ITC for discussions on ongoing trade-support programmes and the possibility of ITC support in its WTO accession negotiations. The Liberian delegation was led by Deputy Minister for Commerce and...

Mangoes are produced in abundance in Senegal’s Niayes region. Exporting them has proved trickier, which is why farmers asked ITC for help to improve their produce.

NTF II Uganda Steering Group visits farms, farmers’ associations and local partners, and learn how the project helps to benefit producers and exporters.

Trade support, regional integration and cross-border trade tops agenda as Côte d'Ivoire’s trade minister visits ITC.

Bangladesh takes centre-stage at WSIS Forum 2012, while ITC’s Anders Aeroe highlights role of information and communications technology in creating growth in low and medium-income countries.

ITC’s Trade Support and Regional Integration Programme for the Côte d’Ivoire (PACIR) will on 7 and 8 June host a workshop in Abidjan to inform and discuss about the commercial aspects and implications of Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs). ITC will...

The Co-chair of the Public Private Dialogue Steering Committee (PPDSC) and Director General of the Pakistan Institute of Trade And Development (PITAD) formally submitted to the Government of Pakistan two policy recommendation papers for consideration and potential implementation…

‘The private sector is not thinking regionally’ is an echo I often hear in government circles charged with the responsibility of promoting intra-African trade. Basking in the comfort of supplying domestic markets, private businesses fear competition...

At a plant in the North-East of Kyrgyzstan’s capital Bishkek, a 20-minute ride from the city centre over potholed roads, 23-year-old Bakhtiyar Kudakeldiev works as a water bottling operator. He does not know it, but he benefits from an ITC programme...

Kuwait’s Public Authority for Industry (PAI), with the support of ITC, aims to diversify the national production and export base whilst lowering Kuwait’s dependence on petroleum by improving the competitiveness of Kuwaiti food and beverage exports. The two year project represents the first time ITC has provided assistance to the Kingdom...

ITC Executive Director, Patricia Francis, today welcomed representatives from the Tajikistan government and the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) to ITC headquarters for the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding outlining the three parties desire to work together on Tajikistan's accession to the WTO...

Until recently, Anna Ngouet was caught in a poverty trap. The declining yield of her 500 coffee trees was reducing her income year after year. With less cash inhand, she did not have sufficient resources to maintain her plantation, resulting in deterioration...

ITC has recently launched a new book titled National Trade Policy for Export Success. The book considers how trade policy influences enterprise competitiveness. It considers how the export potential of enterprises may best be advanced through trade policy...

Pharmaceutical firms across Latin America negotiated millions of dollars in new business deals with each other for natural and bio-products and traditional medicines at LatinPharma 2011...

The International Trade Centre and the Caribbean region reaffirmed their commitments of working in partnership in a meeting held within the framework of the World Trade Organization (WTO)’s Eighth Ministerial Conference.  ‘We already enjoy a good...

Innovative ways of thinking are necessary in order to respond to the ever-changing global economy, according to Patricia R. Francis, Executive Director of ITC. In her speech during the opening session of the WTO MC8, Ms. Francis emphasized that ITC is reinventing itself to keep up with the changing environment in order to provide state of the art value to the poorest countries...

While certain proponents of global free trade may disagree, regional trade blocs offer a compelling model for economic development. By removing barriers to trade within a region – harmonizing regulation to enable the free flow of goods, services and...

Three years after the financial crisis, the global economy remains weak, and fears of another recession persist. The euro zone debt crisis, a slowdown in the United States economy and volatile food and energy prices threaten to send shockwaves around...

Asia’s coming of age has been the development story of the past 40 years. The reasons for this are varied, but some of the more significant factors have been knowledge exchange, technology transfer, and increased economic integration and cooperation...

A four-day training course on Trade Policy and Negotiations took place at the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) between 25 and 28 October, 2011, in Manila...

Developing business in commodities such as coffee or tea or in fresh fruit and vegetables represents great potential for growth and employment in Africa. The challenge for these sectors lies in effective and efficient exporting to the right markets....

The famine in the Horn of Africa has shed light not only on the scale of the human disaster, but the urgent need for long-term agricultural policy reform and an overhaul of the global food aid system. Tonight, some 1 billion people will go to...

Development aid has targeted food security and agri-business for more than 40 years, but has yet to succeed in overcoming the imbalance between supply and demand. Nor has it made much impact on reducing hunger and rural poverty among communities that...

In its blueprint for new tourism, the World Travel & Tourism Council promotes the importance of partnerships for sustainable tourism development.   With global travel and tourism forecast to grow at a rate of 4% per year over the next...

Strategic positioning is the first thing dev­eloping countries should do when considering tourism as an economic tool. It requires the development of a carefully constructed, unique prop­osition that frames the attractions offered to tourists...

On the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day in March 2011, ITC celebrated the successes women have made in trade. At an event co-hosted by the World Trade Organization (WTO), ITC recognized the vital contribution women make...

The 11th World Export Development Forum (WEDF) held in Chongqing, China on 9–12 September highlighted renewed optimism and commitment to the export-led growth model and the necessity for trade, with a need to rethink strategies...

Increasingly, as European manufacturers face fierce competition from new Asian sources, suppliers are looked to as sources of competitive advantage. This article discusses the strategic role that differentiated purchasing and supply management represents...

Focusing on the value of exports rather than simply their volume is a key means for developing countries to survive and prosper in times of economic crisis, said Patricia R. Francis, ITC's Executive Director...