Export Zone

Are you thinking about growing your business overseas?

Useful Links

The following websites have been identified as they provide information collected in a similar manner across a number of countries; often enabling like for like comparisons, making it easier to prioritise and rank markets for further research.

1) UK Government

http://www.uktradeinvest.gov.uk/

Look on the sector pages for any prioritisation of opportunities for UK companies which has already been carried out.

2) World Factbook

http://www.cia.gov/

The Central Intelligence Agency publish information about many characteristics of most countries – find the World Factbook in the Library & Reference section, then look at ‘Notes & Definitions’ for your chosen criteria across the world.

3) International Organisations

United Nations http://www.un.org/ plus UN agencies e.g. UNCTAD, ILO, UNESCO, UNICEF, etc)

European Union http://www.europa.eu.int/

http://mkaccdb.eu.int/ - search the Applied Tariffs Database to compare import duties by market (outside the European Union)

OECD http://www.oecd.org/

World Bank http://www.worldbank.org/

Intracen www.intracen.org/tradstat

A list of international organisations can be found at www.developmentgateway.org/DataStatistics

4) Nationmaster

http://www.nationmaster.com/ includes many statistics, but check out the source and date of the figures before using them.

5) Published Market Reports

http://www.marketresearch.com/

Here you may find a regional or global report on the industry or sector you are investigating. Registration is free. You many need to contact the publisher to help you to decide whether to buy the report. The Export Marketing Research Scheme (tel 024 7669 4484) may be able to part fund such a purchase. You must, however, secure agreement from the Scheme before buying the report.

Other related links: Export Marketing Research Scheme
Export Marketing Research Scheme provided by the British Chambers of Commerce on behalf of UK Trade & Investment.; What is the Export Marketing Research Scheme?
The Export Marketing Research Scheme (EMRS) is managed by the British Chambers of Commerce on behalf of UK Trade & Investment. It complements other UK Trade & Investment schemes and companies ...

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