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If the world is your oyster you have come to the right place. On the left you will find business opportunities at government procurement sites all over the world. |
If you need assistance with international trade or finance browse through the following internet resources:
American
Export Register
American Export Products (AEP) is a supplement to American Export Register and
is published six times a year in magazine format. It is a compendium of catalog,
brochure and product information offerings from American companies which is
distributed in over 190 countries around the world. This site has a multi-lingual
sourcing directory (6 languages) containing more than 45,000 American suppliers
in over 5,500 product and service categories.
China External Trade Development
Council (CETRA)
CETRA, a non-profit trade promotion organization in Taiwan, assists sourcing
in the Asia-Pacific Region.
ELGO
is the only source for identifying decision makers for over 14000 local and
regional authorities from 27 countries.
Global
Sources
Global Sources Online hosts more than 4,200 suppliers and features over
80,000 detailed product profiles with supporting content of the suppliers' company
and operations.
Keidanren
Japanese Federation of Economic Organizations procurement guidelines.
OANDA Currency
Converter
Site allows conversions among 164 currencies and displays history for any day
since 1-Jan-90 through today. It also allows a choice of various conversion
rates and displays median, minimum, and maximum prices.
RWI Interactive Information Services
WAND is an interactive Internet-based, business-to-business, multi-language
global sourcing tool.
STAT-USA
US Department of Commerce economic, trade & business information.
Supplier Quality Associates,
Inc.
International quality services organization specializing in supplier quality
assurance programs.
Tenders
Direct - European Invitations to Tender
Tenders Direct provides access to a database of government and utility company
contracts throughout Europe. This information can be used to research the market,
identify potential competitors or directly source buyers for your products and
services.
Thomas
Register of European Manufacturers
Like its domestic US counterpart, the Thomas Register of European Manufacturers
is an excellent online sourcing tool. It's multilingual (6 language) interface
simplifies the job of sourcing across international borders.
Travel Expenses
Calculator
Site can simplify the process of claiming travel expenses and help ensure that
you do not under claim by taking into consideration the date of the expense
receipt and making provision for the bank's credit card charges for foreign
exchange.
Trade Compass
Impressive array of international business info and tools including: news feeds;
shipping schedules; trade leads; trade statistics; market reports; cargo tracking;
trade show database; company directories; company intelligence; and, more.
Universal Currency Converter
Xenon Laboratories' The Universal Currency Converter™ allows for Web-based
interactive foreign exchange rate conversions among multiple currencies.
WICTA (Web site for ICT
Acquisition)
Acquisition & Procurement for ICT . WICTA provides information on procedures
related to Procurement & Acquisition of ICT (Information and Communication Technologies)
Systems and Services for the better understanding of the ICT Acquisition Framework
and Practices. The Site also provides assistance for the retrieval of information
on ICT Procurement, standardization issues, general guidelines concerning ICT
Acquisition and accommodates the trend towards Multilateral Exchange of information
by means of providing a Platform to discuss, analyse, follow-up and launch recommendations
and ICT initiatives and to provide user feedback to ICT SMEs, policy makers
and/or public procurement agencies and authorities.