Tropical Fruits and Vegetables in China: Market overview
Tropical Fruits and Vegetables in China: Market overview China is the world’s top fruit and vegetable producer, with vegetable outputs alone totalling 49% of global output. The Chinese market for...
View ArticleBuilding Linkages for Export Success
Building Linkages for Export Success This handbook produced jointly by ISO and ITC describes the role of quality in export competitiveness and its implications for developing country exporters and...
View ArticleTrade for sustainable development (T4SD)
Trade for sustainable development (T4SD) 2009-06-01 2011-12-31 one 1908 true
View ArticleThe Impacts of Private Standards on Global Value Chains
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View ArticleNew website compares voluntary sustainability standards
Exporters, producers and retailers can now compare dozens of different voluntary standards in one place. ITC's new Standards Map website (www.standardsmap.org) is the first comprehensive database on...
View ArticleNew Drivers of Global Value Chains
The long-term impact of the changing trade landscape on global value chains is being shaped by changes in standards regimes, exchange rates, investment flows and other key determinants such as climate...
View ArticleKenya farm exporters get guidance on carbon rules
Some of the world’s top experts in carbon and water standards will give guidance to Kenyan exporters of fruits, vegetables and cut flowers on complying with the tough import requirements of developed...
View ArticleMarket Analysis Tools to remain free for 2012
ITC is pleased to announce its five online Market Analysis Tools - Trade Map, Market Access Map, Investment Map, Trade Competitiveness Map, and Standards Map - will remain free of charge for developing...
View ArticleITC Standards Map is focus of workshop for U.S. Government experts
Specialists from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), USAID and the U.S. General Services Administration have a better understanding of standards issues thanks to an ITC workshop...
View ArticleITC targets Indian clothing, food and beverage sectors for Standards Map...
An ITC team are currently in India demonstrating how Standards Map, the centre's new trade intelligence web tool, can apply to India's booming apparel industry and food and beverage sector...
View ArticleConference on business and humanitarian issues meets in Geneva, Switzerland
Speaking at a conference focused on the subject of harnessing the potential for the private sector to have a positive impact on development, ITC Executive Director, Patricia Francis, outlined her view...
View ArticleWomen need equal access to resources and opportunities
‘We must accelerate our efforts to achieve gender equality and the empowerment of women through development programmes grounded in country priorities, recognising that gender equality and women’s...
View ArticleGetting a grip on ITC’s market-analysis tools
More than 30 African Geneva-based officials on 30 July participated in a training session on ITC’s market-access analysis tools. The event, which was organized by ITC’s Office for Africa, was moderated...
View ArticleCompany contacts now in Trade Map
ITCArticleElcitra Site\Intracen Company contacts now in Trade Map ITC adds company data from more than 60 countries to Trade Map, improving the ability of companies to identify trading partners across...
View Article‘Market access begins at home,’ says ITC
A new ITC report on market access, transparency and fairness in global trade concludes that ‘market access begins at home’. It argues that further reducing barriers to trade between developing...
View ArticleVoluntary standards in developing Countries: The potential of voluntary...
The importance of voluntary standards has grown in recent years, contributing to higher growth rates in international trade, especially in agricultural products, than achieved in many more traditional...
View ArticleA unique approach for developing countries: IEC Standards and Conformity...
International trade in electrical and electronic products is becoming increasingly competitive. As technologies evolve rapidly, safety, reliability and performance must keep pace. This is equally true...
View ArticleISO 26000: Putting social responsibility to work
Recognition of the need for more ethically responsible business practices has seen the emergence of a strong global movement to embrace and promote the concept of social responsibility (SR).
View ArticleGlobal standards: Sweeten sugar for buyers
With biofuels becoming more prominent on the global market, production is being expanded in Brazil, Asia and Africa. This expansion has environmental groups concerned that sugar cane's environmental...
View ArticleThe SPS Agreement: WTO agreement on the application of sanitary and...
Although import duties on many agricultural products have been dropped or waived as part of preferential trading agreements, farmers in developing countries are facing new challenges to selling their...
View ArticleGlobal supply chains: The role of international standards and conformity...
As global supply chains continue to grow, the international accreditation network, underpinned by internationally agreed standards, plays an essential role in the support of competitive markets and...
View ArticleStandards and trade development facility: A collaborative approach to...
Despite the potential for trade in food and agricultural products to generate economic growth and reduce poverty in developing countries, meeting food safety, animal and plant health requirements...
View ArticleChallenges in agri-food exports: Building the quality infrastructure
Many developing countries are ill equipped to take advantage of the opportunities provided by trade. Weak infrastructure, lack of capacity and the inability to meet technical product specifications and...
View ArticleFairtrade: New business model taps markets in the South
With the emergence of new markets in the South, Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International's standards are adapting to become more than a doorway to export markets in the North.With the continuing...
View ArticleClosing the Gap: Quality and standards in ethical supply chains
Gap Inc. is one of the world's largest clothing retailers. It is also an industry leader in ethical sourcing and supply chain management through a social responsibility programme that advocates human...
View ArticleQuality - a prerequisite for exports: Increasing complexity of technical...
Exporters from developing countries are increasingly feeling the pressure to conform to international standards if they are to enter successfully developed country markets.
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ITC to assist African Export Standards and QualityITC recently announced a partnership with African trade officials to improve the standard and quality of local small and medium-sized enterprises.
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