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Market Information and Opportunities
Canada's
Trade Offices Abroad
The Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade maintains
contact information for Canada trade offices abroad. These offices help
companies that have researched and selected their target markets, providing
services including market prospects, key contact search, local company
information, visit information, face-to-face briefings and troubleshooting.
Country Profiles
(E-thologies)
Provided by the Centre for Intercultural Learning, this is
a one-stop country information research environment featuring a collection
of Internet sites organized by country and topic. Information covers economy,
politics, culture, geography, etc.
Stats-USA
Reports
Create your own free market reports for numerous countries
using data from Stat-USA. This form on Industry Canada's Strategis allows
you to:
select topics from the CIA World Factbook (e.g. economy, geography, government,
etc);
obtain international business practices from the National Trade Data Bank
(overview of legal practices in almost all countries);
obtain sector-specific market reports, again from the NTDB;
and consult the Country Commercial Guides (CCGs) prepared by U.S. government
agencies at overseas posts.
International Business
Opportunities Centre
The International Business Opportunities Centre (IBOC) co-managed
by Industry Canada and the Department fo Foreign Affairs and International
Trade is a sourcing centre whose goa is to match Canadian companies with
export opportunities identified by Canada's trade offices abroad. By registering
with IBOC's e-Leads, Canadian companies receive business leads directly
at their desktops.
IFINet
International Financial Institutions (IFIs) and United Nations
(UN) agencies spend millions to assist developing countries enhance their
physical and social infrastructure. This website will show you how to compete
in this procurement market for some of the many thousands of contracts
available for bidding.
Register in SourceCAN
SourceCAN is a partnering and business opportunities network,
which offers a full suite of e-business services and the tools you need
to conduct business on the web. When you register in SourceCAN, it will
send you regular e-mail messages providing the latest bid matches appropriate
to your company profile.
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