Trade and Exporting

Exporting/Importing

Industry Canada

• Canadian Importers Database
  
  
• Trade Data Online - Create your own reports and graphs (by SIC or HS codes).
  
  
  • Find new export markets
  • Determine competition for your products
  • Identify domestic opportunities for import replacement
    
    
• ExportSource
  ExportSource is Team Canada Inc's on-line resource for export information that enables both export-ready and new-to-exporting Canadian businesses harness a world of trade information, from many federal departments, within a single website. ExportSource offers information on everything from foreign markets, trade statistics and export financing to the logistics of delivery, trade shows, export missions and sources of assistance.
  
  
• Interprovincial Trade
  Access the text and a summary of the Agreement on Internal Trade which was signed by the provincial, territorial and federal governments. The Agreement was negotiated to eliminate barriers to trade, investment and the mobility within Canada.
  
  
• Take a World View…Export Your Services
  Take a World View… Export Your Services is a comprehensive information site for service exporters, aimed at enhancing their chances for success in foreign markets. It provides answers to the most often asked questions about exporting services, makes it possible to determine export readiness, and helps to prepare for doing business internationally.
  
  

National and International

• Canadian Trade Commissioner Service.
  
  
• Export Alert!
  Export Alert! is a unique automated e-mail notification service that helps exporters keep abreast of regulatory changes in global markets. This pilot service, the only alert service of its kind in Canada, is provided free of charge by the Standards Council of Canada (SCC) with the support of the Foreign Affairs Canada (FAC) and International Trade Canada (ITC)
  
  
• International Business Opportunities Centre (IBOC)
  The centre matches international business leads identified by Canadian trade officers abroad with the business interests of Canadian exporters, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Drawing on extensive electronic resources and a network of industry sector experts, the centre aims to increase the number of commercially successful matches between Canadian exporters and foreign buyers.
  
  
• Trade Web site of the Foreign Affairs Canada (FAC) and International Trade Canada (ITC)
  
  
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• Virtual Trade Commissionner
• Export Development Corporation
• Trade Facilitation Office Canada
• JETRO - Japan External Trade Organization
• EuroPages, The European Business Directory - Find Markets!
• Canada-U.S. Relations Home Page - Trade and Invesment
  For a wide array of valuable information on doing business in and with the United States.

Market Outlook

• Market Research Reports
• Informetrica Limited Provides current national and provincial economic outlooks as well as other useful information and links.
• Investment Activities and the Minerals and Metals Sector
  • Minerals and Mining - Statistics On-line
• Canadian Trade Commissioner Service - Market Reports and Services Abroad
  Contains specific, relevant and timely International Market Research information extracted from the World Fact Book and the US National Trade Data Bank on some of the world's hottest export markets. It also includes country commercial guides, and the U.S. Global Trade Outlook 1995-2000.

Organizations

• Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters
• Standards Council of Canada
• ThomasNet.com - Register of American Manufacturers
• World Trade Organization

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