Focal point in the United Nations system for technical cooperation with developing countries in trade promotion. Operated joint by jointly by the World Trade Organization ( WTO) and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
WWW site contains information on programme services, selectioin of articles from ITC Forum, list of journals useful for trade promotion research , list of ITC publications (including their extensive publication of training materials for trade promotion), details of databases and ‘infobases’, including:
(a) International Purchasing and Supply Management Section (IPSMS).
(b) Legal aspects of foreign trade (JURIS): WWW site includes contacts and legal data by region and country.
(c) Market News Service (MNS) and Market Briefs: offers specific product information on subscription.
(d) Export Packaging Service; Packdata: bibliographical database on export packaging.
(e) Export Quality Management Service: WWW site offers list of contacts by region/country/service.
(f) Trade Financing Services
(g) Institutional Capacity Development for Small and medium sized enterprises – SMEs.
(h) Intra-African Trade Promotion Programme: WWW site includes directory of trade promotion organisations, some full text materials and links to related information sources.
Online infobases accessible via WWW include bibliographies of trade periodicals and selected articles on trade promotion; trade contacts, including listings of trade promotion organizations and associations of specialized importers. Also offers PC/TAS (Trade Analysis System on Personal Computer), see separate Comtrade entry. CD-Rom database with selected data available on WWW site.