German Business Portal and E-Trade Center
Manufacturers who intend to import to Germany or intends to do business of any kind will find very useful information on the site of the Business portal www.german-business-portal.info. This portal includes recent data on taxes, duties, norms, legal requirements, marketing, visa regulations and numerous links to facts about Germany such as trade fairs and real estate market.
The E-trade Center (http://www.e-trade-center.com/) is also very useful as it can facilitate business contacts between businessmen of various countries.
International Trade Center
The International Trade Center (ICT) has developed five web portals: Trade Map, Market Access Map, Investment Map, Trade Competitiveness Map and Product Map to enhance the transparency of global trade and market access and to help users in their market analyses. Visit http://www.intracen.org/mat/ for information on these market analysis tools.
How to export to the European Union?
The internet plays a vital role in developing your EU-market access Business Development Services (BDS). Below you will find the weblinks and internet pages which are relevant for developing your EU-Market access BDS:
1. Gateway to the European Union; EU website index:
2. Summaries of EU legislation; SCADPLUS:
http://europa.eu/scadplus/scad_en.htm
3. EU trade promotion; Website from DG External Trade:
4. Export - Helpdesk:
5. EU-market Access Database:
http://madb.europa.eu/mkaccdb2/indexPubli.htm
6. Eurostat (statistical information about the EU):
7. EU food safety requirements:
http://ec.europa.eu/food/food/index_en.htm
8. Newapproach standardisation in the internet market:
www.newapproach.org (CE mark)
9. General Product Safety:
http://europa.eu/scadplus/leg/en/lvb/121253.htm
10. Grants, funds and programs by EU policy:
http://ec.europa.eu/grants/index_en.htm
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