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While more than 40% of existing trade strategies identify trade integration and regionalism as crucial policy areas, less than 3% of the strategies are regional. Nor do they fully build on diversification opportunities in services and manufacturing.This is one of many trends in trade strategies,...

Pharmaceuticals, baby food, cotton clothing and cars are the four focus value chains of this report. 

Trade improves the food supply of least developed countries (LDCs), but import dependence on concentrated suppliers of cereals, vegetable oils and sugar threatens their food security. In 2022, increasing food  and fertiliser prices, the war in Ukraine and export restrictions depressed LDC food...

Deeper regional integration goes hand in hand with strengthening processing industries and the internationalization of SMEs.Trade integration within and among regions of African, Caribbean and Pacific Island groups are measured in this study. Regions with the fastest trade integration over the last...

The goal of Uganda’s Value Chain Roadmap for Sunflowers The goal of Uganda’s Value Chain Roadmap for Sunflowers is to set the sector on the course of strategic development by addressing constraints in a comprehensive manner and defining concrete opportunities that can be realized through the...

Stronger ties between African cotton producers/ginners and Asian buyers can improve the market positioning of African cotton.The African-Asian cotton trade has great potential. This study examines African challenges to improve along the value chain to meet Asia’s growing demand. It reviews ITC...

Global markets for sunflower products The sunflower value chain encompasses sunflower seeds, oil and cake. The global production of sunflower seed has doubled in the past 20 years, driven by improved yields and expanded acreage. The bulk of sunflower seed produced is used to make sunflower oil,...

China es, a un tiempo, exportador e importador de café verde y café tostado. Las cantidades que produce y consume son modestas en el contexto mundial: China produce unas 40.000 toneladas de café verde al año (0,5% de la producción mundial). El consumo anual se sitúa en casi...

La presente obra, que se publica para conmemorar el 50º aniversario del Centro de Comercio Internacional, recorre la historia de la organización desde sus comienzos en 1964; reflexiona sobre las cinco décadas de crecimiento en el mundo e ilustra el nuevo equilibrio de la economía mundial;...

Benefitting from the LDC services waiver depends on taking 10 key actions; ITC can help.The guide also outlines how ITC can work with LDCs to benefit from this new preferential access opportunity

Documento que refleja los resultados relativos a una consulta regional: "Gestión de calidad: Establecimiento de vínculos entre las organizaciones de promoción del comercio y los institutos nacionales de normalización para el éxito de las exportaciones", organizada conjuntamente por l'ISO y el...

The global pandemic has hit small farmers with disruptions in health, food security, transport, finance and demand. It has also increased the cost of doing business. Smallholder farmers, already dealing with the effects of a climate and price crisis, are taking emergency measures for resilience. At...