Publications

This quality management directory for Azerbaijan helps its small firms connect to national institutions that can help them navigate standards, conformity assessment procedures and services, while meeting the safety and technical standards for foreign markets.   It provides an overview of...

More than a third of Tanzanian companies have fully or partially resolved trade obstacles in the last six years. Government-led initiatives and regulatory reforms have helped ease exporters’ difficulties.

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...

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

Streamlining government procedures, improving transport maintenance and IT infrastructure, and better dissemination of trade-related information are cited as keys to improving Kenya’s export performance, in a new ITC country study on non-tariff measures. Two-thirds of companies surveyed in Kenya...

Recueil d'études de cas destiné aux milieux d'affaires, décideurs politiques et professionnels du développement, relayant des expériences réussies de dialogue entre les secteurs public et privé dans des pays en développement.Elle présente les activités pilotées par les pouvoirs publics et...

Rwandan exporters face onerous standards imposed by private clients in addition to government requirements, an ITC survey reveals. Fair Trade certificates demanded by clients in the European Union, especially for coffee and tea, are bringing costs and delays that seriously hinder Rwandan exporters,...

Many trade obstacles can be dealt with at home, this report finds, regarding business concerns about non-tariff measures in Malawi. Supplement: This ITC survey of exporters and importers in Malawi reveals that their main challenges to access markets abroad are twofold in relation to non-tariff...

The Textile and Clothing Sector in Asian Graduating Least Developed Countries: Challenges and Ways Forward

Mauritian exporters claim to be less affected by trade barriers than many other countries that have participated in the ITC business surveys on non-tariff measures. Among the 400 Mauritian firms surveyed, 27% of exporters were adversely affected by non-tariff measures; 36% of importing firms...

Publié en 15 versions et adapté aux besoins de 18 pays dans huit langues, ce livre est une contribution unique au domaine de la gestion de la qualité à l'exportation.Cette seconde édition du best-seller de 2001, Gestion de la qualité à l’exportation: Manuel de réponses destiné aux petites...

Lao People’s Democratic Republic could lose 7.3%, or $734 million, of exports when graduating from least developed country (LDC) status. The most affected sectors will be natural rubber and latex, paper products and apparel, with losses largely in Chinese and European markets.