Entering a market is the most important
issue for companies that will be dealing with foreign trade and are for
companies that are currently dealing with when choosing a new product and a
market. Knowing and understanding a market as deeply as possible greatly
increases the maneuverability of companies. In recent years, United Nations
(UN), World Trade Organization (WTO), World Bank and International Chamber of
Commerce (ITC) have created large databases in this field and made them
available to companies. Customs duties, trade barriers, non-duties barriers,
target market information, procedures, formalities etc. Such information is
included in databases and provides great convenience to companies. The most
important of these databases are:
1. International Export
Potential Map
The Export Potential Map identifies export
diversification opportunities as well as containing information on products,
markets and suppliers with export potential for 226 countries and regions and
4,376 products. Based on the International Trade Center’s (ITC) export
potential methodology, it evaluates and categorizes export performance, target
market demand and market access conditions, as well as bilateral links between
the exporting country and the target market, to provide a unique ranking of
untapped opportunities, making them understandable to users.
2. International Trade Center Market Access
Map
Market Access Map is a free analytical
portal that allows exporters and importers to access, compare, analyze, and
download tariffs, tariff-rate quotas, trade solutions and non-tariff measures
that may apply to a given commodity in any market in the world. The web
application is interactive, simple and easy to use. On the homepage you can
find tariff information and other market entry requirements quickly, easily and
for free.
Access2Markets is the new portal for EU
exporters and importers, where they can find detailed information on tariffs,
duties of origin rules and surcharges, import procedures and formalities,
product requirements, trade barriers, and trade flow statistics.
4. International Trade
Center Global Trade Helpdesk
The Global Trade Helpdesk (GTH) is an
initiative jointly managed by ITC, UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade
and Development) and the World Trade Organization, which aims to simplify
market research for companies and especially micro, small and medium
enterprises by integrating trade and business information. Using the Global
Trade Helpdesk, companies can compare demand for their products across markets,
discover tariffs and other market access conditions, access buyer details,
navigate domestic export processes, and find business partners.
EuroMed Trade Helpdesk, in cooperation
with the EU Export Helpdesk, aims to facilitate trade and investment in the
European Mediterranean Region. It is an institution established to analyze
business opportunities and market access requirements or to provide more market
information services on Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco,
Palestine and Turkey. EuroMed Helpdesk is available in English, French, Arabic
and Turkish.
Doing Business, the finest publication of
the World Bank, is a series of annual studies that measure the regulations that
foster and restrict business activity. Doing Business provides quantitative
data on business regulation and property rights protection that can be compared
across 190 economies and time, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe.
World Bank WITS Simulation is a trading
software provided by the World Bank for users to query various international
trade databases. WITS allows the user to query trade statistics from the United
Nations' official repository of international trade statistics and related
analytical tables (UN COMTRADE), tariff and non-tariff measures (Non-Tariff
Measures).
8. World
Trade Organization I-TIP Portal
I-TIP provides comprehensive information
on non-tariff measures implemented by WTO members on trade in goods. The
information includes members' notices of unexplained trade barriers, i.e., as
well as information on specific trade concerns raised by members at WTO
committee meetings. Its purpose is to serve the needs of those seeking summary
information as well as those seeking detailed information on trade policy
measures.
9. ePing
Product-related notifications are
regularly published within the World Trade Organization. WTO notifications
contribute to the prevention of technical barriers by ensuring transparency in
the legislation and practices of countries. Through notifications, you can
learn about the regulations of other countries that may adversely affect your
exports at the draft stage, comment and have them changed. A joint venture of
the United Nations, World Trade Organization and ITC, ePing is an online tool
that enables private and public stakeholders to access and understand WTO notifications in a timely manner affecting
products and markets of interest.
10. Technical Barriers to
Trade Database
On this site, which is a service of the
Ministry of Commerce, you can regularly follow the notifications published in
the WTO. The technical legislation and authorized institutions of the
countries, the mandatory documents they request, product safety inspection
systems, etc. You can find the information here. You can obtain the contact
information of the Turkish Consultants / Attachés working in the relevant
country.
11. International Trade
Center Non-Tariff Measures Survey
ITC conducts large-scale surveys of
companies to improve knowledge on current non-tariff barriers by providing
detailed qualitative impact analysis and addressing key stakeholders directly.
Based on the experience and knowledge of exporters and importers who have to
deal with these measures, these surveys are a viable and proven mechanism to
deepen understanding of the perception of non-tariff measures, which is
inherently difficult to quantify.
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