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e-Modernization of Palestinian Customs to Boost Trade
[11 Aug 2009]
Palestinian Customs in partnership with the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) had fully adopted the latest version of ASYCUDA’s web-based application to expedite the internat
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Tags: UNCTAD ASYCUDA EC
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UN Program Helps Haiti to Combat Food Shortage
[21 Aug 2009]
According to the UN press release, a scheme intended to improve food security of Haiti and thereby lower food prices has come to fruition with considerable increase in the income of the country’s farm
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Tags: UN FAO IFAD food
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Collective Effort Needed to Stop Illegal Ivory Trade
[02 Nov 2009]
It is evident now that the two decades of a law to ban poaching of elephants has done very little to stop illegal trade of ivory which is going on unabated particularly in Africa, and many other parts
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Tags: CITES IFAW IFWW UN UK Qatar
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Online Exporter Guide from ITC to Mainly Aid Africa
[23 Jan 2010]
The International Trade Centre (ITC) has launched a comprehensive, interactive trilingual online version of its Cotton Exporter’s Guide as an outreach to improve the skills and abilities of developing
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Tags: online exporter cotton exporter’s guide ITC UNCTAD
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Kuwait Out-reaches to South America for Bettering Ties
[14 Jul 2010]
A high profile delegation headed by the Prime Minister of Kuwait Sheikh Nasser Al Mohammed will begin its tour of South America on Wednesday. The three-week trip to nine countries including Antigua an
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Tags: Kuwait KUNA Al Sammak KCCI GCC America
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UNIDO gives Fillip to West African Economy
[02 Sep 2010]
The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) is understood to have decided to chart out plans to boost trade partnership within West Africa. The UNIDO Director Felix Ugbor laid out t
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Tags: UNIDO AGM West Africa Nigeria ECOWAS
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Hong Kong Minimum Wage Decision to Influence Many Others
[16 Nov 2010]
Hong Kong’s decision to implement minimum wage is expected to have a domino effect on many resurgent Asian economies as most of them are socialistically inclined democracies. Hong Kong floor wage, whi
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Tags: Hong Kong – Wages - Labour – Macau - Trade Union
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Bahamas Shipping Registry on Course to Ballistic Growth
[09 Dec 2010]
A top official from the Bahamas government apprised the Bahamas shipping registry was likely to show strong growth in future at a pace of 8-10 percent per annum. The Bahamian Minister of Environment E
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Tags: Shipping Registry Bahamas Tribune Panama Liberia
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Iran Attacks US for Colluding with Afghan Narcotic Trade
[29 Dec 2010]
At separate occasions, top Iranian officials lashed out at the US for being part of narcotic trade in Afghanistan in the garb of war on terror. Deputy Head of the Iranian Judiciary Ebrahim Raeesi and
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Tags: UN US Iran Drug Trade Narcotic Illegal Trade
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Dun and Bradstreet launches ‘Millionaire Homes 2011’
[11 Feb 2011]
Dun and Bradstreet (D&B) India has announced the launch of ‘Millionaire Homes 2011’, after the successful series of Millionaire Homes 2009 and 2010 held in Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai and Hydera
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Tags: Dun and Bradstreet (D&B) Millionaire Homes 2011
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Trade and Monetary Issues Top Agenda at G-20 Meeting
[16 Feb 2011]
Developed economies still recovering from the financial crisis are looking for ways to regain momentum as the global economy shifts in favor of China and other emerging markets.
That task will
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Tags: G-20 Meeting Dominique Strauss-Kahn International Monetary Fund
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Business Opportunities in Brazil
[28 Nov 2011]
Brazil remains a hotbed of opportunity for those interesting in doing business internationally.
Brazil is the world’s 11th largest economy. Agriculture and agribusiness have played a key role i
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Tags: Business Opportunities Brazil
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Samsung concentrates on B2B market
[13 Feb 2012]
Samsung is targeting the 30-billion-baht business-to-business market (B2B) with the merger of its corporate product teams into a single unit.
The scheme aims to enlarge the percentage of income
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Tags: Samsung B2B market
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Samsung Heavy says $471 million FPSO order cancelled
[31 Dec 2012]
SEOU: Samsung Heavy Industries Co Ltd said an Asian firm which it did not identify cancelled an order for a floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit worth 505 billion won ($471.71 milli
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Tags: Samsung Heavy
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UN Report Paints a Grim picture about Global Trade
[16 Sep 2013]
A top economic report, released by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) on Thursday, 12-9-2013 hints at a slow and struggling global trade scenario that is likely to extend
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Tags: UN Report Paints Global Trade
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Russia backed Customs Union eyes the EU
[02 Dec 2013]
Looks like the current trade behemoths, the European Union and United States are getting an evenly matched adversary soon. The free trade zone, backed by Russia is expanding its borders, bringing toge
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Tags: Russia backed Customs Union
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Bitcoins encounter a technicality in India
[30 Dec 2013]
Have you heard of Bitcoins? This virtual currency is currently the rage in online circles. Wikipedia explains Bitcoins as ‘a peer-to-peer payment network and digital currency based on an open source p
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Tags: Bitcoins encounter India
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