International Trade Forum articles from April 1999

International Trade Forum archives from April 1999

Exporting groundnuts.(includes related article on market trends)
April 1, 1999... Groundnuts, a staple food for many developing countries, deserves a closer look as an export commodity. Less than 6% of the world groundnut crop is traded internationally, with export sales averaging close to US$ 1 billion dollars per year....

Healthy groundnuts: controlling aflatoxins.
April 1, 1999... Aflatoxin contamination stops groundnuts from entering the major import markets more than any other factor. Importers are required by law to systematically test incoming shipments for the total amount of aflatoxins and reject those exceeding...

Contract renegotiations: the neglected phase of the process.
April 1, 1999... Today's business executives are finding it more and more difficult to negotiate "static" agreements that withstand the pressure of change. As a result, renegotiations are a growing trend in international business. Here are tips for keeping...

E-commerce trends.(Internet use)
April 1, 1999... Internet-related issues are incorporated throughout ITC's work, and reported regularly in Forum. The articles ahead complement the previous issue of Forum, which presented a review of Internet trends, tips, cases, references and expert opinions...

ITC's Internet cafe.(International Trade Centre)
April 1, 1999... Reflecting the rapid evolution of the Internet, ITC has developed new sites with partner institutions in the past year, and expanded parts of its main site. This helps exporters, importers and trade support institutions in several ways. *...

Partners speak out: views on e-commerce.(the International Trade Centre's 'Virtual Conference' on electronic commerce)
April 1, 1999... Electronic commerce, one of the newest and most rapidly evolving areas of international trade, is one of the six new areas currently discussed and analysed in fora of the World Trade Organization (WTO). What is the perspective of business...

Trade partnerships for LDCs, Africa.(ITC News)(least developed countries)
April 1, 1999... ITC's annual intergovernmental meeting, the Joint Advisory Group (Geneva, 19 to 23 April), focused on how ITC is moving from a successful reform process and basic retooling, to its mission: effective delivery of its field programmes. ...

From reform to effective delivery.(ITC Year in Review)(review of the 1998 performance of the International Trade Centre)
April 1, 1999... Our Annual Report starts by saying that 1998 was "a year during which ITC progressed from building up organizational strengths to transferring these strengths to its operational programmes, one during which its focus moved from administrative...

JITAP: a partnership for trade development in Africa.(Joint Integrated Technical Assistance Programme)
April 1, 1999... The new Multilateral Trading System (MTS) that emerged from the Uruguay Round poses significant challenges, but can open up new vistas for trade for African countries. JITAP - the Joint Integrated Technical Assistance Programme - mobilizes the...

Afro-Arab trade fair uses Internet cafe.(the International Trade Centre's development of the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa Web site)
April 1, 1999... Emmanuel Barreto was part of a team of ITC consultants which developed a site for the Fourth Afro-Arab Trade Fair (Dakar, Senegal, 15-25 April 1999). Below he reports on what visitors were looking for at the Internet cafe. Cafes have...

Did you know about ... ITC's export packaging bulletins.(ITC Information Products)(International Trade Centre's Export Packaging Advisory Service)
April 1, 1999... ITC's Export Packaging Advisory Service regularly issues bulletins for developing country exporters on legislative guidelines, trade fairs, key information sources and other relevant packaging topics. Most of these bulletins are available in...