International Trade Forum articles from July 1991

International Trade Forum archives from July 1991

Spectacular growth in major markets for fruit juices. (world trade in fruit juices) (Cover Story)
July 1, 1991... With total world trade in fruit and vegetable juices reaching almost US$4 billion in 1989 and an estimated $5 billion in 1990, the fruit joice industry has become one of the world's major agro-based businesses. The international fruit juice...

Towards paperless international trade: EDI and EDIFACT. (electronic data interchange; electronic data interchange and trade facilitation)(includes related article) (Industry Overview)
July 1, 1991... How will you react when your major customer tells you, "Six months from now, we are going to penalize any suppliers from whom we receive paper invoices, order acknowledgements or price lists"? This will mean that, like a growing number of...

Steps in preparing coffee exports. (includes coffee export processing terminology) (Industry Overview)
July 1, 1991... A precondition for a successful export marketing strategy for coffee is that the physical product conform to market requirements. Only an understanding of and continuous adaptation to the foreign market can help to achieve this. This applies...

Foreign trade statistics: a basic market research tool. (includes related articles) (Industry Overview)
July 1, 1991... Foreign trade statistics at the detailed product level play a fundamental role in any market research exercise, whether it is carried out by an individual export firm or a trade promotion organization. Although trade statistics are one of the...

Marketing cut flowers in Japan and Hong Kong. (Industry Overview)
July 1, 1991... World imports of floricultural products came close to US$5 billion in 1989, with cut flowers alone accounting for more than $2.5 billion. The share of developing countries in the flower market is considerable and amounted to more than 21% of...