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Hello International Traders! In this issue, I look to the Caribbean and find a site for a
country -- the Dominican Republic -- that's on the upswing
economically. Also, I have a site with hundreds of links related
to international trade, meticulously compiled by a college
professor. If you fly a lot, you'll love the site I found that
has links to airlines and airports worldwide. Finally, I have a
site that sports fans will love -- the International Sports
Calendar.
| THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC -- OUR FEATURED COUNTRY
The Dominican Republic, as part of the island of Santo Domingo,
has a long history of trade. From its earliest history it was a
center of commerce in the Caribbean, and attracted the attention
of pirates (although the trade they engaged in was not the
voluntary kind). Today, the country continues to have a healthy
rate of trade -- in 2005 it had US $5.8 billion in exports and US
$9.7 billion in imports.
If you'd like to learn more about trade with the Dominican
Republic, a good site to visit is the Dominican Republic Embassy
in the United Kingdom (
http://www.dominicanembassy.org.uk ). Read the country
description to get a good overview of the Dominican Republic's
history, politics, economy, tourism industry, and more. Then,
click on "Commerce" to learn about the country's Centre for
Export and Investment, and see a detailed list of the main
imports and exports, plus other information about trade and
investment in the Dominican Republic. Click on "Links" and you'll
find contact information for various governmental agencies and
business directories.
The Dominican Republic is one of the signatories of the CAFTA-DR
free trade agreement, which has created the second-largest U.S.
export market in Latin America. To learn more about this
agreement, go to the CAFTA-DR (
http://www.export.gov/fta/complete/CAFTA/index.asp?dName=CAFTA )
page at the Export.Gov portal.
Another good resource is the Dominican Republic Useful Links page
( http://fita.org/countries/dr.html ) at the FITA site. This page
has a collection of links that will help you research trade
opportunities with the Dominican Republic. You'll find a variety
of sources for market research, trade leads, business
directories, logistics, government contacts, travel, financing,
and lots more.
The FITA site has lots of useful information about countries
worldwide. Just click on "Country Profiles" (
http://fita.org/countries ), or type the country name
at the FITA home page ( http://www.fita.org ).
FITA's Global Trade Book Store has an excellent book about doing
business in the Dominican Republic. Check out the Dominican Republic Investors Handbook and Business Guide, published by the American Chamber of Commerce of the Dominican Republic. And the Caribbean American Chamber of Commerce & Industry is a member of FITA. Check out their website
for more resources about doing business with the Dominican Republic and other countries in the Caribbean.
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EVERYTHING INTERNATIONAL
I thought I'd written about Everything International (
http://faculty.philau.edu/russowl/russow.html ) in Really Useful
Sites before, although I can't find a record of it. This site has
been around for ten years, and it's full of reliable, current,
and inexpensive links to international business information. It's
maintained by a college professor, Lloyd C. Russow, which is a
good sign that the information is bias-free. Just click on a
category at the home page and you'll see hundreds of links, all
of them annotated with Professor Russow's comments, and cross-
linked to other categories. The links are checked for accuracy
every ten days, so you won't find any broken or dead links here.
And if you do nothing else, make sure you visit the "Village of
1,000" page, which has a fascinating perspective on world
demographic statistics.
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A US Department of Commerce Business Development Mission to India
http://export.gov/indiamission
India, the world’s fastest growing free-market democracy, presents lucrative opportunities for all types of businesses - especially U.S. companies. U.S. companies have the chance to make or increase sales in this booming market by joining the U.S. Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration Business Development Mission to India. Under Secretary for International Trade Franklin L. Lavin will lead the Mission with coordination by the U.S. Commercial Service in the United States and India. Click here for more information.
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AIRLINEPORTAL.ORG
Here's a site you world travelers will find useful.
Airlineportal.org ( http://www.airlineportal.org ) has
directories of hundreds of airline Web sites worldwide. What's
nice about this is that each listing has a description of the
airline, what type of planes it uses, and where it flies. There
are links to each airline's Web site, where you can look up more
information. There are also links to airports, hotels, travel
guides, airline products (including planes for sale), and dozens
of weather forecasts.
INTERNATIONAL SPORTS CALENDAR
Even the most rabid sports fan may not know there's such a thing
as the World Orienteering Championships. I know all about it,
however, because I visited the International Sports Calendar (
http://www.olympic.org/uk/news/calendars/calendar_sports_uk.asp
). This site is a sports fan's dream, because it gives you a
schedule of athletic events in dozens of sports worldwide up to
several years in advance. You'll be surprised at how much is
going on in sports like cycling, shooting, volleyball, sailing,
powerboating, bridge, bowling, basketball, rowing, handball, and
many more. There are links to sites with more information about
these events, plus sports news, Olympic Games information,
profiles of Olympic athletes, and more.
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