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LATVIA, LITHUANIA AND ESTONIA
Our Featured Countries
http://www.tedea.eu The three small countries Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, along the Baltic Sea in north-central Europe, are together referred to as the Baltic States. The three countries also share a common history. Annexed by the USSR in 1940, they regained their independence in 1991 and joined the European Union on May 1, 2004. Today, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are in many ways modern industrial societies. They are a market of 7 millions inhabitants and have a joint GDP of 97 billion dollars. The Baltic countries’ trade relations are very much oriented towards Scandinavian countries. Referring to these countries as a single entity is not really true from a cultural point of view. Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are three different countries, each with a different language and a strong national identity.
There are many good online resources that will help you do business in the Baltics. Get business news from Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia on Baltictimes.com. Find government procurement opportunities in the three countries on Tedea.eu. For more information about each country, visit the useful resources Database of the Baltic Sea Information Center. And don't forget the website of the U.S. Commercial Service in Baltic States. The site gives extensive information about the markets through News and Guides, and programs a lot of conferences, trade missions and trainings.
If that's not enough, you'll also find plenty of good research at the FITA Mini Portals of Latvia , Estonia and Lithuania, features of the FITA Web site. The FITA Mini Portal of each country has an overview of the country, with facts about the language, currency, climate, etc., plus more specific information about the economy, markets, taxes, labor market indicators, and tips on doing business in Baltic States.
The Baltic Mini Portal is one of many research gateways at the FITA site. To find Mini Portals for other regions or countries, just click on "Country Profiles" from within a Mini Portal, or at the FITA home page.
TRADEFEEDS.COM
Aggregator of Trade Leads
http://www.tradefeeds.com
For sure you already are familiar with the major trade lead websites on the internet: Among them are our sponsors Alibaba.com, Global Sources, TradeKey, IndiaMART, TradeBoss, Export Pages, DHGate, TradeTang, TOBOC and Made-In-China. Because searching each of these websites can get time consuming, Tradefeeds.com can be useful. This website is a trade lead search engine and aggregator of trade feeds from Alibaba, TOBOC, EC21, Importers.com, TradeIndia.com and 01wholesale.com.
SUPERPAGES.COM
Worldwide Yellow Pages
http://www.superpages.com/global/
Superpages.com is a guide to online Yellow Pages of most countries. Choose the region you want to focus on and browse the country of your choice. This website is a good resource to get direct access to business directories around the world with a few clicks.
STRATEGY+BUSINESS
Online International Business Analysis
http://www.strategy-business.com
Strategy+Business is a management magazine for decision makers in businesses and organizations around the world. Its purpose is to help leaders to face the complex choices they have to make in strategy, marketing, operations, human capital, public presence, governance and other areas and to evaluate the impact of their decisions.
Articles provide some good analyses that go beyond the beaten tracks.
Read for instance India and China May Not Be the Answer (free registration is necessary to read the article). It explains that outsourcing to smaller and more developed countries could be a better alternative. Strategy+business is published by Booz & Company, an international management consulting firm.
FITA CAREER HEADQUARTERS
Senior Export/Import Associate
http://fita.org/jobs
In the FITA Career Headquarters job seekers can now apply for jobs online and post their resume--free of charge--in an exclusive database that will be searched by hundreds of industry employers seeking employees with international degrees and/or related work experience. Featured this week is a listing for an Senior Export/Import Associate at BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. in Novato, California. Click here to browse more than 700 other positions!
Employers - Click here to advertise your job openings on FITA's Career HQ.
Let the jobs come to you! Employers are looking for people with international skills. Post your resume TODAY and reap the rewards of the FITA Career HQ! And with a FITA Career HQ job agent, you can decide what kind of job you are looking for and let the system do the searching for you. Simply set up specific search parameters in a Job Agent, and whenever a job is posted that matches your criteria, you'll be notified automatically via email. It's that easy!
U.S. Commercial Service Events and Webinars
Resources for Going Global
http://www.export.gov/eac/trade_events.asp
The U.S. Commercial Service, a division of the International Trade Administration of the U.S. Department of Commerce, sponsors and participates in many events and webinars that help U.S. exporters sell overseas and help overseas buyers learn about U.S. exports. The Commercial Service has a searchable database of these events worldwide at http://www.export.gov/each/trade_events.asp. Below are some upcoming events:
- Asia Pacific Business Outlook 2010, Los Angeles, CA April 19-20.,
The premier event to expand your Asia Pacific Business Knowledge, Contacts and Profits!
- EuroTrade Forum at the MEP National Conference, Orlando, FL, May 2-5. U.S. Commercial Service specialists will be available to assist you, your clients, and other invited manufacturers with exporting products and services to Europe.
- Green Industries Trade Mission to Europe - April 2010. FedEx and the U.S. Commercial Service are working together on a Green Industries Trade Mission (GITM) to Europe scheduled for April 11–16, 2010, with the objective of helping U.S. businesses expand internationally in this thriving market.
- FedEx - U.S. Commercial Service American Business Center at Hannover Industrial Fair 2010, April 19-23. U.S. companies can sign up for "Your Office" at the show for $1000.
- Exporting 101 - Designing Your Export Future. New York City, April 13. An Export University training session sponosred by the New York District Export Council.
- ANESA Conference - Minneapolis, MN. May 11-12. Learn about opportunities in Africa, Near East and South Asia. U.S. Commercial Service specialists from these regions will be available to assist you.
- Baker & McKenzie International Export Webinar Series - February - May, 2010. Four hour and a half webinar programs for companies involved in international trade.
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