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Foreign Import Offices

Many of the developed countries are trying to help others, specially the third world countries. There exist special cell/ organizations which promote trade imports from other countries to theirs. Most of these offices some or most of the following services:

1. Statistical information about their countries and markets.
2. Information on sale opportunities.
3. Information on import requirements and procedures.
4. Information on marketing techniques and business practices.
5. Listing of wholesalers, agents, importers, distributors etc.
6. Arrangements for contracts when visiting the market.
7. Trade fairs and exhibition assistance.
8. Publication concerning the markets.
9. Names of buyers seeking suppliers of a special product in specific quantities.
10.Training programs.
11.Free advertising of products in weekly trade information bulletins; also circulation of product offers to importers.
12.Seminars on trade promotion.
13.Establishment of regional/ national trade promotion centres and show rooms for product display.
14.Product test centre.

Abu Dubai

1. Abu Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry; P.O. Box 662, Abu Dhabi; 22449 Tijara Em.
2. Federation of UAE Chambers of Commerce & Industry. P.O. Box 3014, Abu Dubai, 3883 Gharaf Em.

Afghanistan

Afghan Chambers of Commerce & Industry, Mohmd. John Khan Walt; Kabul.

Australia

Consulate General of India, 153, Walker Street, North Sydney NSW 2060.

Austria

Austrian Federal Economic Chamber; Dept. of Foreign Trade, Stubenring 12, A-1010

Vienna

Federal Section of Commerce; (Office of Trade Policy), Bauermarket 13, A-1010 Vienna.

Belgium

Belgian Office for Foreign Trade, 162 Blvd Emile Jacqmain, B-1000, Brussels.

Canada

1. Canadian Chambers of Commerce, Suite 301-200 Elgin Street, Toronto, Outerio MJJ 1B7.
2. Trade Facilitation Office; 200 Promonade du portage, Hull. Quebac, K1A OG4.

Cuba

Cuban Chamber of Commerce, Calle 21 no. 661 Esq.. A. Vedado Comara de Coercio de Cuba Habana, Cuba.

Chechoslovakia

Foreign Trade Corporation for Import and Export of Cultural Commodities; 30 Ve Sureckoch, Prana 2.

Denmark

Import Promotion Office, Danish Chamber of Commerce, Borsen, DK- 1217, Copenhagen K.

Egypt

Federation of Egyptian Chamber of Commerce; 4 Midan El. Falaki, Cairo.

Finland

1. The Finnish Foreign Trade Association; Arkadiankatu 4- 6, P.O. Box 908, Sf00101 Helsinki 10.
2. The Finnish Import Promotion; Lapaunkatu 4, SF- 00100 Helsinki 10.

France

Bureau de Expertations Etrangeres, Centre Francais du Commerce Exterieur, 10 avenue d'lena, F- 75783 Paris.

Greece

The Athens Chamber of Commerce and Industry 7, Academicans Street, Athens- 134.

Hungary

Hungarian Chamber of Commerce; V Kossuth ter 1 Budapest 106, Budapest.

Indonesia

1. Indian Committee of Kadin Indonesia; Gedung Manggala wana Bakti, JI. Gatota Subroto, Senayan, 8th Floor, Room No. 807, Jakarta.
2. Indonesian Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Gedung Chandra LT 2- 3- 4 JI MH. Thamrin Jakarta.

Israel

Israel Centre for Trade with Developing Countries; Chaim Street, P.O. Box No. 20027, Tel-Aviv.

Italy

Istituto Nazionale Per IL Commercio Estero (ICE); (National Institute for Foreign Trade), Via Liszt 21, P.O. Box 10057

Japan

Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), Toranomon 2-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105.

Malaysia

Malaysian Handicrafts Development Corporation, Ministry of Land & Regional Development, WISMA KRAFTANGAN, No. 9, Jalan Tun Perak, 50050 Kuala Lampur.

Mauritius

1. Mauritius Chambers of Commerce & Industry, 27 Royal Road, Port Louis.
2. The Indian Traders Association, Corner of Sir W. Newton & Farquker Street, Port Louis.
3. The Mauritius Chamber of Merchants, 27 Corderie Street, Port Louis.

Nepal

1. Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce& Industry, Tripureswar, P.O. Box No. 269, Kathmandu.
2. Nepal Foreign Trade Association, Khichapokhari P.O. Box No.541, Kathmandu.
3. Trade Promotion Centre, Pulchowk, Lalitpur, Kathmandu.

Netherlands

Centre for the Promotion of Import from Developing Countries, The Netherlands, P. O. Box No.30009, 3001 DA Rotterdam.

New Zealand

Developing Countries Laison Unit, Department of Trade &Industry, Bowen State Building, Bowen Street, Wellington.

Norway

Norwegian Import Promotion Office for Products from Developing Countries (NORIMPOD), P.O. Box No. 1847, DEP N- 0033, Oslo1 Norway 1.

Phillipines

Philippines Chamber of Handicrafts, Sunvar Plaza Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines.

Poland

Polish Chamber of Foreign Trade, Trebacka 4, P.O. Box No. 361, PL- 00 950 Warsaw.

Romania

Office for the Promotin Of Foreign Trade Relations With Developing Countries, Chamber of Commerce & Industry Of the Romania Socl. Reb, 22 Blvd N. Balcescu, R- Bucharest 1.

Singapore

1. Singapore Federation of Chamber of Commerce, 47, Hill Street-03-01 Chinese Chamber Of Commerce Building, Singapore.
2. Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce, Maxwell Road, P.O. Box No. 1038, Singapore.

Sweden

Import Promotion Office for Products from Developing Countries (IMPOD), Norrmalmstorg 1, P.O. Box No. 7508, S-10392 Stokkholm.

Switzerland

1. International trade Centre Palais Des National 1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland.
2. Office Suisse D'expansion Commerciale (OSEC), (Swiss Office for the Development of Trade), Avenue de Avant- Poste 4, CH- 1001 Lausanne.