Multi-Regional Internet Business Resources
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World Network of Chambers of Commerce
URL: http://www.worldchambers.com
Publisher: International Chamber of Commerce, etc.
Operated by three organizations, the International
Bureau of Chamber of Commerce (IBCC)/International
Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the Paris Chamber of
Commerce and Industry (CCIP), and the Global Management
Center of the Trade Information Network of the UN/G77
Chambers of Commerce (GMC/TIN), the WNC is an online
network of more than 10,000 chambers of commerce and
trade promotion organizations throughout the world. WNC
includes a database of products and services; national
and international company profiles; chamber membership
directories; and information on customs regulations and
international and local business, trade and economic
conditions.
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American Chambers of Commerce Abroad
URL: http://www.uschamber.org/chambers/default
Publisher: U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
Available as a link from the American Chambers of
Commerce home page. Includes links to the sites of approximately
90 American Chambers of Commerce Abroad (AmChams) in 81 countries.
AmChams, "along with pursuing trade policy initiatives, ...
make available publications and services, and sponsor a variety
of business development programs. Through four regional organizations
in Asia, Europe, the Gulf Countries, and Latin America/the Caribbean,
the AmChams represent the concerns and interests of the business
community at the highest levels of government and business in
trade policy development."
American Chambers of Commerce Abroad Home Page,
September 7, 2002.
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Corporate Information
URL: http://www.corporateinformation.com/
Publisher: George Matthew Regnery
Free registration is required to use this site, which
contains annotated listings by region and country of
Internet sites providing information on approximately
20,000 public and private companies. Includes
experimental link to 15,000 research reports on
publicly traded companies, free as of 10/15/1999, but
may later be offered as a subscription product. Also
offers a search engine described as searching an
additional 300,000 company profiles at other sites.
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Kompass: the business to business search
engine
Full search results available only to subscribers.
URL: http://www.kompass.com
Publisher: Kompass
Database of 1.5 million companies in 66 countries, representing
23 million products and services; also included are 2.7 million
executives' names, and 400,000 trade and brand names. Users
may search by company name, product, and/or country. Search
results include company name, address, telephone and fax numbers.
Registered users and subscribers may obtain additional information,
including business hours, activities, brief financial information,
year established, number of employees, executives' names, trade
names, export areas, and legal form. Subscribers may search
by additional criteria in the database, including Kompass category
number, and limit searches to exporters, importers, distributors,
producers, sub-regions of countries, etc.
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Background Notes.
URL: http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/
Publisher: U.S. State Department
Provides current information describing foreign
countries and geographic entities, as well as selected
international organizations. Describes people, culture,
geography, history, government, economy, and political
conditions plus travel tips.
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Country Commercial Guides (released prior
to January 20, 2001)
URL:
http://www.state.gov/www/about_state/business/com_guides/index.html
Publisher: U.S. State Department
For updated information search Market Research
Reports (Non-Agricultural) at http://www.export.gov/marketresearch.html
According to the Country Commercial Guides Home Page,
these guides are prepared each year by U.S. embassies
with the assistance of several U.S. government agencies
and "present a comprehensive look at countries'
commercial environments, using economic, political and
market analysis." Topics covered include Economic
Trends, Political Environment, Marketing US Products
and Services, Leading Sectors for US Exports and
Investments, Trade Regulations, Investment Climate,
Trade and Project Financing, Business Travel and
Country Data.
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Country Reports On Economic Policy and Trade
Practices (released prior to January 20,
2001.)
URL:
http://www.state.gov/www/issues/economic/trade_reports/
Publisher: U.S. State Department
For updated information, see U. S. Congress. Joint Committee Print.
107-53. Country Reports On Economic Policy and Trade Practices.
107th Congress. 2nd session. January 2002. http://wwwa.house.gov/international_relations/107/77259.pdf
Modeled on the U.S. Department of State annual reports
on country human rights practices, the reports are
intended to provide a single, comparative analysis of
the economic policies and trade practices of countries
with which the United States has significant economic
or trade relationships. Because of the increasing
importance of, and interest in, trade and economic
issues, these reports are prepared to assist members of
Congress in considering legislation in the areas of
trade and economic policy."
County Reports Home Page, 10/13/1999
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Country Studies
URL: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html
Publisher: Library of Congress
"A continuing series of books prepared by the Federal
Research Division of the Library of Congress under the
Country Studies/Area Handbook Program sponsored by the
Department of the Army. This online series presently
contains studies of 100 countries.Most books in the
series deal with a particular foreign country,
describing and analyzing its political, economic,
social, and national security systems and institutions,
and examining the interrelationships of those systems
and the ways they are shaped by cultural factors."
Library of Congress Country Studies Home Page,
10/13/1999.
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The Economist Intelligence Unit
URL: http://www.eiu.com/
Publisher: Economist Information Unit
This site is provided by the EIU, an information
provider for companies establishing and managing
operations across national borders anywhere in the
world. This site features the latest political,
economic and business environment analysis on more than
100 countries. These reports, are accessible under the
heading "EIU's Latest" through a free registration
process. Additional databases, including country
profiles, risk reports, and intelligence information,
are accessible through a fee-based subscription.
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World Factbook
URL:
http://http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
Publisher: U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
Issued in printed, Internet and CD-ROM versions, the
World Factbook, provides brief information on
the geography, people, government, economy,
communications, transportation, and military
organization, along with a brief overview of
transnational and other current issues for each of the
world's independent states as well as for dependencies
and areas of special sovereignty.
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Bloomberg Website: Market Data:
Currencies.
URL: http://www.bloomberg.com/markets/currencies/fxc.html
Publisher: Bloomberg
In addition to providing tables of current exchange
rates by countries, it is also possible to calculate
the exchange rate of a specific currency in relation to
other currencies by region. Also includes links to
related financial information, including U.S. Initial
public offerings, bond and U.S. Treasury yields,
Standard & Poor's 500 Index, U.S. interest rates,
and selected world indices.
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Foreign exchange rates..
URL: http://www.ny.frb.org/markets/foreignex.html
Publisher: Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Provides links to the daily 10:00 a.m. and 12 noon
midpoint between buying and selling rates from the New
York Interbank market for the following currencies: the
Euro, U.K. Pound Sterling, Canadian Dollar, Swiss
Franc, Japanese, Yen, Swedish Krona, and the Norwegian
and Danish Krones, Links to the International Monetary
Fund page for additional rates.
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Interactive Daily Table [Currency
Converter]
URL: http://www.oanda.com/convert/fxdaily
Publisher: OANDA, Inc.
Provides exchange rates for approximately 165 currencies.
Offers a choice of Interbank (official) rates, typical credit
card rates, typical cash rates, and other selected margins.
Daily rates for approximately the last five years may also be
searched; the exact years available depends upon the currencies
selected. Links to currency news are included; and currency
forecasts are offered on a fee basis. Search instructions are
available in seven languages: English, German, French, Italian,
Portuguese, Spanish, and Swedish.
- Pacific Exchange Rate Service (Policy Analysis
Computing & Information Facility in Commerce)
URL: http://pacific.commerce.ubc.ca/xr/
Publisher: Werner Antweiler. University of British
Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Designed as a repository of historic exchange rates for
economists and other researchers, this site contains
historical statistics for 69 currencies. Many series
date from 1991, although a few begin in 1971, while
other series do not begin until 1996. A "Data
Availability Chart" indicates the exact years available
for each currency. A supplementary table of current
exchange rates for approximately 200 countries, updated
twice daily, is also available, as are a number of
links to related information, including information on
the Euro, and an explanation of the International
Monetary Fund's Special Drawing Rights.
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The Universal Currency Converter(TM)
URL: http://www.xe.com/ucc/
Publisher: Xenon Laboratories Incorporated
Offered in both a "short" version and a fuller version
which provides up-to-the minute exchange rates on 180
currencies in over 250 geographical locations, the site
also includes links to historical currency tables for
the most recent five years, special travel expenses and
credit card charges calculators, and an interactive
"Export Pricing System," designed to help exporters to
both negotiate a price in their foreign customer's
currency and to confirm the value of funds to be
received in their own currency. A link to the ISO 4217
Currency List of currency names and their three-letter
currency codes as specified by the International
Standards Organization's ISO 4217 specification is also
included. Instructions are available in English,
French, and Swedish.
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Foreign Embassies and Consulates in the United
States
URL:
http://dir.yahoo.com/Government/U_S__Government/Embassies_and_Consulates/
Publisher: Yahoo
Links to the web sites of foreign embassies and consulates
in the United States. For some, includes a one line annotation
describing particular features of a site.
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U.S. Embassies Abroad
URL: http://usembassy.state.gov/
Publisher: United States Information Agency.
Links to the web sites of U.S. embassies and
Information Services abroad. Also includes links to web
sites for U.S. Missions to the European Union, NATO,
OSCE, and to the United Nations in Geneva and New York.
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U.S. Missions Online
URL: http://www.state.gov/www/regions_missions.html
Publisher: United States Department of State
The official U.S. State Department listing of
diplomatic and consular posts around the world which
maintain web sites, including missions to the European
Union, the United Nations in New York and Geneva, NATO,
OAS, OSCE, and to various international organizations
in Vienna. Also includes a link to the web version of
the print publication, "Key Officers of Foreign
Service Posts: Guide for Business Representatives."
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Yahoo! Embassies and Consulates
URL:
http://dir.yahoo.com/Government/Embassies_and_Consulates/
Publisher: Yahoo
Arranged by country, this page links to the web sites of
foreign missions to the country in question. Coverage is spotty
and varies considerably depending on the country.
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Foreign Trade Statistics
http://www.census.gov:80/ftp/pub/foreign-trade/www/
Publisher: U.S. Bureau of Census. Foreign Trade
Division.
This site provides the U.S. government's primary source
of foreign trade data. Features country by 1-digit SITC
commodity trade data from 1996 to 1998, schedule B
keyword search, U.S. exporting company profiles, trade
balances with international trading partners, and press
releases. An alphabetical country index from Ato Z
allows quick access to specific country data.
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Trade Compliance Center
URL: http://www.tcc.mac.doc.gov/
Publisher: US International Trade Administration
For each country listed, includes, if available, text
of recent National Trade Estimate Reports,
Trade Policy Review Summaries, Country
Commercial Guides, and the Country Reports on
Economic Policy and Trade Practices.
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STAT-USA
URL: http://www.stat-usa.gov/
Publisher: U.S. Department of Commerce
This subscription service provides a wide array of
economic, business, and international trade information
produced by the U.S. government, including daily trade
leads, international market research, country analyses,
and import and export statistics. May be searched by
keyword, country, or product. Available in many U.S.
federal
depository libraries.
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GLIN (Global Legal Information Network)
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URL: http://www.loc.gov/law/glin/
Publisher: Library of Congress. Law Library.
"The Global Legal Information Network (GLIN) is a
database of
laws, regulations, and other complementary legal
sources.
The documents included in the database are contributed
by
the governments of the members from the original,
official texts
which are deposited, by agreement of the members, in
a
server presently located at the Library of Congress of
the
United States of America. Anyone may sign on to the
system
as a guest and view the summaries and citation
information for
the laws and legal writings in the database. Searches
can be
done by jurisdiction, subject, date, or type of legal
instrument,
or by a combination of these elements. Subject
searches are
done through a dedicated list of terms, collected in
the
GLIN thesaurus. The summaries are written in English;
in some
cases a summary in a second language has been
appended.
Access to the full texts of the documents is
restricted to
members."
GLIN Home Page, June 6, 2003
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International Calling Codes
URL: http://www.the-acr.com/codes/cntrycd.htm
Publisher: American Computer Resources, Inc.
Includes both Country and City Calling Codes.
Instructions are provided for placing calls from the
United States.
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International Dialing Codes
URL: http://kropla.com/dialcode.htm
Publisher: World Wide Construction Site
Presents in table format a list of countries with their international
dialing codes, along with links to city codes within countries.
Also included are International Direct Dialing (IDD) and National
Direct Dialing (NDD) prefixes, as well as a "reverse" look-up
facility allowing users determine the country of origin for
an international phone number.
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International Postal Union
URL: http://www.upu.int/
Publisher: Universal Postal Union
Site includes links to "Addressing formats" and
"Postcodes" for the UPU member countries. Under
"Addressing Formats" users can find the address and
telephone number of the postal authority for the
country, a list of the major administrative
sub-divisions and a description of the postal
addressing system for the country, along with a sample
address, and a description of the structure of the
postal code of the country, if used. Under "Postcodes"
users can link to country web sites providing look-up
services and/or other postal code information for the
country.
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International Data Base (IDB)
URL: http://www.census.gov:80/ipc/www/idbnew.html
Publisher: U.S. Bureau of the Census
"The International Data Base (IDB) is a computerized
data bank containing statistical tables of demographic,
and socio-economic data for 227 countries and areas of
the world."
IDB Home Page, October 13, 1999
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Foreign Trade Statistics
http://www.census.gov:80/ftp/pub/foreign-trade/www/
Publisher: U.S. Bureau of Census. Foreign Trade
Division.
This site provides the U.S. government's primary source
of foreign trade data. Features country by 1-digit SITC
commodity trade data from 1996 to 1998, schedule B
keyword search, U.S. exporting company profiles, trade
balances with international trading partners, and press
releases. An alphabetical country index from Ato Z
allows quick access to specific country data.
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STAT-USA
URL: http://www.stat-usa.gov/
Publisher: U.S. Department of Commerce
This subscription service provides a wide array of
economic, business, and international trade information
produced by the U.S. government, including daily trade
leads, international market research, country analyses,
and import and export statistics. May be searched by
keyword, country, or product. Available in many U.S.
federal
depository libraries.
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United Nations. Department of Economic and Social
Affairs. Statistics Division
URL: http://www.un.org/Depts/unsd/
Publisher: United Nations. Department of Economic and
Social Affairs.
This site provides a wide range of statistical outputs
and services worldwide. It is well-organized and offers
statistics under the following headings: Statistics and
Indicators, Statistical Methods, International
Co-operation Statistics, as well as Sources and
References which link to national statistics and
listings of Internet sites of national and
international statistical services.
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IMF: Dissemination Standards Bulletin
Board
URL: http://dsbb.imf.org/
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
This site provides key information about economic and
financial data disseminated by IMF member countries
that subscribe to the IMF's Special Data Dissemination
Standard (SDDS). Statistical information can be
accessed in two links: Information by Country and
Information by Data Category.
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Yahoo! Weather
URL: http://weather.yahoo.com/
Publisher: Yahoo
The site, which may be searched by region and/or city, offers
a brief summary of current weather conditions world wide, in
addition to providing four day forecasts. Users may choose to
display temperatures in either centigrade or Fahrenheit. Includes
links to U.S. National Weather Service Severe Weather and Forecast
Advisories, Weather maps, and Weather news.
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and Services Working Group of the Library of Congress and is maintained
by the Business Reference Section of the Science, Technology, and
Business Division. Links last checked December 2, 2003.
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