The following links can prove very helpful when planning to do or are doing business in Cyprus:

NEW: The Cyprus Investment Promotion Agency (CIPA) is a newly established non-profit, private limited company (solely owned by the Government of Cyprus), which will contribute dynamically and with flexibility to the effective promotion of Cyprus as an international investment and business center.  For more information, please visit: http://www.cipa.org.cy

The official website of the Government of Cyprus provides links to all Ministries and Independent Agencies. Please visit the Republic of Cyprus Website at http://www.cyprus.gov.cy.

Information regarding the Ministry of Commerce, Industry, and Tourism can be found at http://www.mcit.gov.cy.

For the Ministry of Finance, please click on the following link http://www.mof.gov.cy

You can find information on Cyprus customs and Value Added Tax (VAT)through the following link http://www.mof.gov.cy/ce.

For Export Control license issues and detailed information, please visit the following website: http://www.export.gov/regulation/exp_reg_licenses.asp

European Union customs' site http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/dds/home_en.htm

Commercial Service European Union webpage for the Registration, Evaluation, and Authorization of CHemicals (REACH): http://www.buyusa.gov/europeanunion/reach.html

Through the U.S. Customs Service you can find information for importing and exporting (including tariff rates): http://www.customs.treas.gov/.

The Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI)is a private law organisation which is financially independent. A union of Cypriot businesspeople, it conveys and promotes the interests and views of the business community: http://www.ccci.org.cy.

Working for the development and protection of the Turkish Cypriot society's commercial, industrial, touristic and agricultural activities, and supporting and giving advice to businesspeople in these topics, the Turkish-Cypriot Chamber of Commerce can be found at: http://www.ktto.net.

Whether you own a business, represent one, lead a corporate office, or manage an association, the Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America® provides you with a voice of experience and influence in Washington, D.C., and around the globe: http://www.uschamber.com.

The Cyprus-American Business Association, which is dedicated to promoting bilateral trade relations between Cyprus and the U.S. can be found at http://www.cyaba.com.cy.

The Cyprus Employers & Industrialists Federation is a pancyprian independent organisation comprised of 53 of the main professional/sectoral associations as well as hundreds of companies from the Manufacturing, Services, Commercial, Construction and Agricultural Sectors. In total, OEB has more than 4,500 Member/ Enterprises. For more details, please check: http://www.oeb.org.cy.

Find out if a company is registered in Cyprus; Get statistics on companies registered in Cyprus and other services at the Department of the Registrar of Companies and Official Receiver http://www.mcit.gov.cy/mcit/drcor/drcor.nsf/index_gr/index_gr?OpenDocument.

For information on telecommunication and postal services regulations and applications please check the Office of the Commissioner of Electronic Communications and Postal Services (OCECPR) at the following link: http://www.ocecpr.org.cy

The Cyprus Telecommunications Authority (CyTA)is a semi-governmental telecommunications provider with many high expenditure tenders. For more details on such tenders, please check: http://www.cytanet.com.cy/cyta/tenders.html

The Electricity Authority of Cyprus has its own website and frequently lists its tender opportunities and many updates related to the Authority. For more information, please check: http://www.eac.com.cy

The Cyprus Tourism Organisation launched the Trade Section of its website in order to enable fast and easy access to information and services to all the tourism principles as well as to researchers, journalists and investors: http://www.visitcyprus.biz/ctoweb/ctowebtradesection.nsf/Maineng?openframeset.

If you need assistance with dispute resolutions, consumer guidance, and detailed company information, you can contact the Better Business Bureau http://www.bbb.org/

Athens is the Commercial Partner Post to Nicosia. Their home page follows http://www.buyusa.gov/greece/en

Please visit our "Discover America" website, which is the official Travel and Tourism website of the United States: http://www.discoveramerica.com