Beneficiary countries
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Georgia
Moldova
UkraineA business survey on trade obstacles
To understand the regulatory and procedural obstacles to trade enterprises face, the International Trade Centre (ITC) is conducting large-scale business surveys in the six Eastern Partnership countries - Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine.
These NTM Business Surveys are part of ITC's “Eastern Partnership Trade Helpdesk“ project which falls under the European Union's EU4Business initiative that covers all EU support for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the region of the Eastern Partnership.
ITC will survey exporters and importers in each of the six countries to identify and document obstacles they face in relation to trade in goods and services.
The surveys will employ an ITC methodology, adjusted to national circumstances through consultation with relevant stakeholders. The surveys will cover all goods sectors and three services sectors (i.e. transport and logistics; information and communications technologies (ICT) and ICT-enabled services; and tourism).
The results will serve as an evidence base for stakeholder consultations that are aimed at designing mitigating actions. The results will also provide a representative baseline against which the issues reported through the Helpdesk can be benchmarked.
About the Eastern Partnership Trade Helpdesk
The Eastern Partnership (EaP) Trade Helpdesk, launched in 2019, is a EU4Business project implemented by the ITC with the support of the European Union. This five-year project aims to increase economic ties between the EU and the EaP countries and within these countries.
The project has six components:
The EaP Trade Information Portal, which will provide trade information on the region and the EU.
An Online Helpdesk, which will allow companies to report on issues they face in relation to exporting or importing.
Business surveys of non-tariff measures to identify regulatory and procedural trade obstacles experienced by companies.
Sector specific guides to exporting to the EU, the sectors to be selected in consultation with relevant authorities in each country.
Trade in services data management training to collect and process trade in services data for selected sectors.
Capacity building programme in market analysis to assist public and private institutions to identify market opportunities within the EaP region and in the EU.
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