Computer Cyprus Distributor

Over eighty Zambian companies are significant agents or distributors for U.S. companies, and there is strong interest in acting as agents or distributors for U.S. products. Financing local inventories is often a problem, especially given current high interest rates. Only a few companies have sales or service networks that meet standards many U.S. companies desire. The Embassy has the capacity to conduct Agent/Distributor Searches (ADS) when requested through a U.S. Department of Commerce district office, or when contacted directly by a U.S. company. Local offices of international accounting firms and business consultants can also assist in finding a qualified local business partner. ... [Read More]

J) Europe and Central Asia

Policy Initiatives. The increase in drug seizures and decrease in direct drug-related crime apprehensions in Latvia this year is partly due to greater police targeting of wholesale drug operations—usually carried out by established Organized Crime (OC) groups as opposed to targeting local distributors. Fewer apprehensions might actually matter more as “bigger fish” have been arrested. But the decrease in drug-related crime apprehensions is also due to changes in distributor selling tactics and methods, making activity in the illicit drug market more difficult for drug enforcement to follow. ... [Read More]

1996 Country Commercial Guides

U.S. Department of StateChile Country Commercial GuideOffice of the Coordinator for Business Affairs COUNTRY COMMERCIAL GUIDE FISCAL YEAR 1996 CHILE American Embassy Santiago Avenida Andres Bello 2800; Santiago, Chile Tel: (56-2) 232-2600 Fax: (56-2) 330-3710This Country Commercial Guide (CCG) presents a comprehensive look at Chile's commercial environment through economic, political and market analyses. The CCGs were established by recommendation of the Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee (TPCC), a multi-agency task force, to consolidate various reporting documents prepared for the U.S. business community. Country Commercial Guides are prepared annualy at U.S. Embassies through the combined efforts of several U.S. governement agencies. CHAPTER I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARYCHAPTER II. ECONOMIC TRENDS AND OUTLOOKMajor Trends and OutlookPrincipal Growth Se ... [Read More]

1996 Country Commercial Guides

U.S. Department of State Israel Country Commercial Guide Office of the Coordinator for Business Affairs COUNTRY COMMERCIAL GUIDE FOR ISRAEL FY 1996 prepared by the American Embassy, Tel Aviv July 1995 This Country Commercial Guide (CCG) presents a comprehensive look at Israel's commercial environment through economic, political and market analyses. The CCG's were established by recommendation of the Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee (TPCC), a multi-agency task force, to consolidate various reporting documents prepared for the U.S. business community. Country Commercial Guides are prepared annually at U.S. Embassies through the combined efforts of several U.S. government agencies. This document is a guide to doing business in Israel. A separate Commercial Guide is available for the newly ... [Read More]

1996 Country Commercial Guides

U.S. Department of StatePeru Country Commercial GuideOffice of the Coordinator for Business Affairs Country Commercial Guide Peru Fiscal Year 1996This Country Commercial Guide (CCG) presents a comprehensive look at Peru's commercial environment through economic, political and market analyses. The CCGs were established by recommendation of the Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee (TPCC), a multi-agency task force, to consolidate various reporting documents prepared for the U.S. business community. Country Commercial Guides are prepared annualy at U.S. Embassies through the combined efforts of several U.S. governement agencies.I. Executive SummaryThe time to look at the Peruvian market is now. After nearly 25 years of negative per capita GDP growth, Peru was the fastest growing country in the world in 1994 and will be the fastest growing in Latin American in 1995. Inflation will ... [Read More]

1996 Country Commercial Guides

U.S. Department of State France Country Commercial Guide for FY 95-96Office of the Coordinator for Business Affairs Country Commercial Guide for FY 95-96 France TABLE OF CONTENTSCHAPTER I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARYCHAPTER II. ECONOMIC TRENDS AND OUTLOOKCHAPTER III. POLITICAL ENVIRONMENTCHAPTER IV. MARKETING U.S. PRODUCTS AND SERVICESCHAPTER V. LEADING SECTORS FOR U.S. EXPORTS AND INVESTMENTCHAPTER VI. TRADE REGULATIONS AND STANDARDSCHAPTER VII. INVESTMENT CLIMATECHAPTER VIII. TRADE AND PROJECT FINANCINGCHAPTER IX. BUSINESS TRAVELAPPENDICES:APPENDIX A: COUNTRY DATAAPPENDIX B: DOMESTIC ECONOMYAPPENDIX C: TRADEAPPENDIX D: INVESTMENT STATISTICSAPPENDIX E: U.S. AND COUNTRY CONTACTSAPPENDIX F: MARKET RESEARCHAPPENDIX G: TRADE EVENT SCHEDULEThis Country Commercial Guide (CCG) presents a comprehensive lookat France's commercial environment through economic, political and market analyses. The CCGs were e ... [Read More]

Belgium

Belgian workers are highly unionized (63 percent), and usually enjoy good salaries and benefits. According to a recent study, Belgian wage and social security contributions, along with those in Germany, are among the highest in Western Europe. In recent years the unemployment rate as measured according to the EU's definition has gone down slowly (in December 2004 it was 8 percent, against 9 percent within the Euro-zone). High wage levels and pockets of high unemployment coexist, in large part because most of Belgium's long-term unemployed are virtually unemployable without major retraining. (Their overall education level is significantly lower than that of the general population.) As a consequence of the high wage costs, over the years, employers have tended to invest more in capital than in labor. At the same time, a shortage exists of workers with training in computer hardware and software, automation and marketing. The resulting bottlenecks cause wage pressures. ... [Read More]

1996 Country Commercial Guides

U.S. Department of State Belgium Country Commercial Guide Office of the Coordinator for Business Affairs COUNTRY COMMERCIAL GUIDE FOR BELGIUM FY 1996 TABLE OF CONTENTS: I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY II. ECONOMIC TRENDS AND OUTLOOK -Macroeconomic trends and outlook -Principal growth sectors -Budgetary priorities -Monetary policy -Privatization III. POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT -Overview -U.S./Belgian relations IV. MARKETING U.S. PRODUCTS AND SERVICES -Entering the market -Distribution and sales channels -Use of agents and distributors -Watching for pitfalls -Pricing and selling factors -Getting help -Using a regional approach -Franchising -Distribution and coordination centers -Setting up an office -Protecting your product from IPR infringement -Need for l ... [Read More]

International Narcotics Control Strategy Reports

FINANCIAL CRIMES AND MONEY LAUNDERINGMONEY LAUNDERINGOVERVIEWIn 1992, the major trends affecting money laundering policy were: (1) further sophistication of money laundering practices; (2) greater investment of drug and other illicit proceeds into established businesses, both to conceal money movements and to capitalize on illicit profits; (3) the internationalization of money laundering networks whose operations involve an ever larger number of countries and territories, regardless of their importance as financial centers or as drug producing or transit countries; and (4) the intensified involvement of the Sicilian Mafia and other criminal organizations in Europe, Asia and the Western Hemisphere who comingle proceeds from many crimes to confound investigators, and are now acting as brokers for funds unrelated to their own trafficking activities. These trends have made it more difficult to differentiate between drug-related money laundering and other forms of illegal money m ... [Read More]