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Managing risk and building climate resilience among small firms requires a team effort. Climate change is hitting small and medium enterprises (SMEs) hard, and supply chain disruptions have a domino effect. This guide explains how development cooperation agencies, business support organizations,...

This sixth global report provides new insights into the evolution of certified agriculture and forestry. The International Trade Centre has teamed up once again with the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture and the International Institute for Sustainable Development to provide data about 14...

The State of Sustainable Markets 2021 is the sixth edition of the annual report on the status of sustainable markets, which the International Trade Centre (ITC) has been publishing jointly with the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL and the International Institute for Sustainable...

Sustainability standards continue their growth across the world.This fourth global report provides new insights into the evolution of certified agriculture and forestry. ITC has teamed up once again with the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture and the International Institute for Sustainable...

Voluntary sustainability standards continue their growth across the world. This third global report provides new insights into the evolution of certified agriculture and forestry. ITC has teamed up once more with the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL) and the International...

While more than 40% of existing trade strategies identify trade integration and regionalism as crucial policy areas, less than 3% of the strategies are regional. Nor do they fully build on diversification opportunities in services and manufacturing.This is one of many trends in trade strategies,...

Hungarian SMEs account for 99.8% of enterprises. 70% of employment, 50% of value added and 28% of its exports to the European Union. This report provides targeted recommendations to help SMEs trade, with a focus on agriculture, electronics and ICT sectors. For each sector, it outlines what firms...

Jointly published by ITC, WTO and UNCTAD, this annual report presents tariff-based market access conditions for goods imposed by 164 WTO Members and other countries. The report contains aggregated product statistics; tariffs imposed and faced by each economy; and an overview of non-tariff...

Voluntary sustainability standards are in the mainstream, and no longer a novelty for niche markets. This second global report outlines data on area, production volume and producers for 14 major sustainability standards across bananas, cocoa, coffee, cotton, palm oil, soybeans, cane sugar, tea and...

Las normas y los reglamentos tienen repercusiones importantes en la competitividad de las pymes.El tema central del informe Perspectivas de competitividad de las pymes de este año es "Cumplir las normas para fomentar el comercio". Cuando las pymes siguen dicha recomendación, aumentan sus...

Standards and regulations have a major impact on SME competitiveness. By meeting the standard for trade, the theme of this year’s SME Competitiveness Outlook report, SMEs increase their chances to connect to international value chains and consumers in a socially and environmentally sustainable...

Standards and regulations have a major impact on SME competitiveness.