Trade Leads
Specific Trade Leads
The following trade leads are opportunities that the International Trade Office (ITO) staff has been made aware of as potential business opportunities for Colorado companies. Please contact the staff member associated with each trade lead for further information.
2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia
The International Olympic Committee named the city of Sochi in southern Russia the host of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games. There will be opportunities for U.S. companies to bid on projects that will help the city prepare for the games. Various commercial, residential and sports facilities will be designed, built and upgraded in and around Sochi before 2014. According to the head of the State Olympic Corporation, Russia is unable to build the infrastructure required for these Olympic games. All projects will be subject to a bidding process open to foreign companies. The total amount for the Russian government's investments in the Olympic projects will exceed US $12 billion. Please visit www.imec-usa.com for additional information about these trade opportunities.
Continuous Trade Leads
The following information relates to organizations that post new trade opportunities on a continuous basis. Please refer to the individually listed Websites for additional information.
Global Trade & Technology Network (GTN)
GTN has recently been retired as a source of trade leads. However, import assistance is still available to U.S. companies through the GTN Website.
USTDA
USTDA's mission is to advance economic development and U.S. commercial interests in developing and middle-income countries. To this end, the agency funds various forms of technical assistance, investment analysis, training, orientation visits and business workshops that support the development of a modern infrastructure and a fair and open trading environment.
World Bank
The World Bank is a vital source of financial and technical assistance to developing countries around the world. The Bank is made up of two unique development institutions owned by 184 member countries the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and the International Development Association (IDA). Each institution plays a different but supportive role in the Bank's mission of global poverty reduction and the improvement of living standards. The IBRD focuses on middle income and creditworthy poor countries, while IDA focuses on the poorest countries in the world. Together the Bank provides low-interest loans, interest-free credit and grants to developing countries for education, health, infrastructure, communications and many other purposes.
Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
The Inter-American Development Bank helps foster sustainable economic and social development in Latin America and the Caribbean through its lending operations, leadership in regional initiatives, research and knowledge dissemination activities, institutes and programs.
Asian Development Bank
The work of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) is aimed at improving the welfare of the people in Asia and the Pacific, particularly the 1.9 billion who live on less than $2 a day. Despite many success stories, Asia and the Pacific remains home to two thirds of the world's poor. ADB is a multilateral development financial institution owned by 66 members, 47 from the region and 19 from other parts of the globe.
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development was established in 1991 when communism was crumbling in Central and Eastern Europe and ex-Soviet countries needed support to nurture a new private sector in a democratic environment. Today the EBRD uses the tools of investment to help build market economies and democracies in countries from central Europe to central Asia. The EBRD is the largest single investor in the region and mobilizes significant foreign direct investment beyond its own financing.
Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI)
CABEI is the largest financial institution in Central America. Its strategic axis is based on the fight against poverty, regional integration and the competitive insertion of Central America in the global economy.
Federation of International Trade Associations (FITA)
The Federation of International Trade Associations (FITA), founded in 1984, fosters international trade by strengthening the role of local, regional, and national associations throughout the United States, Mexico and Canada that have an international mission. The FITA.org portal offers information on trade leads, events, and links to numerous other trade resources.
North American Development Bank (NADBank)
The North American Development Bank is a binational financial institution capitalized and governed equally by the United States and Mexico for the purpose of financing environmental projects certified by the Border Environment Cooperation Commission in order to provide a clean and healthy environment for border residents on both sides of the border.
SIMAP Europe
SIMAP provides background information, links and automatic exchange tools to public purchasers and businesses interested in public procurement opportunities in Europe.
BrazilTradeNet
If your company is interested in opportunities to export to Brazil, a good place to start is at the BrazilTradeNet web site. With a variety of resources published in English, this web site provides economic indicators, a PDF guide to exporting to Brazil, lists of local contacts and trade shows.
Alibaba International
Alibaba is an English-language Website primarily serving small and medium-sized enterprises (SME's) in the international trade community, with more than 3 million registered users from over 200 countries and territories. More than 500,000 people visit the site every day, most of them global buyers and importers looking to find and trade with sellers in China and other major manufacturing countries.
Globus & NTDB
Globus is a business-to-business trade lead database.