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Country Information by Country

International Business Information on the Web – Online Directory.
Information Today.  Links to the web sites described in the book titled: “International Business Information on the Web”.
http://www.infotoday.com/ibidirectory.htm

The World Bank, links for different countries and trade.
http://data.worldbank.org

Aneki.com Country Information, Regional and World Rankings. Facts, statistics, and rankings for over 190 countries. Current listings are divided into four categories — economic, social, technological, and environmental — and are retrieved from sources such as the CIA World Factbook and Forbes.com.
http://www.aneki.com/index.html

Maps and geographic information.
http://geography.about.com/library/maps/blrasia.htm

Australian website, has information on individual countriesand industrieshttp://www.austrade.gov.au/Country/default.aspx

Europe, EU, European Union

General sites

General Information about EU. http://europa.eu.int/
Information EU as to tradehttp://ec.europa.eu/trade/index_en.htm
Information on the expansion of EU.  http://europa.eu/pol/enlarg/index_en.htm  
By law, in the EU, governments including local municipalities have to hold open tenders and award the contract to the company with the best bid, despite which country they reside in within the EU.
http://ted.europa.eu/

For trade barriers, http://madb.europa.eu/madb/barriers_crossTables.htm

Europages Information on companies. Search engine in 26 languages.
http://www.europages.com/  

US based has a large number of links and information
http://www.eurunion.org/

Statistics http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat

Information by Country

BelgiumBelgium Government
http://www.belgium.be/en/  

Czech RepublicMain web site: http://www.czech.cz

DenmarkMain Government web site: http://www.um.dk/en

GermanyGerman Government Website:
http://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/EN/Startseite_node.html

Greece.  Website of Federal Government:  http://www.mfa.gr/en/

HungaryHungarian Investment and Trade Agency
http://hipa.hu/en/Default.aspx

IcelandIceland export Directory: http://www.icelandexport.is/english/

IrelandEnterprise Ireland http://www.enterprise-ireland.com/english.asp

Netherland. Netherland International Home Page http://www.government.nl/

Sweden

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden  
http://www.sweden.se/  
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2880.htm  
http://www.sweden.gov.se/  
http://www.sweden.se/eng/Home/
http://www.worldinfozone.com/facts.php?country=Sweden  

You can also find information on the pages:
www.riksdagen.sehttp://www.tillvaxtverket.se/english
www.riksbank.se  
http://www.government.se/

Import license Sweden. You can see in taric if license required.
http://www.kommers.se.

Trade statistics Sweden see. http://www.kommers.se/In-English/

Quota. To see how much is available forSweden go to:
http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/index_en.htm

Swedish customs, quota etc.
http://www.tullverket.se

Customer association Svensk Handel. Has an import office .
http://www.svenskhandel.se/

Link to trade information
http://www.business-sweden.se/en/

Updated info on trade statistics you can obtain on:
http://www.statistikdatabasen.scb.se/pxweb/en/ssd/ or Look for trade statistics at:
http://www.intrastat.scb.se/defaulteng.asp

Business Sweden
http://www.business-sweden.se/en/

Bizbook. List Swedish Industry executives
http://www.bizbook.se

North America

Canada

Department of foreign affairs, start for a lot of information onCanada.
http://www.strategis.ic.gc.ca

Canadian Government website.
http://www.canada.gc.ca/main_e.html

Canadian business information.
http://www.canadianbusiness.com/

Doing business with Canada.
http://www.international.gc.ca/investors-investisseurs/index.aspx?lang=eng  

Canadian Statistics
http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/engdoc/main.html

Mexico

United States Mexico Chamber of Commerce
http://www.usmcoc.org

Mexican Trade.
http://www.mextrade.com

USA

US Census bureau statistics on population and many other things.
http://www.census.gov/

Latin America

Latin American NetworkInformationCenter (LANIC)
http://lanic.utexas.edu 

Internet Resources for Latin America. Links to internet guides, directories, databases.
http://lib.nmsu.edu/subject/bord/laguia

ChileSource for exporters.
http://www.prochile.cl

Africa

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/africa/
http://www.africaguide.com/afmap.htm
http://www.worldbank.org/en/region/afrhttp://www.hmnet.com/africa/1africa.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa

Asia

Asia General
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia

Gives information on each country.
http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/asia.htm

China

Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China

Information on products and producers.
http://english.china.com/

India

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India
http://www.tourindia.com/htm/homepage.htm
http://india.gov.in/
http://goidirectory.nic.in/
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/intoc.html
http://www.india.org/
http://www.geographia.com/india/
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/3454.htm
http://www.india-today.com/
http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/india
http://meaindia.nic.in/

Japan

www.jetro.org

Malaysia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia
http://www.economist.com/countries/Malaysia/
http://travel.state.gov/content/passports/english/country/malaysia.html