On March 13, 2024, the State Customs Service of Turkmenistan met with a delegation from the International Trade Centre (ITC) led by Ms. Elena Butrimova, Head of the Department of Eastern Europe and Central Asia. The meeting focused on ongoing and new projects aimed at enhancing trade facilitation in Turkmenistan. The discussion highlighted the success […]
EU and ITC agreed to support Turkmenistan’s WTO accession
Turkmenistan is set to play a stronger role in global trade with the signing of an agreement by the European Union (EU) and the International Trade Centre (ITC) on 25 October on the sidelines of the Global Gateway Forum, ITC reports. The agreement marks the launch of a project – to be implemented by ITC […]
ITC:WTO membership can boost Central Asia’s integration
With Uzbekistan poised to join the global economy, WTO membership can also be a springboard for regional integration among Central Asian countries. Economic cooperation between Central Asia’s five ‘Stans’ – Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan – could be bolstered if the republics harmonized their trade rules and procedures. This emerged at the Astana International […]
Central Asian artisans enter international markets with the support of the ITC
The International Trade Center, with the support of the European Union, helps small craft enterprises from five Central Asian countries to sell their products through the NOVICA e-commerce marketplace. Founded in 1999 in Los Angeles with the goal of empowering artisans around the world and preserving endangered cultural arts Novica.com has become the leading online […]
Central Asia is going to build up e-commerce capacity
The International Trade Centre’s EU-funded Ready4Trade Central Asia project organized a conference on “Harnessing the potential of e-commerce in Central Asia” with a two-day study tour in Dubai on 7-9 March, ITC reported. Central Asia’s e-commerce industry is growing rapidly, driven by increasing internet penetration and mobile phone use, as well as a growing middle […]