The Commercial Office of the Italian Embassy in Addis Ababa is responsible for economic and commercial relations with Ethiopia, Djibouti and South Sudan.
In the framework of economic-commercial relations, the Office offers services to Italian companies and economic operators wishing to pursue business opportunities in Ethiopia, Djibouti and South Sudan.
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infoMercatiEsteri portal
For information on economic cooperation and trade and investment opportunities, please visit the website ‘infoMercatiEsteri‘ (www.infomercatiesteri.it). The website was activated by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2012 and consists of a completely free web platform designed to meet the demand for information on foreign markets from domestic economic operators. It is based on a dual search path, geographic and sectoral, and provides operators with a wide range of information on the economic and political outlook, market opportunities, partnership possibilities with local and/or Italian companies, promotional initiatives (trade fairs, workshops, etc.), trade barriers, investment criticalities and possible risks, access to credit, and an overview of Italian presence and bilateral relations.
Within ‘infoMercatiEsteri’ you will also find the link to the ‘ExTender’ service, the information system provided by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on business opportunities abroad. It offers a targeted service for selecting and sending information on tenders, previews of tenders and major projects, European Union interventions and initiatives, and opportunities reported by the main multilateral development banks. Again, the service is free of charge, and is accessible through an easy subscription.
The ‘infoMercatiEsteri’ page dedicated to Ethiopia, which is maintained by the Italian Embassy’s Commercial Office, can be reached at www.infomercatiesteri.it/paese.php?id_paesi=11. It contains a wealth of information on Ethiopia, both political and economic, which is useful for getting to know this market and operating in this country.