IPD – Import Promotion Desk
Import Promotion Desk (IPD) promotes the establishment of durable, long-term trade relations between importers and tour operators in Germany and Europe and companies from selected partner countries.
Since as far back as 2012, we have been supporting importers and tour operators in their search for overseas business partners, opening up new supply sources for them in selected developing countries and emerging markets. And, for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the partner countries, we facilitate access to the EU market. In doing so, we contribute towards lasting economic development in our partner countries and, with our work, form an important interface between development cooperation and foreign trade.
On behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), we currently support SMEs in 21 selected developing countries and emerging markets. We also promote cooperation with business support organizations (BSOs) in the countries so that they are increasingly enabled to offer independent, long-term export promotion services for companies in their own countries. We are directly represented with on-site staff in our partner countries Côte d’Ivoire, Ecuador, Morocco, and Kenya. Thanks to these IPD HUBs, we are better equipped to support the local BSOs in building up export promotion services and to intensify our sourcing of potential exporters.
Our focus in this work is on these product groups:
- Fresh produce
- Natural ingredients
- Sustainable wood products
- Cut flowers
- Sustainable tourism
- IT outsourcing