Companies in Armenia will soon have increased capacity to identify trade opportunities with the European Union and within the Eastern Partnership region as part of the Eastern Partnership (EaP) Trade Helpdesk project.

On 26 April the International Trade Centre (ITC), in partnership with the Delegation of the EU to Armenia and the Ministry of Economy of Armenia, organized the first stakeholder meeting on the EaP Trade Helpdesk project.

Launched in late 2019, the EaP Trade Helpdesk project aims to boost the economic and trade relations between the Eastern Partnership countries and the European Union and within the EaP region. As a result of the project companies in the EaP countries will have increased access to comprehensive, verified and transparent trade information on the region and the EU through the EaP Trade Helpdesk online portal.  

The online Helpdesk, available via the portal, will allow them to report on the export- and import-related issues and get practical solutions offered by relevant national authorities. In addition, the project will identify regulatory and procedural trade obstacles of non-tariff measures, and provide sector-specific guides on exporting to the EU.

Companies and business support organizations will receive customized capacity building on market analysis to identify new opportunities in the region and the EU.

“The activities of the project on the provision of better and more transparent trade information for Armenian exporters could help realize additional USD 300 million in trade within the region and with the EU,” said Mondher Mimouni, Chief of the Trade and Market Intelligence section at the International Trade Centre noted.