Deciding to Export
Private Sector Opportunities
The Virtual Trade Commissioner is your personal gateway to the Canadian Trade Commissioner Service and provides you with online access to market information, business opportunities and ability to make service requests.
You can also register at RFPSource, a free e-marketplace that matches Canadian products and services with thousands of business opportunities posted by foreign corporations.
WorldBid is the largest network of international trade marketplaces in the world, providing trade leads, request for proposals and tender opportunities from companies and government organizations worldwide; however, it is focused primarily on the sale of goods.
If you are a member of the World Trade Centre, the WTCA On-Line Trade Opportunities provides thousands of opportunities from World Trade Center members to sell, buy, or invest in various markets.
Another excellent source of possible leads is the investment promotion agency for a given market, which has information on priority projects as well as foreign investors that may be looking for suppliers.
Asia Pacific Trade Council provides market opportunities reports for China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, South Korea, ASEAN, and Taiwan.