Market research
Discover a curated selection of key resources essential for market research in international business.
This section offers categorized information to guide your strategic decisions.
These sources can be divided into four groups:
- Environmental and economic information
- Information about the target countries
- Legal information
- Information about export financing, credit insurance
| type of information | source | content | link | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Economic Environment | OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development: Indicators | Information regarding agriculture, economic production, education, energy, environment, foreign aid, health, industry, information and communications, international trade, labour force, population, taxation, public expenditure, and R&D | OECD |
| 1 | Economic Environment | WTO World Trade Organization Statistics | The Trade Profiles provide information on the trade situation of countries. The Tariff Profiles provide information on the market access situation of countries | WTO |
| 1 | Economic Environment | Swiss foreign trade statistics | Tables, charts and information on Switzerland's imports and exports by country, goods, means of transport, etc. | Aussenhandelsstatistik |
| 1 | Economic Environment | World Bank data and indicators | Indicators regarding: Agriculture & Rural Development , Health, Aid Effectiveness, Infrastructure, Climate Change, Labor & Social Protection, Economic Policy & External Debt, Poverty, Education, Private Sector, Energy & Mining, Public Sector, Environment, Science & Technology, Financial Sector, Social Development | Worldbank Indicators |
| 1 | Economic Environment | Free Trade Agreement Switzerland - China | Information on the free trade agreement between Switzerland and China | Freetrade Agreement |
| 1 | Economic Environment | World Economic Outlook | Information regarding national accounts, inflation, unemployment rates, balance of payments, fiscal indicators, trade, and commodity prices | World Economic Outlook |
| 1 | Economic Environment | IMF International Monetary Fund | Information regarding: Financial Data by member country: Imports, Inflation rates, Interest Rates, Prices, Trade, Unemployment, Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) | IMF |
| 1 | Economic Environment | Unctad | UNCTADstat – United Nations Conference on Trade and Development | UNCTAD |
| 1 | Economic Environment | Statista | Statista – International statistics and market data | Statista |
| 2 | Country Information | Corruption Index / Transparency International | The Curruption Perception Index ranks countries based on how corrupt their public sector is perceived to be. Corruption is defined as the abuse of entrusted power for private gain. | Transparency International |
| 2 | Country Information | Global Risk Report | The report analyses the top 10 risks in five categories: economic, environmental, geopolitical, societal and technological | Global Risk |
| 2 | Country Information | OECD Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development: Country Information | Country information from the OECD | OECD |
| 2 | Country Information | SECO State Secretariat for Economic Affairs: Country information | Country information from SECO | SECO |
| 2 | Country Information | CIA Central Intelligence Agency: Country Information | Statistical data of the countries | CIA Factbook |
| 2 | Country Information | Allianz Trade World Risk Map | Overview of the Allianz Trade risk assessment of the countries | Allianz Trade |
| 2 | Country Information | Economist Intelligence Unit | Detailed information on export countries | Economist |
| 2 | Country Information | Swiss Business Hubs | Addresses of the Swiss Business Hubs in 16 important target countries | Swiss Business Hubs |
| 2 | Country Information | Switzerland Global Enterprise | S-GE information and services for export companies | S-GE |
| 3 | Country Information | Germany Trade & Invest | Point of contact for all questions German companies have about export business | GTAI |
| 4 | Country Information | Foreign Trade Austria | Foreign Trade Austria of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber | WKO |
| 3 | Country Information | NationMaster | NationMaster – Country statistics and comparisons | NationMaster |
| 3 | Legal Information | Dun and Bradstreet | Database with credit rating information on companies in the target countries | Dun and Bradstreet |
| 3 | Legal Information | Export controls - SECO | Information on products that may not be exported or may only be exported to a limited extent | Export controls |
| 3 | Legal Information | Customs administration | Information on imports and exports and the corresponding regulations | Customs authority |
| 3 | Legal Information | Product Conformity Assessment - SGS | Ensuring product quality when purchasing abroad | SGS |
| 3 | Legal Information | WTO World Trade Organization: Overview Tariffs | Tariff rates in many cases imports from all countries | WTO tariffs |
| 3 | Legal Information | Swissmem - Commercial law and export issues | Advice on commercial law and export issues and access to standard contracts with partners | Commercial law and export issues |
| 4 | Export Financing, Credit Insurance | Export Financing | Information on export financing from a bank | Export financing |
| 4 | Export Financing, Credit Insurance | The Swiss Export Risk Insurance (SERV) | Information on export risk insurance via the Swiss Export Risk Insurance (SERV) | Export risk guarantee |
| 4 | Export Financing, Credit Insurance | Credit insurance - Allianz Trade | Credit insurance offers from Allianz Trade | Allianz Trade |
