Trade Finance:
ATFP provides its financing services through its
network of National Agencies which are
primarily banking and financial institutions spread
throughout the Arab region and appointed by arrangement with
the indigenous monetary authorities. ATFP provides
refinancing facilities for eligible trade transactions of
goods of Arab origin and associated services convenient costs and suitable tenors.
Trade Information:
Through a joint project with the UNDP, and in technical cooperation with the International Trade Center (ITC) in Geneva,
ATFP has set up the Inter - Arab Trade Information Network (IATIN) with the goal of providing relevant trade information to Arab exporters
in an effort to increase their trading activities & help them access new market.
IATIN has its central core at ATFP’s
headquarters in Abu Dhabi which is connected to focal points
including Chambers of Commerce and Industry and Export
Promotion Centers in Arab countries.
In cooperation with its focal points,
ATFP provides a wide array of services that are made
available by IATIN with the goal of providing comprehensive
information on Arab trade. This includes “company register”
that are the key contacts of manufacturers, exporters,
importers and goods traded. “Market profiles” on the
individual Arab countries are available, and comprise of
market access regulations, free trade areas, foreign
exchange systems, storage, shipping and transportation
facilities as well as other logistical information. Foreign
and Inter - Arab “trade statistics” for the various Arab
countries are also available through the network.
Additionally, the Arab exporter can make
use of an online business opportunities database to post or
retrieve Arab business opportunities (trade leads) in order
to initiate trade among interested parties.
Trade Promotion:
In its ongoing efforts to develop and
promote Arab trade, ATFP organizes & executes buyers/sellers
meetings at the regional level of Arab states in key
economic sectors that demonstrate a potential for growth.
The meetings are based on a process of matchmaking of
exporters and importers dealing in the same products where
possibilities of trade exchange, investment, and regional
marketing alliances are discussed.
The meetings also help informing participants of ATFP’s
financing capabilities, and the credit facilities made
available through its National Agencies. Based on
statistical trade flow analysis, a number of key sectors
with a potential for trade growth in Arab countries have
been identified as the focus of ATFP’s buyers/sellers
meetings. These sectors include textiles, food industries,
metal industries, pharmaceuticals, chemicals &
petrochemicals, building materials, furniture, plastic
industries and agricultural inputs.
