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Useful links

Contact points for foreign trade

Institutions

Berne Union

1st Floor Thanet House, 231 - 232 Strand
London WC2R 1DA
Phone: +44 (0) 20 / 78 41 - 11 00

Website: www.berneunion.org.uk

KfW

Palmengartenstraße 5-9
60325 Frankfurt am Main
Phone: +49 (0) 69 / 74 31 - 0

Website: www.kfw-mittelstandsbank.de 

DEG - Deutsche Investitions- und 
Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH

(German Investment and Development Company)
Kämmergasse 22
50676 Köln
Phone: +49 (0) 221 / 49 86 - 0

Website: www.deginvest.de 

MIGA – Multilateral Investment 
Guarantee Agency

1818 H Street, NW 
Washington, DC 20433 USA
Phone: +1 202 / 458 - 25 38
 

Website: www.miga.org 

GTAI Germany Trade and Invest 
Company

Friedrichstraße 60
10117 Berlin
Phone: +49 (0) 30 / 200 099 - 0

Website: www.german-business-portal.info

OECD – Organisation for Economic 
Cooperation and Development 

2, rue André Pascal
F-75775 Paris Cedex 16
Phone: +33 1 / 4524 - 8200

Website: www.oecd.org

German Chamber of Industry
and Commerce (DIHK)

Haus der Deutschen Wirtschaft
Breite Straße 29
10178 Berlin-Mitte
Phone: +49 (0) 30  / 203 08 - 0

Website: www.dihk.de

MENA Business
 

MENA Business advises on issues relating to 
business initiation and market entry in the 
countries of the Near and Middle East.


Website: mena-business.com

Associations

 

The German Chambers of Commerce abroad (AHK)

Deutscher Industrie- und Handelskammertag (DIHK)
Breite Strasse 29
10178 Berlin
Phone: 030 / 20308 - 0

Website: www.ahk.de
 

The Federation of German 
Industries (BDI)

The BDI is working to ensure that Germany remains 
an industrialised country, a country of exports and 
a country of innovation. This can only be achieved 
on the basis of the social market economy based 
on the market, entrepreneurship, competition, trade 
and private property.

Website: www.bdi-online.de

Federal Association of German Banks

Bundesverband deutscher Banken e.V.

Burgstraße 28
10178 Berlin
Telefon: 030 / 16 63 - 0

Website: www.bdb.de

Federal Association of German Export Trade

Bundesverband des Deutschen Exporthandels e.V.

Am Weidendamm 1A
10117 Berlin
Telefon: 030 / 726257 - 90

Website: www.bdex.de

Federal Association of SME Businesses

Bundesverband Mittelständische Wirtschaft

Leipziger Platz 15
10117 Berlin
Telefon: 030 / 53320 - 690

Website: www.bvmw-berlin.de

Association of German Chambers of Industry and Commerce

Deutscher Industrie- und Handelskammertag

Breite Strasse 29
10178 Berlin
Telefon: 030 / 20308 - 0

Website: www.dihk.de

Verband deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbau e.V. (VDMA)

German Engineering Federation

Lyoner Strasse 18
60528 Frankfurt/Main
Postfach 71 08 64, 60498 Frankfurt/Main
Telefon: 069 / 6603 - 0

Internet www.vdma.org

 

Country associations

 

Africa Association

Afrika-Verein

Neuer Jungfernstieg 21
20354 Hamburg
Phone: 040 / 41 91 33 0

Website: www.afrikaverein.de

 

Asia-Pacific Committee

Asien-Pazifik-Ausschuss (APA)

APA-Koordinator Deutschland
c/o BDI
Breite Straße 29
10178 Berlin
Phone: 030 / 2028 - 1581

Website: www.bdi-online.de

Latin America Association

Lateinamerika Verein e.V.

Raboisen 32
20095 Hamburg
Phone: 040 / 4 13 43 13

Website: www.lateinamerikaverein.de



 

Middle East Association

Nah- Und Mittelostverein e.V.

Große Theaterstraße 1
20354 Hamburg
Phone: 040 / 450 331 - 0
and
Jägerstraße 63a
10117 Berlin
Phone: 030 / 206 410 - 0

Website: www.numov.de

East Asian Association

Ostasiatischer Verein e.V.

Bleichenbrücke 9
20354 Hamburg
Geschäftsstelle
Phone: 040 / 35 75 59 - 0

Website: www.oav.de

East and Central Europe Association

Ost und Mitteleuropa Verein e.V.

Ferdinandstrasse 36
20095 Hamburg
Phone: 040 / 33 89 45

Website: www.o-m-v.org
 

Committee on Eastern European 
Economic Relations

Ost-Ausschuss der Deutschen Wirtschaft

Haus der Deutschen Wirtschaft
Breite Straße 29
10178 Berlin
Phone: 030 / 2028 - 1452

Website: www.ost-ausschuss.de

 

Other associations and initiatives

  

Environmental Technologies 
Export Initiative

Exportinitiative Umwelttechnologien

The Environmental Technologies Export Initiative of the 
Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, 
Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV) supports 
German green tech companies and SMEs in opening up 
foreign markets with climate-friendly innovations, products and services.

Website: www.exportinitiative-umweltschutz.de

Export Initiative Health Industry
 

Exportinitiative Gesundheitswirtschaft 

New sales potential in the medical technology market

The Health Industry Export Initiative supports companies in the sector in opening up foreign markets.

Website: www.exportinitiative-gesundheitswirtschaft.de



 

 

National Contact Point for the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises (NCP)

The OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises are the most important comprehensive international instrument for the promotion of responsible business conduct (RBC). The National Contact Point for the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises (NCP) promotes the effective implementation of the Guidelines and also provides a mediation procedure in cases where a complaint related to the application of the Guidelines is launched.

Africa Business Network

The Export Credit Guarantees of the Federal Republic of Germany offer export-oriented companies different forms of cover to reduce their exposure to bad debt losses caused by economic or political factors. At the same time, they facilitate exporters’ efforts to raise finance for export business. This particularly applies to business in emerging economies and developing countries.

 

Euler Hermes Aktiengesellschaft will advise you on how to cover your foreign activities in African target markets.