South African Firms Look to Expand Their Share of UN Procurement: The Latest Annual Meeting of UN Buyers Allowed South African Firms to Make New Business Contacts, Building on an ITC Partnership with South Africa's Department of Trade and Industry

Cochin, Sylvie Betemps, Domeisen, Natalie, International Trade Forum

South African suppliers and United Nations (UN) procurement officers explored how to expand South African business presence among UN buyers for relief items, in a June meeting organized by the dti, South Africa's Department of Trade and Industry.

Africa, which is home to most of the world's poorest countries and one-fourth of the world's asylum seekers and refugees, and has regular food shortages, is the biggest international aid recipient. The UN and other international organizations buy food, medicine, transport and other items to carry out their emergency and development programmes in the region.

As the continent's main exporter, South Africa has been the leading …

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Publication information: Article title: South African Firms Look to Expand Their Share of UN Procurement: The Latest Annual Meeting of UN Buyers Allowed South African Firms to Make New Business Contacts, Building on an ITC Partnership with South Africa's Department of Trade and Industry. Contributors: Cochin, Sylvie Betemps - Author, Domeisen, Natalie - Author. Magazine title: International Trade Forum. Issue: 2 Publication date: April-June 2007. Page number: 29. © 1998 International Trade Centre UNCTAD/GATT. COPYRIGHT 2007 Gale Group.

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