Expert Talk: The Import Promotion Desk - Your Partner for Sustainable Business Contacts

The Import Promotion Desk (IPD) promotes the establishment of durable, long-term trade relations between importers and exporters in Germany and Europe and companies from selected partner countries. Since 2012, IPD has been supporting importers in their search for overseas business partners, opening up new supply sources for them in selected developing countries and emerging markets. And, for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the partner countries, IPD facilitates access to the EU market. In doing so, they contribute towards lasting economic development in partner countries and form an important interface between development cooperation and foreign trade. In this Exprt Talk, Dorra Zairi and Angie Martinez, Senior Experts “Sourcing+Markets” of IPD gave an insight into how the Matchmaking process of IPD works.