Electronic Databases

Business Contacts

BMI Research includes multinational company profiles and site networks; competitive intelligence covering sales volume, employee size, market share, ownership structure, foreign direct investment and project activity, and analysis of latest company developments.

Canadian Trade Index is a business directory of over 30,000 Canadian manufacturers, exporters, distributors and companies. It covers more than 20,000 products and services. Each company listing contains company name, province, telephone and fax numbers, etc.

China Commodities Databank is one of the fundamental databanks of China Commodity Net funded by the Chinese government that covers business information on over 600,000 Chinese enterprises and 2,200,000 products, with illustrating pictures. Its searchable fields include product name, HS code and company name.

Email Directory of Worldwide Importers provides email addresses of worldwide importing companies. Company details including company name, addresses, phone/fax number(s), products imported, contact person, and number of employees are also available on the database.

HKTDC Online Marketplace is a trusted online sourcing platform that connects over 100,000 credible suppliers verified by renowned authentication companies. Established by Hong Kong Trade Development Council, hktdc.com attracts over 660,000 worldwide buyers to source products and services provided by China, Hong Kong, and Asian suppliers.

Kompass Worldwide Database is a business directory containing information on more than 4 million international and domestic companies on industrial/manufacturing sectors worldwide.

Lloyd's List Directories Online is a database hosting all the contacts of international maritime industry by bringing the complete content of the Lloyd's List Maritime Directory, Bunker News Directory, Lloyd's List Ports of the World, and Marine Equipment Buyers Guide.

OneSource Global Business Browser is an online database that delivers key business and contact information on global companies, including emerging market economies with history, competition, industry's strengths and weaknesses, executives, announcements, news coverage, financial health and more. In addition, it also provides company intelligence on global large companies as well as global industry reports from some well-known research firms.

Wanfang covers more than 160,000 Chinese companies. Company details include company name, key personnel, telephone and fax numbers, address, financial situation, products and specifications, and nature of business.

WLW Net is a directory of business contacts of manufacturers, suppliers, distributors and service providers from 10 European countries including Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Slovakia, Slovenia and Switzerland. Search can be made by product/service or company name. Company details include company name, contact address, telephone/fax numbers, e-mail and website.

Company Financial Information

GEM Listed Company Information contains corporate announcements, shareholder circulars and other corporate communication (e.g. annual reports and prospectuses) issued by the GEM listed issuers in the HKEx website.

HK Listed Company Information contains corporate announcements, shareholder circulars and other corporate communication (e.g. annual reports and prospectuses) issued by the Main Board and GEM listed issuers in the HKEx website.

Country Commercial Guides / Reports

BMI Research is an online service offering daily news, risk ratings, macroeconomic forecasts, financial markets analysis on the world's emerging markets and key global markets, as well as worldwide company profiles and intelligence, such as top multinational networks, competitive intelligence, company news and analysis, etc.

EMIS Emerging Markets - Asia is an online database providing news, industry analysis, company and financial data of some Asian countries.

E - Journals

EBSCO Host Business Source Corporate contains full text from more than 2,700 quality magazines and journals. Information in this database dates as far back as 1965. Additional sources include more than 1,400 country economic reports from EIU, Global Insight, ICON Group International, CountryWatch, etc.; more than 10,000 substantial company profiles; and over 5,200 full text industry reports.

EBSCO Host McClatchy-Tribune Collection includes a 90-day archive of approximately 290 newspapers from the McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. This database is updated daily.

EBSCO Host Regional Business News incorporates coverage of more than 80 regional business publications covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.

Exhibitions / Tradeshows / Events

Exhibitions & Conferences in HK provides information on major exhibitions and conferences in Hong Kong organized by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council and other organizers.

m+a Expo DataBase provides online access to information on tradeshow industry around the world, including more than 20,000 exhibitions, 6,000 organizers, 2,000 exhibition venues, and 7,000 tradeshow project managers.

Industry & Market Intelligence

China Infobank is an online database providing business and economic information about China, which includes business news, economic and trade statistics, laws and regulations, and reports of listed companies.

EBSCO Host McClatchy-Tribune Collection includes a 90-day archive of approximately 290 newspapers from the McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. This database is updated daily.

EBSCO Host Regional Business News incorporates coverage of more than 80 regional business publications covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.

EMIS Emerging Markets - Asia is an online database providing news, industry analysis, company and financial data of some Asian countries.

Global Market Information Database (GMID) provides global data on consumers, countries and markets, offering historical statistics and forecasts, information sources, brand and company information, plus market analysis on a range of product and service markets and analysis on consumer lifestyles.

Statistics

Global Trade Atlas (China & Hong Kong) is an online trade data system that offers a unique perspective for viewing merchandise trade statistics with other countries worldwide. It allows users to view world trade flows for products of interest using the latest import/export data from the official sources of Hong Kong and China.

HK Tourism Statistics is an online statistical service offered by the Hong Kong Tourism Board. It covers a wide range of statistical information, including visitor arrival statistics and profile, hotel supply situation and occupancy report, and tourist expenditure on shopping items.

HKTDC Business-Stat Online shows Hong Kong's merchandise trade flows with the rest of the world. It provides you easy-to-read tables tracking the quantity and value of more than 7,000 commodities coming from, or destined to, over 200 trading partners.

SOSHOO is a professional statistical website. It mainly offers different kinds of yearly and monthly statistical data about China. It also provides various types of investigation data, market data, pricing data as well as China national and provincial statistical information.

UN Commodity Trade Statistics Database is an online database provided by the United Nations Statistics Division with over 130 countries supply their annual international trade statistics, detailed by commodity and partner country. All values are converted into US dollars using exchange rates supplied by the countries. Quantities are, if provided by the country, converted into metric units. The data coverage starts from 1996 and goes up to the most recent completed year. Commodities are classified according to SITC and the Harmonized System (HS).