“AHK – well-connected worldwide and in Germany”
AHK-Partner Worldwide
Two major partners
In the promotion of business in other countries, the AHKs have traditionally always worked in close collaboration with strong partners.
- Germany’s missions abroad
- Germany Trade and Invest
Germany’s missions abroad
Germany’s missions abroad, such as embassies and consulates are prime partners of the AHKs. As a rule, they forward to the AHKs all enquiries received from companies in the host country and also regularly receive up-to-date information on important decisions made by German companies located there.
The tasks of the German missions abroad are focussed on political support for companies and trade vis-à-vis the government in the respective host country.
Germany Trade and Invest
Germany Trade & Invest is the foreign trade and inward investment agency of the Federal Republic of Germany. Its mission is to promote Germany as a location for industrial and technological investments and to identify investors for the German market. The organization advises foreign companies that are interested in expanding their business activities in the German market and supports German companies looking to enter foreign markets, providing foreign trade information for both.
Germany Trade & Invest has a global network of employees who perform on-site research into foreign markets and support foreign businesses looking to establish a company in Germany. It's international team of experts works closely together with the AHKs. This cooperation is being continuously expanded in order to be able to offer German exporters and potential foreign investors a central contact point for both information and targeted consultancy services, under the umbrella of the German Chamber Network.
Germany Trade & Invest together with other business associations in Germany and the Federal Ministry for Economics and Technology operates three websites in order to promote foreign trade:
- iXPOS combines the diverse offerings of foreign trade promotion in Germany into a central internet platform.
- The e-trade-center is the central internet forum for the promotion of foreign trade in Germany to search for international business contacts.
- The German Business Portal is the central information point about the German market for international entrepreneurs.
Formed following the merger of the German Office for Foreign Trade and the Invest in Germany GmbH, Germany Trade & Invest officially came into being on January 1, 2009.
