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WebGuide Venezuela

The following WebGuide, compiled by James Secreto, a summer intern at the Ypsilanti U. S. Export Assistance Center, is meant to provide an overview into the many sources of information which must be considered in making a business decision.  Your feedback is appreciated to keep this as comprehensive a document as possible.  For a copy of the Country Commercial Guide, prepared annually by the US Commercial Service, Venezuela, please click here. 

 

Airlines

American Airlines

http://www.aa.com 

Northwest/Dutch KLM Airlines

http://www.nwa.com 

British Airways

http://www.british-airways.com 

United Airlines

http://www.ual.com 

Aeropostal

http://www.aeropostal.com/

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Banks

In addition to the following links, the following guide may be of help: Questions for Your Banker.  It has links to several directories of worldwide banks.

Banco Exterior, Caracas: (02112) 508.5000, email: telebanco@bancoexterior.com 

http://www.bancoexterior.com/ 

Banco Banesco, Tel: 0500-BANCO24 or 0500-(226.26.24), fax: (0212)501.11.1

http://www.banesco.com/ 

Banco Canarias de Venezuela, PH: 0212-761-5544

http://www.bancocanarias.com/ 

Banco de Venezuela

http://www.bancodevenezuela.com/ 

Banco Federal, Email:  masterbf@bancofederal.com 

http://www.bancofederal.com/ 

Citibank, (212) 705.22.14, (212) 705.22.27

http://www.latam.citibank.com/

Mercantil Banci Universal

http://www.bancomercantil.com/ 

Venezuelan Central Bank

http://www.bcv.org.ve/ 

Venezuelan Banking Association

http://www.asobanca.com.ve 
ReserveBank.com's listing of banks in Venezuela http://www.reserve-bank.com/
Reserve Bank's index of Venezuelan banks http://www.reserve-bank.com/
AAAdir Directory - Directory of Banks, Credit Unions and Financial Information on the Internet http://www.aaadir.com/
Banks of the world by country http://www.wiso.gwdg.de/ifbg/
Directory of banks on the web.   Coverage : 3.107 banks - i.e. over 95% of all banking sites http://www.qualisteam.com/

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Business with Venezuela

Fondonorma (Technical standards agency)

http://www.fondonorma.org.ve/

Information about Foreign Direct Investment

http://www.embavenez-us.org/

Venezuela Energy Information Administration

http://www.eia.doe.gov/

Trade Venezuela- Guide to Business Opportunities in Venezuela

http://www.trade-venezuela.com/ 

Venezuelan Trade

http://www.trade-venezuela.com/ 

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Chambers of Commerce

Venezuela Chamber of Commerce of Florida

http://www.venezuelanchamber.org/ 

American Chamber of Commerce in Venezuela

http://www.venamcham.org/ 

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Directories and Databases

TRADE VENEZUELA http://www.trade-venezuela.com/ 

Expodato- searchable expositions and events in Venezuela

http://www.expodato.com/ 

Auyantepuy- Directory of Venezuelan Pages

http://www.auyantepui.com/ 

Infoguia- web search engine

http://www.infoguia.net/ 
VENEXPORT.COM / VENINDUSTRY.COM http://www.venexport.com/index2-in.html 

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Financing Agencies

None noted

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General Country Information

National Council of Universities

http://www.cnu.gov.ve/ 

Venezuela web Portal (Spanish)

http://mipunto01.t-net.net.ve/

International Youth Foundation- Data sheet

http://www.iyfnet.org/

Venezuelan Culture and History

http://think-venezuela.net 

Venezuela Law

http://natlaw.com/interam/ve/ 

Georgetown Universities Political Database of the Americas

http://www.georgetown.edu/

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Market Research

Center for Latin American Capital Markets  http://www.netrus.net/
US Department of Commerce Market Research http://www.buyusainfo.net/
USDOC ICT Team's Venezuela page http://www.emich.edu/
Strategis's index of market research http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/

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Michigan Exports

Item 2002 2003 2004 2005
Total 221964413 93712974 178155654 357333785
336 Transportation Equipment 185559037 66075914 146717868 324623709
333 Machinery Manufactures 6303400 1777569 9783987 10006233
325 Chemical Manufactures 13518337 6274390 8955474 8744160
334 Computers & Electronic Prod. 6262091 876415 3105544 3679758
337 Furniture & Related Products 3772098 8708354 2690281 2081584
311 Processed Foods 1378189 729371 645873 2007766
322 Paper Products 495674 1105719 1426444 1510859
327 Non-Metallic Mineral Mfgs. 341868 29841 236145 1249548
332 Fabricated Metal Products 1025913 1529179 930464 893056
326 Plastic & Rubber Products 1261146 2189752 1636200 684842
335 Elec. Eq.; Appliances & Parts 997260 2709604 566204 618891
323 Printing & Related Products 58373 0 5371 310547
339 Misc. Manufactures 253253 244420 84271 309058
111 Crop Production 195423 18262 253125 234491
331 Primary Metal Manufactures 225277 129157 87237 157301
324 Petroleum & Coal Products 88135 370265 210035 128922
314 Non-Apparel Textile Products 0 416152 49397 43500
321 Wood Products 0 5382 28814 17102
313 Fabric Mill Products 33234 16850 41420 17080
990 Spec. Classification Provisions 67335 501117 680059 11650
316 Leather & Related Products 6480 0 0 3728
212 Mining 73565 0 0 0
315 Apparel Manufactures 37325 5261 8711 0
920 Used Merchandise 11000 0 0 0
910 Waste & Scrap 0 0 12730 0
511 Publishing Industries 0 0 0 0

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Miscellaneous

Colleges and Universities

La Universidad del Zulia

http://www.luz.edu.ve/ 
Colleges and Universities

La Universidad Nueva Esparta

http://www.une.edu.ve/ 
Colleges and Universities Colleges and Universities - Venezuela. http://www.mit.edu:
Search Engines

Auyantepui

http://www.auyantepui.com/ 
Search Engines Caveguías http://www.caveguias.com.ve/ 
Search Engines

Eureka

http://www.eureka.web.ve/ 
Search Engines Infoguía http://www.infoguia.net/ 
Search Engines Infoquía Web http://www.infoguiaweb.com/ 
Search Engines

Piranha

http://www.piranha.com.ve/ 
Search Engines

Mosaicfx

http://ve.mosaicfx.com/ 
Search Engines Searchenginecolossus's index of Venezuelan search engines http://www.searchenginecolossus.com/
Search Engines Terra (Chévere) http://buscador.terra.com.ve/ 
Search Engines VenOnWeb Guides http://www.venonweb.com/ 
US Subsidiaries 3COM http://lat.3com.com/lat/ 
US Subsidiaries Cisco Systems Venezuela, Av. La Estancia, Centro Banaven, Torre C, piso 7. Chuao., Tel: (58212) 959 2833, Fax: (58212) 959 7303 http://www.cisco.com/ve/ 
US Subsidiaries Compaq http://www.compaq.com.ve/ 
US Subsidiaries Computer Associates http://www.ca.com/
US Subsidiaries HP, Venezuela http://welcome.hp.com/
US Subsidiaries IBM de Venezuela, S.A, Edificio IBM, Piso 8, Avda. Ernesto Blohm, Caracas 1060, Venezuela, Tel: (582) 908 8111, Fax: (582) 908 8915, E-mail: ibmdirecto_ven@vnet.ibm.com  http://www.ibm.com/ve/ 
US Subsidiaries Intel http://www.intel.com/
US Subsidiaries Microsoft Venezuela S.A., Av. Principal de La Castellana, Centro Letonia, Torre ING Bank, Piso 8, Caracas, VENEZUELA , Phone: (011)(582) 276-0500, Fax: (011)(582) 276-0600 http://www.microsoft.com/
US Subsidiaries Sun http://ve.sun.com/ 
US Subsidiaries Unisys, Av Principal los Ruices, Centro E, Los Ruices, Piso 4, Caracas 70116, Venezuela
Phone: +58 2 239 4522, Fax: +58 2 238 3041		 http://www.unisys.com/
US Subsidiaries Xerox http://www.xerox.com/

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Newspapers

Diario El Tiempo, Av. Caracas Sector Plata I. Edif El Tiempo.  Valera Estado Trujillo Venezuela, Tel: 071-53656 / 53657 / 57303 / 59976

http://www.diarioeltiempo.com.ve/ 

El Mundo, Plaza el Panteón, Torre la Prensa, Caracas - Venezuela, Apartado Postal 1192, Depósito Legal 76-0531

http://www.elmundo.com.ve/ 

El Nacional, Email: contactenos@el-nacional.com 

http://www.el-nacional.com/ 

El Universal, Telephone 0800-5326392

http://www.el-universal.com/ 

La Hora, PORLAMAR, ISLA DE MARGARITA

http://www.lahora.com/ 

Sol de Magarita, Porlamar,  Isla de Margarita,  Venezuela, Email: elsol@telcel.net.ve 

http://www.diario-el-sol.com/ 

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Technical Standards

Fondonorma (Technical standards agency)

http://www.fondonorma.org.ve/index2.htm 
Sice's listing of technical standards by country http://www.sice.oas.org/cp_tbt/english/tbt_4a.asp 

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Travel and Tourism

Lycos guide to Venezuela http://travel.lycos.com/

Lonely Planet's guide to Venezuela

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/

Travel Guide on Venezuela

http://www.mytravelguide.com/

Links to Hotel and Travel resources

http://www.hotelstravel.com/
Fodors is known for being the best site for travel offering hotel, restaurant reviews and their series of mini-guides to specific destinations. http://www.fodors.com/

Excite's Travel Guide

http://www.excite.com/

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Transportation

In addition to the following links, the following guide may be of help: Questions for Your Forwarder.  It has links to several directories of worldwide freight forwarders and logistics companies.

Caracas transportation overview http://www.a2zlanguages.com/
Transportation in Venezuela - Think-Venezuela.net's online Tourism Directory for Venezuela - excellent transportation guide. http://www.think-venezuela.net/

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US Government

US Commercial Service, Venezuela http://www.buyusa.gov/venezuela/en/ 
US Dept of State's Background Notes http://www.state.gov/
CIA Factbook http://www.odci.gov/

U.S. Foreign Agricultural Services - Agricultural exports to Venezuela

http://www.fas.usda.gov 

State Department- Consular Information Sheet on Venezuela

http://travel.state.gov/

CIA -- The World Factbook

http://www.odci.gov/cia/

U.S. Embassy in Venezuela

http://embajadausa.org.ve/
US Dept. of Energy's Country Analysis Briefs http://www.eia.doe.gov/

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Venezuela's Economic Outlook

Venezuelan Economic Outlook

http://www.embavenez-us.org/

Intra-American Development Bank Report on Venezuela

http://www.iadb.org/exr/country/eng/venezuela/  

Economic Indicators from the Central Bank of Venezuela

http://www.bcv.org.ve/c2/indicadores.asp 

Latin Focus- analyses of Latin economies

http://www.latin-focus.com/ 

Venezuela Macroeconomic report 2002

http://www.embajadausa.org.ve/

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Venezuela's Government

CONAPRI- National Council for Foreign Investment Promotion

http://www.conapri.org/ 

Venezuela Embassy in the US

http://www.embavenez-us.org/ 

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Weather

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Date Updated: March 27, 2007

 
 

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