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WebGuide - Czech Republic

The following WebGuide, compiled by the Ypsilanti 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, Czech Republic, please click here.

 

Airlines

Alitalia http://www.alitalia.com/ 
Continental Airlines - CSA Czech Airlines http://www.continental.com/

Czech Airlines

http://www.csa.cz/ 

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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.

ABN AMRO Bank http://www.abnamro.com 
Bank Austria Creditanstalt,a.s. http://www.ba-ca.cz 
Ceska Sporitelna, a.s. http://www.csas.cz 
Ceskoslovenska Obchodni Banka, a.s. http://www.csob.cz 
Czech National Bank  http://www.cnb.cz/ 
Citibank, a.s. http://www.citibank.cz 
Deutsche Bank http://www.deutsche-bank.com 
Expandia Banka, a.s. http://www.ebanka.cz 
Komercni Banka, a.s.(KB) http://www.koba.cz 
Zivnostenska Banka, a.s., http://www.ziba.cz 

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Business with Czech Republic

Czech Republic - Doing Business - Selling

http://www.tradepartners.gov.uk/

Doing business in Czech Republic

http://www.businessculture.com/

Environment - Czech Republic - Doing Business

http://www.tradepartners.gov.uk/

PP Agency - Doing Business in the Czech Republic

http://www.ppagency.cz

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Chambers of Commerce

Economic Chamber of the Czech Republic (Foreign Relations Division) http://www.komora.cz
International Chamber of Commerce in the Czech Republic http://www.icc-cr.cz/
Confederation of Industry http://www.spcr.cz
Global Chamber of Commerce Index http://www.globalindex.com/

(International Chamber of Commerce) News and research services

http://www.iccwbo.org

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Czech Republic's Economic Outlook

2002-03 - Europaudvalget, Alm. del - bilag 80

http://www.ft.dk/

Central European Opinion Research Group Foundation (CEORG)

http://www.ceorg-europe.org/ 

GOVERNMENT FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT WORLD

http://www.icgfm.org/

IMF World Economic Outlook (WEO), April 2000

http://www.expansiondirecto.com/

Politické kritériá

http://www.vlada.gov.sk/

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Czech Republic's Government

CzechTrade, Main office , Ms. Jitka Hanzlickova, General Director , Dittrichova 21, P.O. Box 76, 128 01 Praha 2, tel: (+420) 224 907 500, fax: (+420) 224 907 503, e-mail: infoc@czechtrade.cz

http://www.czechtrade.cz 

CzechInvest, Main Office , Mr. Radomil Novak, CEO , Mr. Robert Hejzak, Director, Marketing Department, Stepanska 15, 120 00 Prague, tel: (++420) 296 342 500, fax: (++420) 296 342 502, e-mail: marketing@czechinvest.org.

 http://www.czechinvest.org 
Embassy of Czech Republic to USA http://www.mzv.cz/washington/

Czech Office for Standards, Metrology and Testing, Mr. Alexander Safarik-Pstrosz, President, Gorazdova 24, 128 01 Prague 2 , tel: (+420) 224 915 489, fax: (+420) 224 915 064, e-mail: safarik@unmz.cz

 http://www.unmz.cz 

General Directorate of Customs , Mr. Zdenek Richtr, General Director , Budejovicka 7, 140 96 Praha 4, tel: (+420) 261 331 111, fax: (+420) 261 332 900 , e-mail: podatelna-grc@cs.mfcr.cz

 http://www.mfcr.cz 

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Directories and Databases

A list of websites containing free databases of Czech companies http://www.czech.cz/
Yahoo's listing of Czech Directories http://dir.yahoo.com/

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Financing Agencies

Czech Business Links

http://www.businesslinks.cz/

Czech Republic CCG: VIII. TRADE AND PROJECT FINANCING

http://www.mac.doc.gov 

E&E Local Government Center - Czech Republic

http://www.usaid.gov/

Financing of projects, Danish Environmental Protection Agency

http://www.mst.dk/

The Czech Republic, Danish Environmental Protection Agency

http://www.mst.dk/

Trade and Economic Profile for the Czech Republic

http://www.itds.treas.gov/

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General Country Information

Confederation of Industry in the Czech Republic

http://www.spcr.cz 

Center for Regional Development

http://www.crr.cz 

Administration of Czech Centers

http://www.czech.cz 
Factbook Czech Republic - extensive information http://www.factbook.net/
Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies, The University of Texas at Austin - Guide to Czech Republic http://reenic.utexas.edu/
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
Lonely Planet's Guide to Czech Republic http://www.lonelyplanet.com/
Lycos City Guide for Czech Republic http://travel.lycos.com/
About's guide to the Czech Republic http://geography.about.com/

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Intellectual Property Rights

About UPOV and the EU

http://www.ucop.edu/

WIPO adherence

http://www.wipo.int/

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Market Research

GTN - Market Research - Czech Republic

http://www.usgtn.net/

Market Research Associations on line database

http://www.esomar.org/

The US Commercial Service

http://www.buyusainfo.net/

U.S. Commercial Service Czech Republic

http://www.buyusa.gov/
EMU / ICT Team page for Czech Republic http://www.emich.edu/

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Michigan Exports

Item 2002 2003 2004 2005
Total 11652522 14698333 17574439 17881010
336 Transportation Equipment 5831698 4303229 2127383 5818250
334 Computers & Electronic Prod. 1822732 1531381 2493178 2538930
333 Machinery Manufactures 1845064 3543944 6799573 2500370
335 Elec. Eq.; Appliances & Parts 143466 1924762 1946270 2188460
331 Primary Metal Manufactures 971489 2018061 2272949 2018536
339 Misc. Manufactures 61874 217483 646234 1216687
332 Fabricated Metal Products 243610 167766 319474 989222
326 Plastic & Rubber Products 72595 390547 213249 160241
323 Printing & Related Products 22184 27456 44484 135792
325 Chemical Manufactures 209713 50083 62841 79502
327 Non-Metallic Mineral Mfgs. 10097 26524 12494 59484
313 Fabric Mill Products 3316 11158 21573 48980
990 Spec. Classification Provisions 31796 160168 356913 38170
315 Apparel Manufactures 3396 10273 11635 29744
311 Processed Foods 229817 65863 4392 16320
321 Wood Products 0 6350 197290 13357
337 Furniture & Related Products 0 2993 3500 11840
920 Used Merchandise 24000 39400 11125 6600
113 Forestry & Logging 113589 153940 4047 4160
511 Publishing Industries 0 0 8000 3465
322 Paper Products 0 11179 0 2900
910 Waste & Scrap 6280 18878 12960 0
111 Crop Production 0 0 0 0
312 Beverage & Tobacco Products 0 0 0 0
314 Non-Apparel Textile Products 0 0 4875 0
316 Leather & Related Products 5806 16895 0 0

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Miscellaneous

Colleges and Universities Links to all universities, governmental offices and research institutes. http://www.fsz.bme.hu/
Colleges and Universities University of West Bohemia in Pilsen, Czech Republic http://proteus.fav.zcu.cz/ 
Colleges and Universities Brno University of Technology, Antoninska 548/ CZ 601 90 Brno, Czech Republic, Phone: +420 54114 1111, Fax: +420 54121 1309, E-mail: vut@vutbr.cz  http://www.vutbr.cz/ 
Colleges and Universities Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Brno University of Technology  http://WWW.fee.vutbr.cz/ 
Colleges and Universities Computer Science Department of Palacky University http://www.inf.upol.cz/ 
Colleges and Universities Department of Robotics, VSB Technical University of Ostrava,  Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, 17. listopadu, 708 33 Ostrava Poruba, tel: 069 / 6993196, 6991209 ,fax: 069/6916490, Chief of Department : Doc. Ing. Jiří Skařupa, Csc., email: jiri.skarupa@vsb.cz  http://robot.vsb.cz/ 
Colleges and Universities FEI - katedra informatiky, VŠB - TU Ostrava, 17. listopadu 15, 708 33 Ostrava - Poruba, Phone: +420-69-699 3263 - sekretariát, Fax: +420-69-691 95 97.  E-mail: yveta.geleticova@vsb.cz   http://www.cs.vsb.cz/ 
US Subsidiaries 3COM http://www.3com.cz/ 
US Subsidiaries Apple http://www.apple.cz/ 
US Subsidiaries Borland http://www.borland.cz/ 
US Subsidiaries Cisco, V Celnici 10, 117 21 Prague 1, Czech Republic, Tel.: +420 2 2143 5111, Fax: +420 2 2224 4488 http://www.cisco.cz/ 
US Subsidiaries Computer Associates, IBC, Pobrezni 3, CZ-186 00 Praha 8, Tel: +420 2 2483 5340, Fax: +420 2 232 6945, email: prague@ca.com  http://www.cai.com/
US Subsidiaries H-P http://welcome.hp.com/ 
US Subsidiaries IBM Czech Republic, Murmanska 4/1475, CZ-10000 Prague 10, Czech Republic, Tel: (42) 02 7213 1111, Fax: (42) 02 7213 1401, E-mail:  czdirect@cz.ibm.com  http://www-5.ibm.com/cz/ 
US Subsidiaries Intel Czech Tradings Inc.,. IBC Business Center, Pobrezni 3, 186 00 Prague 8, Czech Republic Tel: +420 2 22090300, Fax: +420 2 22090340 http://www.intel.com/ 
US Subsidiaries Microsoft s.r.o., Eltodo Centrum, Novodvorská, 1010/14 B, 142 00 Praha 4, CZECH REPUBLIC,  Phone: (42)(2) 611 97 111, Fax: (42)(2) 611 97 100  http://www.microsoft.com/
US Subsidiaries Oracle Czech s.r.o., ©krétova 12, 120 00 Praha 2 - Vinohrady, Telefonní èísla, Zelená linka: 08001 67225 (08001 ORACL), telephone: (02) 21 43 81 50, fax : (02) 21 43 81 51 http://www.oracle.com/cz/ 
US Subsidiaries Sun http://www.sun.cz/ 
US Subsidiaries Sybase Czech Republic http://www.sybase.cz/ 
US Subsidiaries XEROX CR, s.r.o., Na Maninách 7, 170 00 Praha 7, Tel.: (+420-2) 8402 7111, Fax: (+420-2) 8402 7555 http://www.xerox.cz/ 

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Newspapers

Czech Newspapers from Online Newspapers http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/

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Travel and Tourism

A-Z Travel Guide to Czech Republic - Homepage

http://www.czech-travel-guide.com/ 

Czech Republic

http://www.praguedaily.com/ 

Czech Republic - Czech Travel Guide

http://www.ctg.cz 

Czech Republic - Infotec Tourism

http://www.czech-tourism.com/ 
Prague accommodation, Hotels in Prague and more from Motylek http://www.motylek.com 

Czech Republic Country Guide

http://www.czech.cz/ 

Czech Republic Tourism Main Page

http://cz.avisit.com/ 

Czech Tourism Pages

http://czech-tourism.com/ 

Czech Tourist Authority 2002

http://www.cccr-info.cz/

CzechSite Travel Guide

http://www.czechsite.com/ 
Discover Czech s.r.o. http://www.discoverczech.com/ 

German and Sudeten-German Cultural organizations in the Czech Republic Bohemian

http://www.czech-republic.org/ 

Google Directory - Regional > Europe > Czech Republic > Travel ...

http://directory.google.com/

Lonely Planet - Czech Republic

http://lonelyplanet.com/

Online Travel Sites

http://www.Shomp.com/ 
Prague Hotel Reservation Service - wide range of hotel rooms in Prague, from budget hotels and hostels to 5star luxury hotels http://www.praguehotels.cz

Open Directory - Regional: Europe: Czech Republic: Travel and Tourism: Parks

http://dmoz.org/

Tanega Travel International, Inc.

http://tanega.com/ 

Travel Eastern Europe

http://passportplanet.com/ 

TRAVEL.CZ - Accommodation in Hotels and Apartments in Prague and Throughout the Czech Republic

http://www.travel.cz/ 

World Travel Guide - Czech Republic - Overview

http://www.wtgonline.com/

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Transportation

Czech Republic Transportation - Yahoo! Travel

http://travel.yahoo.com/

Czech Republic Transportation 2000 - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography,...

http://www.photius.com/

Google Directory - Regional > Europe > Czech Republic 

http://directory.google.com/

Lonely Planet - Czech Republic

http://lonelyplanet.com 

Ministry of Transport and Communications - Ministerstvo Dopravy a Spojù

http://www.mdcr.cz/ 

Open Directory - Regional: Europe: Czech Republic: Transportation

http://dmoz.org/

Transportation in the Czech Republic - Wikipedia

http://www.wikipedia.org/

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.

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US Government

US Commercial Service, Prague http://www.buyusa.gov/

US Embassy Prague

http://prague.usembassy.gov/ 
US Dept. of State's Background Notes http://www.state.gov/ 
US Dept. of State's Consular Information Sheet http://travel.state.gov/
CIA Factbook http://www.odci.gov/cia/

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Weather

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Date Updated: March 27, 2007

 
 

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