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WebGuide - Latvia

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, Latvia, please click here.

 

Airlines

AirBaltic Corporation

http://www.airbaltic.lv/ 

Austrian Airlines Group

http://www.aua.com/ 

Europe Air Transportation - No Frills Airline - Air Passes - Europe Air Lines 

http://www.budgettravel.com/
Transeast Airlines http://www.junik.lv/~tea/ 

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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.

AB.LV

http://www.ab.lv/en/ 

Banks in Latvia

http://www.internationalist.com/

Central Bank Websites

http://www.bis.org/cbanks.htm 

Latvia - Bank of Latvia

http://www.bank.lv/ 

Latvijas Banka / Bank of Latvia

http://www.bank.lv/index1.html 

Nordea Latvija

http://www.nordea.lv/ 

NORD/LB Latvija

http://www.nordlb.lv/ 

Parex Bank

http://www.parex.net/ 

Parex Banka

http://www.parex.lv/1/ 

Rietumu Bank - corporate bank in Latvia. Business and private bank accounts, debit and credit cards, savings accounts

http://www.rietumu.com/ 

Paritate Bank, the European bank for Internet community

http://www.paritate.lv/ 

World Bank Group | Latvia

http://www.worldbank.org/lv 

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Business with Latvia

American Chamber of Commerce in Latvia

http://www.amcham.lv/page.php?cat=111 

Country - Snapshot Reports - Doing Business - The World Bank 

http://www.doingbusiness.org/

Doing business in Latvia

http://www.businessculture.com/latvia.html 

Doing Business in Latvia

http://www.internationalist.com/

Doing business in Latvia

http://www.worldbiz.com/latvia.html 

Doing Business in the Baltics. Latvia.

http://www.compiler.fi/

Doing business un Latvia

http://www.gencs.lv/doingtekst.html 

KOMPASS Latvia

http://www.kompass.lv/ 

Latvia - Doing Business - Selling

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

Latvian Development Agency

http://www.lda.gov.lv/ 

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Chambers of Commerce

American Chamber of Commerce in Latvia

http://www.amcham.lv/ 

British Chamber of Commerce in Latvia

http://www.bccl.lv/ 

Chamber.com - The Worlds Trusted Business Partner.

http://www.chamber.com/ 

Latvian Chamber of Commerce and Industry

http://www.chamber.lv/ 

Latvijas Tirdzniecības un rūpniecības kamera

http://www.chamber.lv/ 

Swedish Chamber of Commerce in Latvia

http://www.scc.telia.lv/ 

Swedish Chamber of Commerce in Latvia

http://www.scc.lv/ 

World Chamber of Commerce Directory

http://www.chamberofcommerce.com/ 

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Directories and Databases

Google Directory - Regional > Europe > Latvia

http://directory.google.com/

K O M P A S S Latvia

http://www.kompass.lv/ 

Latvia @ Bilteks directory

http://www.bilteks.com/1/0/0 

Latvia on LATNET

http://www.latnet.lv/ 

Latvia resources, searchengines, portals, guides - Worldjump.com portal directory

http://www.worldjump.com/links/latvia.htm 

Latvian Business Directory

http://www.lursoft.lv 

Latvian Business Directory

http://www.117.lv/
The Ministry of Justice the Centre of Registers offers ONLINE services based on the central database of registration departments of courts. Central database includes digital data of the commercial register, the register of non-profit associations and foundations and the register of commercial pledge. https://info.eer.ee/

Open Directory - Regional: Europe: Latvia

http://dmoz.org/Regional/Europe/Latvia/ 

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Financing Agencies

Annual Financing Agreement - Latvia

http://europa.eu.int/

IT in Latvia--Financing

http://www.american.edu/

Latvia Financing

http://www.pro-e.org/

Latvia: Trade and Project Financing

http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/S

Multi-Annual Financing Agreement - Latvia

http://europa.eu.int/

Statement by Latvia at the International Conference on Financing 

http://www.un.org/

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General Country Information

Here's a great resource about the 12 countries that border the Baltic. It has an easy-to-use format. You just click on a country and then drill down through the categories (General, Business and Economy, News and Media, Society and Social Issues, etc.) to find links to information about that country. Or, you can go right to the categories from the home page, where you'll find region-specific resources. The Baltic region has been going through major changes since the fall of the Soviet Union, and you'll be able to stay current by visiting this Web site. http://bibl.sh.se/baltic/ 
Latvian web portal and search engine http://www.latnet.lv/ 
Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies, The University of Texas at Austin - Guide to Latvia http://reenic.utexas.edu/
About's Guide to Latvia http://geography.about.com/ 
Lycos  Guide for Latvia http://travel.lycos.com/

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Intellectual Property Rights

INTERNATIONAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ALLIANCE - 2001 SPECIAL 301 REPORT http://www.iipa.com/
Latvian Development Agency guide to IPR.  Address: Perses 2,Riga LV1442, Latvia.  Tel: +371 7039400, Fax: +371 7039401, e-mail: invest@lda.gov.lv  http://www.lda.gov.lv/

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Latvia's Economic Outlook

1UpInfo > Latvia > Economic Sectors

http://www.1upinfo.com/

Bank One Economic Outlook Center

http://www.cob.asu.edu/seid/eoc/ 

Economic Outlook

http://www.aei.org/eo/eo12888.htm 

IMF Country Page

http://www.imf.org/external/country/ 

Outlook 2001: Economic Forecast to 2009

http://eadiv.state.wy.us/wef/wef.htm 

PricewaterhouseCoopers: Latvia

http://www.pwcglobal.com/

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Latvia's Government

Governments on the WWW: Latvia http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/lv.html 
Latvian Development Agency, Riga Office: Attn: Andris Liepins, Head, Investment Department, Perses Street 2, Riga LV-1442, Latvia, tel: +371 728 6252, 728 3425, fax: +371 728 2524; 782-0458, e-mail: invest@lda.gov.lv; http://www.lda.gov.lv
Latvian GSM Phone System http://www.lmt.lv/ 
Latvian Privatization Agency, Attn: Edgars Zellis, Head, Foreign Relations Department, Kr. Valdemara Street 31, Riga LV-1818, Latvia, tel: +371 702-1355; fax: +371 783 0363 http://www.lpa.bkc.lv/ 
Latvian Central Statistical Bureau, Attn: Kaspars Misans, Director, Lacplesa 1, Riga, LV 1301, tel: +371 736-6801, fax: +371 783-0137, e-mail: csb@csb.lv, http://www.csb.lv

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Market Research

Overview to Latvia's telecom market http://www.sce.doc.gov/
Overview of Latvia's software market. http://www.sce.doc.gov/
Overview of Latvia's Computer Hardware Market http://www.sce.doc.gov/
Internet in Latvia http://www.lv/
US Department of Commerce Market Research http://www.buyusainfo.net/
American University MBA IT Report http://www.american.edu/

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Michigan Exports

Item 2002 2003 2004 2005
Total 3339186 1162559 513140 3217695
339 Misc. Manufactures 609903 197198 3194 1390519
336 Transportation Equipment 2244849 501184 276683 1336586
990 Spec. Classification Provisions 97625 0 0 147000
333 Machinery Manufactures 22067 207534 18246 95818
311 Processed Foods 90791 86222 93654 88027
334 Computers & Electronic Prod. 50712 38875 59391 63691
335 Elec. Eq.; Appliances & Parts 0 78071 0 40779
321 Wood Products 0 21971 0 18188
315 Apparel Manufactures 0 0 0 15958
323 Printing & Related Products 0 3411 0 10345
111 Crop Production 0 0 0 5784
920 Used Merchandise 6675 0 31685 5000
332 Fabricated Metal Products 0 0 0 0
331 Primary Metal Manufactures 3500 5500 0 0
337 Furniture & Related Products 0 0 0 0
313 Fabric Mill Products 0 0 0 0
325 Chemical Manufactures 70284 19705 7420 0
327 Non-Metallic Mineral Mfgs. 142780 0 18935 0
326 Plastic & Rubber Products 0 0 0 0
324 Petroleum & Coal Products 0 0 0 0
322 Paper Products 0 2888 0 0
316 Leather & Related Products 0 0 3932 0

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Miscellaneous

Colleges and Universities Yahoo's index of Colleges http://d2.dir.dcn.yahoo.com/
Search Engines SearchEngineColossus's index to 5+ Search Engines http://www.searchenginecolossus.com/
US Subsidiaries H-P http://www.hp.lv/ 
US Subsidiaries Oracle, Riga, Valdemaras Centre, Valdemara 21 L-1010 Riga Latvija, (+371) 7035 225 http://www.oracle.com/lv/ 

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Newspapers

Free E-Mail based newsletter about NIS Countries. http://www.insideworld.com/ 
This page provides an easy to use tool for referencing the world's newspapers buy numerous filters http://www.newspapers.com/
Links to 100's of newspapers by country http://www.newsdirectory.com/

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Travel and Tourism

Google Directory - Regional > Europe > Latvia > Travel and ...

http://directory.google.com/

LATVIA -- A BEAUTIFUL, NEW TOURISM ADVENTURE

http://www.nexteurope.com/tourism/ 

Latvia travel and tourism information, travelogues, travel 

http://www.travel-library.com/

Latvia Travel Directory - Tourism

http://www.tuttinsieme.it/

Latvia Travel Information - Patricia LTD Tourist Office Riga Latvia

http://www.latviatravel.com/ 

Latvia travel, riga, latvia hotels, latvia maps, hotels in latviacesis, daugavpils, jelgava, jurmala, rezekne, liepaja, ...

http://www.budgettravel.com/latvia.htm 

Latvia Tourist Board

http://latviatourism.lv/  

Open Directory - Regional: Europe: Latvia: Travel and Tourism

http://dmoz.org/

Open Latvia

http://www.tourism-latvia.net/

Riga Latvia Tourism

http://www.rigalatvia.net/ 

Travel & Tourism for Latvia

http://www.escapeartist.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.

1UpInfo > Latvia > Transportation and Telecommunications

http://www.1upinfo.com/

Google Directory - Regional > Europe > Latvia > Transportation

http://directory.google.com/

Latvia Transportation - Transportation in Latvia.

http://www.1uptravel.com/

Latvia Transportation - Yahoo! Travel

http://travel.yahoo.com/

Latvia Transportation 2001 - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International

http://www.workmall.com/

Open Directory - Regional: Europe: Latvia: Transportation

http://dmoz.org/

Ports of Latvia

http://www.itl.rtu.lv/

Transport in and around Riga, Latvia

http://www.balticsww.com/

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US Government

US Commercial Service, Latvia http://www.buyusa.gov/baltics/en/ 
US Embassy, Riga http://www.usembassy.lv/ 
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/
US Dept of Energy's Country Analysis Brief http://www.eia.doe.gov/ 

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Weather

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Date Updated: March 27, 2007

 
 

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