Imports of (bop) - Non-metallic Mineral Products in Canada decreased to 444 CAD Million in March from 453.10 CAD Million in February of 2020. Imports of (bop) - Non-metallic Mineral Products in Canada averaged 354.88 CAD Million from 1988 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 598.40 CAD Million in January of 2016 and a record low of 148.80 CAD Million in April of 1988. This page includes a chart with historical data for Canada Imports of (bop) - Non-metallic Mineral Products.

Imports of (bop) - Nickel Ores and Concentrates in Canada increased to 68.50 CAD Million in March from 41.10 CAD Million in February of 2020. Imports of (bop) - Nickel Ores and Concentrates in Canada averaged 40.39 CAD Million from 1988 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 223.20 CAD Million in April of 2007 and a record low of 0 CAD Million in September of 1988. This page includes a chart with historical data for Canada Imports of (bop) - Nickel Ores And Concentrates.

Imports of (bop) - Natural Gas in Canada increased to 187.50 CAD Million in March from 182.90 CAD Million in February of 2020. Imports of (bop) - Natural Gas in Canada averaged 148.27 CAD Million from 1988 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 706 CAD Million in April of 2014 and a record low of 0 CAD Million in February of 1988. This page includes a chart with historical data for Canada Imports of (bop) - Natural Gas.

Imports of (bop) - Motor Vehicles and Parts in Canada decreased to 8044 CAD Million in March from 9229.40 CAD Million in February of 2020. Imports of (bop) - Motor Vehicles and Parts in Canada averaged 5955.81 CAD Million from 1988 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 10341.90 CAD Million in March of 2018 and a record low of 2205.80 CAD Million in February of 1991. This page includes a chart with historical data for Canada Imports of (bop) - Motor Vehicles And Parts.

Imports of (bop) - Miscellaneous Goods and Suppli in Canada decreased to 1392 CAD Million in March from 1516.40 CAD Million in February of 2020. Imports of (bop) - Miscellaneous Goods and Suppli in Canada averaged 1091.92 CAD Million from 1988 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 1947.10 CAD Million in May of 2015 and a record low of 323.60 CAD Million in April of 1988. This page includes a chart with historical data for Canada Imports of (bop) - Miscellaneous Goods And Suppli.

Imports of (bop) - Metalworking Machinery in Canada decreased to 102.50 CAD Million in March from 123.70 CAD Million in February of 2020. Imports of (bop) - Metalworking Machinery in Canada averaged 85.39 CAD Million from 1988 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 167.80 CAD Million in September of 1999 and a record low of 26.30 CAD Million in September of 1992. This page includes a chart with historical data for Canada Imports of (bop) - Metalworking Machinery.

Imports of (bop) - Metal Ores and Concentrates in Canada decreased to 949.20 CAD Million in March from 960.90 CAD Million in February of 2020. Imports of (bop) - Metal Ores and Concentrates in Canada averaged 482.99 CAD Million from 1988 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 1297.30 CAD Million in December of 2018 and a record low of 81.80 CAD Million in September of 1988. This page includes a chart with historical data for Canada Imports of (bop) - Metal Ores And Concentrates.

Imports of Coal Sitc in the United States increased to 65 USD Million in March from 50 USD Million in February of 2020. Imports of Coal Sitc in the United States averaged 121.02 USD Million from 1996 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 452 USD Million in June of 2008 and a record low of 40 USD Million in February of 1997. This page includes a chart with historical data for the United States Imports of Coal Sitc.

Imports of Clothing Sitc in the United States decreased to 5763 USD Million in March from 6539 USD Million in February of 2020. Imports of Clothing Sitc in the United States averaged 6250.45 USD Million from 1996 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 9770 USD Million in August of 2015 and a record low of 2688 USD Million in April of 1996. This page includes a chart with historical data for the United States Imports of Clothing Sitc.

Imports of Chemicals - Organic Sitc in the United States increased to 4432 USD Million in March from 4196 USD Million in February of 2020. Imports of Chemicals - Organic Sitc in the United States averaged 3273.76 USD Million from 1996 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 5407 USD Million in April of 2015 and a record low of 1061 USD Million in November of 1996. This page includes a chart with historical data for the United States Imports of Chemicals - Organic Sitc.

Imports of Chemicals - Medicinal Sitc in the United States increased to 14324 USD Million in March from 10830 USD Million in February of 2020. Imports of Chemicals - Medicinal Sitc in the United States averaged 4621.44 USD Million from 1996 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 14324 USD Million in March of 2020 and a record low of 501 USD Million in August of 1996. This page includes a chart with historical data for the United States Imports of Chemicals - Medicinal Sitc.

Imports of Chemicals - Inorganic Sitc in the United States increased to 972 USD Million in March from 845 USD Million in February of 2020. Imports of Chemicals - Inorganic Sitc in the United States averaged 861.48 USD Million from 1996 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 1790 USD Million in September of 2011 and a record low of 349 USD Million in June of 1996. This page includes a chart with historical data for the United States Imports of Chemicals - Inorganic Sitc.

Iraq recorded a trade surplus of 41524 USD Million in 2018. Balance of Trade in Iraq averaged 10976.96 USD Million from 1988 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 47550 USD Million in 2008 and a record low of -3492 USD Million in 2004. Iraq has been recording trade surpluses since 2005 due to a rise in the shipments of oil (99 percent of total exports). Main imports are: machinery and transport equipment; manufactured articles and mineral fuels. Main trading partners are: United States (25 percent of total exports and 6 percent of imports) and China (12 percent of exports and 14 percent of imports). Others include: Syria, India and South Korea. This page provides - Iraq Balance of Trade - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Gambia is ranked 155 among 190 economies in the ease of doing business, according to the latest World Bank annual ratings. The rank of Gambia deteriorated to 155 in 2019 from 149 in 2018. Ease of Doing Business in Gambia averaged 146.83 from 2008 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 155 in 2019 and a record low of 135 in 2008. The Ease of doing business index ranks countries against each other based on how the regulatory environment is conducive to business operationstronger protections of property rights. Economies with a high rank (1 to 20) have simpler and more friendly regulations for businesses. This page includes a chart with historical data for Ease of Doing Business in Gambia.

Mr. Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of the OECD, will be in Santiago, Chile, on 14-15 October 2019 to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Finance Ministers meeting.

Burundi is ranked 166 among 190 economies in the ease of doing business, according to the latest World Bank annual ratings. The rank of Burundi improved to 166 in 2019 from 168 in 2018. Ease of Doing Business in Burundi averaged 163.08 from 2008 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 177 in 2008 and a record low of 140 in 2013. The Ease of doing business index ranks countries against each other based on how the regulatory environment is conducive to business operationstronger protections of property rights. Economies with a high rank (1 to 20) have simpler and more friendly regulations for businesses. This page includes a chart with historical data for Ease of Doing Business in Burundi.

The Phase 3 Report on Japan by the OECD Working Group on Bribery evaluates and makes recommendations on Japan'simplementation and application of the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions and related instruments.

The Phase 3 Report on Italy by the OECD Working Group on Bribery evaluates and makes recommendations on Italy's implementation and application of the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions and related instruments.

Bribery of public officials is harmful to good governance, economic development and competitive conditions. Confiscation and recovery of the proceeds derived from foreign bribery are key elements in the international framework to fight corruption of public officials.

Governments in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) should create urgently needed jobs for the 2.5 million people entering the labour market each year and improve their policies to encourage women’s entrepreneurship in order to reduce structural unemployment, says a new OECD report.

This seminar aimed to advance shared understandings on policies to make the most of cross-border capital flows in support of growth and development and on the value of international co-operation, including the OECD Codes of Liberalisation, in the current context of serious global financial turbulence.

07/11/12 - the OECD and the International Coordinating Committee of National Human Rights Institutions concluded a Memorandum of Understanding to promote respect by multinational enterprises of the new human rights chapter of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and the UN Guiding Principles for Business and Human Rights upon which the OECD Guidelines are based.

The OECD Working Group on Bribery regrets that Austria has not had a conviction of bribing foreign public officials despite a number of allegations, 13 years after ratifying the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention. However, enforcement appears to be picking up, with one case being tried, two more cases soon to be tried, and four ongoing investigations.

Spain’s enforcement of its foreign bribery laws has been extremely low, with not a single prosecution out of only seven investigations in 13 years since joining the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention. Spain must vigorously pursue foreign bribery allegations and strengthen its legal framework for fighting bribery by addressing gaps in its Penal Code, says a new OECD report.

This report provides a comparative overview of common standards and key features of specialised anti-corruption institutions and comprehensive descriptions of 19 anti-corruption institutions operating in different parts of the world, presented in a comparable framework.

The current Polish framework for fighting foreign bribery is still inadequate to fully meet foreign bribery risks resulting from Poland’s growing economy, says a new OECD report.

Global value chains (GVCs) have become a dominant feature of world trade and investment, offering new prospects for growth, development and jobs, according to a new joint report by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).

Fighting foreign bribery is not a priority in Belgium. Together with the flagrant lack of resources for Belgian law enforcement authorities, this has resulted in very few foreign bribery investigations and prosecutions. In the 14 years since the entry into force of the foreign bribery offence in Belgium, only one case of bribery of foreign public officials has been concluded.

Russia has yet to address key provisions of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention, which entered into force in Russia in April 2012. It has not yet fully implemented recommendations for strengthening its framework for combating foreign bribery and should be more proactive in detecting, investigating and prosecuting foreign bribery cases.

18 November 2013 - Asia-Pacific Trade and Investment Week 2013 opened in Bangkok today with a regional conference on responsible business practices jointly organised by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission of Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

The 2013 Forum was held on 5-6 December and discussed how governments can improve their investment policy framework to reduce the risk and attract long-term private finance in support of green growth.

This roundtable focused on the impact the Anti-Bribery Convention has had on the global anti-bribery agenda since its entry into force in 1999, as well as what should be done to ensure the Convention's continued relevance going forward.

Recommendation of the OECD Council on Effective Public Investment Across Levels of Government

South Africa must take urgent steps to proactively investigate and prosecute foreign bribery. No foreign bribery cases have been prosecuted since South Africa joined the Convention in 2007. The 4 on-going investigations – out of only 10 allegations that have surfaced to date – are also far from reaching the prosecution stage, according to a new report by the OECD Working Group on Bribery.

This G20 report looks at the evolution of private institutional investment in infrastructure and examines how the market has developed; analyses various investment vehicles with a snapshot of the growth experienced in the market; categorises methods used for investing in infrastructure; and, highlights the challenges and barriers to investment.

Participants at the forum adopted a communiqué calling for companies to confront challenges they encounter openly and transparently by publicly reporting on due diligence in accordance with the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas

The OECD Working Group on Bribery supports Spain’s efforts to further reform its Penal Code to bring its anti-bribery law into line with its international obligations under the OECD Convention on Combatting Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions.

Due to serious concerns about the extremely low level of enforcement of Japan’s offence of bribing foreign public officials – just three prosecutions since 1999 – the OECD Working Group on Bribery recommended in December 2013 that Japan establish an Action Plan to organise police and prosecution resources to be able to proactively detect, investigate and prosecute cases of foreign bribery by Japanese companies.

Since the start of the crisis, a growing number of OECD countries have been reporting declining inward and outward FDI, a phenomenon that could be described as ‘investment de-globalisation’. Governments must take immediate and vigorous action to reverse such trends by removing unnecessary barriers and complexities that hinder investment, said OECD Secretary-General.

This self-assessment report looks at South Africa's investment regime in the light of the OECD Codes of Liberalisation and the principle of National Treatment.

OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría blogs about international investment treaties at a time when they are increasingly in the spotlight.

Turkey is a significant and geopolitically critical economy. Its companies, like those from many other countries, operate in corruption-prone sectors and countries. In spite of this, only 10 allegations have come to the attention of Turkish authorities since foreign bribery became an offence in Turkey in 2003.

After a comprehensive review in October 2012, the OECD Working Group on Bribery asked France, through a series of concrete recommendations, to intensify its actions to fight the bribery of foreign public officials and undertake important reforms.

Beijing, 24 October 2014 - China presented guidelines intended to provide a roadmap for the responsible business conduct of Chinese companies operating overseas. In addition, China and the OECD signed a Memorandum of Understanding to promote the implementation by Chinese companies of responsible business conduct in global mineral supply chains.

Kazakhstan’s new anti-corruption strategy must be better defined, involving key stakeholders, with targeted actions and goals that address the key corruption challenges facing the country, says a new OECD report by the Istanbul Anti-Corruption Action Plan (IAP).

Most international bribes are paid by large companies, usually with the knowledge of senior management, according to new OECD analysis of the cost of foreign bribery and corruption.

The OECD Foreign Bribery Report was launched by the OECD Secretary-General in Paris on 2 December 2014. This ground breaking report analyses data emerging from all foreign bribery enforcement actions concluded since the entry into force of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention and for the first time ‘measures’ the crime of corruption.

The OECD Working Group on Bribery invited public comments on the next phase of country monitoring under the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention between 5 November and 1 December 2014. The call for comment is now closed.

On the occasion of International Anti-Corruption Day, this Working Group on Bribery consultation with the private sector and civil society focused on the development of the Phase 4 evaluation process of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention.

The OECD Working Group on Bribery doubts Argentina’s commitment to fight foreign bribery. Argentina still has no law to punish companies for foreign bribery or prosecute its citizens who commit this crime abroad. Widespread delays continue to plague complex economic crime investigations.