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Friday, May 13, 2005

TAITRA targets to set up 5 procurement sites

The Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) is aiming to put up at least five procurement websites for international buyers on AMPA Online by the end of
this year.
According to Donald Lu, director of Trade Net Center, the council will target large-scale international buyers attending TAIPEI AMPA this year to sign up for the service.
These potential buyers include Delphi Automotives Systems from Brazil, Kirchhoff and Johannes J. Matthies from Germany, Inter Cars from Poland, Auto
from the U.S., as well as REPCO, Air International Seating and Air International thermal from Australia.
They are giving procurement seminars throughout the four-day AMPA.
According to Lu, TAITRA has similar procurement sites set up for 3C and electronics industries in the past. It has successfully facilitated the procurement needs for American 3C chain stores and Japanese electronics vendors.
As such, TAITRA intends to replicate these successes to the auto accessories industry in Taiwan as well.
He informed that a top-five online after sales player in the U.S. will the first buyer to sign up for this service, and discussions are currently underway.
AMPA Online (http://ampa.taiwantrade.com.tw) is an electronic marketplace formed by TAITRA and Taiwantrade, Taiwan's national trade e-portal, for information exchanges between overseas buyers and Taiwanese suppliers.
Registered members can retrieve suppliers' details, make private quotation inquiries, request product clarification and post public offers on the website, all for free.
For the international buyers registering for the extra service, TAITRA will set up a dedicated procurement website for them on AMPA Online.
These buyers can post their specific procurements needs, and TAITRA will play a role of filtering out the most suitable Taiwanese suppliers. It will then send the product specifications, quotation and other information of the suppliers to the buyer for further selection.
"This will be a great platform to promote local suppliers to the global buyers," stated Lu.
The service is free till the end of the year, however, local suppliers will have to pay a small fee starting from next year.
For more information, please email ampaonline@taitra.org.tw.

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