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SME Chapters in Trade Agreements

All new trade agreements include an SME Chapter. This will help SMEs on both sides to access information about trading on each other’s markets..

SME Chapters in following trade agreements:

Geographical support for SMEs

  Other support for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)

  • The Trade Assistants for Goods and Rosa, Services and Investment and Procurement offers useful information to EU companies that want to export or invest abroad.
  • The Enterprise Europe Network is the world's largest support network for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with international ambitions. It has 3,000 experts across 600 member organisations in more than 60 countries. Member organisations include chambers of commerce and industry, technology centres, and research institutes.
  • EU SME Internationalisation Support - A study that identifies gaps, overlaps, and opportunities for improvement, offering recommendations to enhance the efficiency and coherence of SME internationalisation policies - Study of the European Union SMEs internationalisation strategy - Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
  • EU Strategy for start-ups and scale-ups - study proposing a comprehensive set of actions to make the EU the best place in the world to launch and grow technology-driven innovative companies. EU Startup and Scaleup Strategy - Research and innovation
  • The Trade Defence SME Helpdesk offers importers and exporters easily accessible personal advice in case they are affected by trade defence instruments, i.e. anti-dumping or anti-subsidy measures, imposed in the EU or elsewhere in the world. The Online course on Trade Defence Instruments for SMEs describes the essential aspects that SMEs need to know in their day-to-day business.
  • The Intellectual Property Helpdesk provides free information and services to support EU SMEs to both protect and enforce their Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) in partner countries:
  • The portal Your Europe - Business provides multilingual information and online public services for companies looking for business opportunities in Europe and beyond (click on the map, select an EU country to find out about Member States’ business support activities).
  • The EU Sanctions Helpdesk platform supports European operators in complying with European Union restrictive measures (also known as sanctions) imposed worldwide. The Helpdesk offers resources and personalised help to SMEs performing sanctions due diligence checks.
  • Homepage | European Cluster Collaboration Platform : Connect with clusters, businesses, and policymakers across Europe and beyond, fostering partnerships in key markets worldwide.

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Frequently asked questions

  1. When the tariff refers to weight, is it gross weight or net weight?
  2. How can I find the import duty that applies to my product?
  3. If I want to sell my product in several EU countries, are there import duties to pay each time my product enters a different country?
  4. Can I get a list of products charged at 0% import duty?
  5. Are excise duties applied at EU or at national level?
  6. How is VAT charged in the EU?
  7. How can I get approval to export fish to the EU?
  8. Does food exported to the EU have to come from an EU-authorised establishment?
  9. Do I have to pay to use My Trade Assistant for Services and Investment?
  10. In which languages in My Trade Assistant for Services and Investment available?