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Help in Conducting Business Worldwide—New D&B Reports on Dialog Profound

Companies that conduct cross-border transactions are exposed to the risks of a country's overall political, economic and commercial conditions. Dialog Profound has added three sources that can help you make smarter decisions when conducting business activities around the world.

• D&B Country Reports cover 132 countries and provide in-depth analysis of risks and opportunities, as well as economic forecasts. Updated annually, the reports are available as full reports or by chapters, such as Executive Summary, Political Risk, Commercial Risk and Trade & Investment Environment.
  
  
• D&B Country RiskLine Reports, updated monthly, contain snapshots of the overall risk of doing business and current terms and business trading conditions in a foreign country.
  
  
• D&B Export Guides include information on global markets and export regulations for more than 185 countries. Understanding local trade regulations and procedures can minimize payment delays. Updated annually, the Guides incorporate proprietary data collected from D&B's global network of reporting offices and its database of 79 million companies worldwide that track aggregate corporate trends.

In addition to the written analysis compiled by D&B's team of political and economic experts, all of whom hold postgraduate degrees, each Country report ranks the country in question using D&B's proprietary Country Risk Indicator. The reports also contain both short and long-term economic forecasts and use charts and tables to complement the text.

Why Use These Reports

Use these reports to:

• Review the risks in countries when conducting cross-border transactions
  
  
• Keep informed of new import/export procedures and trade regulations
  
  
• Research risks of doing business in a foreign country for the first time
  
  
• Check a country's long-term economic forecast
  
  
• Minimize payment delays on international trade

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