TIDS™ - Trade and Investment Decision Support

Koios has developed a unique system for analyzing the many variables involved in setting a company’s global marketing, investment and sourcing strategies. TIDS uses the world’s largest and most comprehensive databases of trade, investment and labor data, compiled by the United Nations, the WTO, the World Bank and other bodies, and analytical tools, such as trade flow analysis and value chain analysis, to assess a company’s or a country’s position in key international markets, to identify new marketing, sourcing and investment opportunities, and to integrate these opportunities into a coherent global strategy. Koios can help you:

• Analyze present export markets: Examine the profile and dynamics of export markets for any product, assess the value, size and concentration of exports and highlight countries where market share has increased.
• Select priority markets: View the world’s major importing countries, illustrate the extent of import concentration and in which countries demand has increased over the past five years.
• Benchmark industry competitiveness by country: Gain a systematic overview of a country’s export performance and its comparative and competitive advantages within a given sector. Obtain information on labor costs and productivity by industry and even by product.
• Understand competition in global and regional markets: Identify the leading exporting countries for a given product, highlight a country’s position in world exports or in the imports of partner and neighboring countries.
• Analyze competition within a given market: Identify the main competitors (by country and company) and their market share; understand channels of distribution, market dynamics, and drivers of competitiveness. Gain essential market intelligence from public and proprietary sources.
• Review opportunities for product diversification in a specific market: Make a comparative assessment of import demand for related products in an export market, identify imports of similar products and possible synergies.
• Identify existing and potential trade with any partner country or region: Identify product-specific opportunities by comparing actual trade, the total import demand of partner countries and the overall export supply capacity of the home country.
• Know about tariffs and non-tariff barriers: View information on a country’s ad-valorem and specific tariffs, MFN tariffs, quotas, anti-dumping duties, prohibitions and standards.
• Understand market access opportunities: Know about preferential market access agreements such as NAFTA, EU-Mediterranean partnership agreements, regional free trade blocs, US bilateral free trade agreements, Generalized System of Preferences and more. Understand and quantify the potential advantages from these agreements.
• Gain a clear view of administrative barriers to investment: Know the cost, time and complexities of registering a company, buying or leasing land, and obtaining operating licenses and environmental, health and safety certifications. Understand labor laws, level of skills, and the conditions of hiring and dismissal of workers.
• Make strategic export, sourcing and investment decisions: Integrate specific opportunities into coherent regional and global strategies and value chains.

By using its unique Trade and Investment Decision Support System™, Koios Associates can give its corporate clients a clear, unbiased and comprehensive guide to their global market development, investment and sourcing decisions. Though it is based on the best available statistics and quantitative analysis, a TIDS evaluation also draws on years of direct experience doing business in emerging economies worldwide – essential for interpreting the data in ways that help clients make the best possible decisions.

Great strategies can fail through poor implementation, especially in emerging economies where the rules of the game may be different. A TIDS evaluation is often the first step in a process that requires more detailed on-the-ground assistance to ensure successful implementation of strategies. Koios, with its direct experience in more than 60 countries and a global network of local and international experts, can help you match innovative strategy with flawless execution.

In addition to its corporate clients, many national and regional investment and trade promotion agencies have also benefited from Koios techniques and experience.