Europe - Czech Republic
The following links provide extensive country information by various government agencies and other external sources. The topics covered include but are not limited to: general, economic and political information, tax and tariff information, documentation needed for exporting, and business climate.
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CIA -- The World Factbook -- Czech Republic
US Department of State -- Background Notes -- Czech Republic
Country Commercial Guides (CCG)
Department of Commerce CCG's are prepared by U.S. Embassy Staff. Included in the CCG is a section on Czech Republic.
Trade Information Center
Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
Embassy of the Czech Republic
- 3900 Spring of Freedom Street NW
- Washington, DC 20008
- Telephone (202) 274-9100
- Fax. (202) 966-8540
Ministry of Finance
- Letenska 15
- 118 10 Praha 1
- Czech Republic
- Telephone: (420-2) 5704 1111
- Fax: (420-2) 5704 2788
Government Financial Statisitics
Czech Embassy - Economic Information
The Czech Republic Customs Service
Czech Agency for Trade Promotion CzechTrade
Aims to provide information, consulting, and assistance services to exporters in their penetration of foreign markets. The Agency is one of the three apexes of the institutional triangle of the Government export development program in the Czech Republic: CzechTrade (information), the Czech Export Bank (financing), and the Export Guarantee and Insurance Company - EGAP (insurance). Great site with a very informative section, "Doing Business in the Czech Republic.".
The Ministry of Industry and Trade
The central body of state administration for the state industrial policy, trade policy, foreign economy policy, power industry, heating, gas industry, mining, processing of oil and natural gas, solid fuels, radioactive raw materials, and ores and non-metallic ores.
The Ministry of Finance
The central body of state administration for the State Budget and regional budgets, the State Closing Account, the Treasury, the financial and capital market, taxes and tax administration, fees, Customs duty, prices, financial management, financial control, accounting, auditing and tax consulting, international financial relations (including the State's assets and liabilities in relation to other countries protection of foreign investments, and the central body for tombolas, lotteries and similar games), the management of State property, privatization of State property, for matters concerning insurance companies, pension funds, and for activities aimed against the legalization of proceeds from criminal activity.
American Chamber of Commerce in the Czech Republic
- U Boziho Oka
- Mala stupartska 7
- 110 00 Praha 1
- Telephone: (420-2) 2482 6551-2
- Fax: (420-2) 2482 6082