The Euro Retailer Produce Working Group (EUREP) is a European based trade organization for retailers.

However, with a growth rate significantly higher than for total retail trade, the share of e commerce in total retail trade is also growing.

In the food retail business, there has been an impressive expansion of supermarket chains.

Due to the recent restructuring of retail activities, supermarkets saw their share rise from 20 per cent of total national food retailing in 1990 to 50 60 per cent of total turnover in 2002.

It was agreed that the scope of distributive trade statistics should include wholesale trade, retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles.

These are 10 companies control much of what's in our grocery stores, much of what people eat. And that's really, really a problem.

Online sales are less common in retail trade (B2C) or in services' industries, with sales accounting for only 1.7 and 1 per cent of total sales, respectively.

Table World Trade in Selected Food Products

More than two thirds of the businesses are engaged in trade and 57 of these in the retail trade.

Its membership consists of growers, product marketing organizations and growers' cooperatives, food manufacturers and retailers.

The GATS proposals on energy services classification capture services such as wholesale trade services, retailing services and storage services they refer to sales of fuels and wholesale brokerage (CPC 62113) wholesale trade services of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products (CPC 62271) and retailing services of fuel oil, bottled gas, coal, and woods (CPC 63297).

These are followed by textiles and clothing, the segment which has been creating tensions among trading partners following the phasing out of the ATC in the WTO but where retail margins remain notably strong at 70 per cent.

Foods sold on domestic markets must have labels in the Chinese language.

Growing use by retailers of own brands and discount retailing have also been driving prices down significantly.

The table indicates the overall values in world trade for selected food groups.

In particular, online retail sales of physical goods amounted to approximately RMB5.08 trillion, while online retail sales of services amounted to nearly RMB1.49 trillion.

There is only a small trade in further processed beef products such as corned beef, other canned cooked products, and smaller volumes of frozen cooked products which are demanded particularly in the EU and the United States.

The manual provided some guidance on the compilation of data for the wholesale, retail and service trades.

in collaboration with retailers of foods and professionals who work with nutrition locally.

We will strive to ensure that food, agricultural trade and overall trade policies are conducive to fostering food security for all through a fair and market oriented world trade system.

Different fair trade initiatives and environmental certification schemes have been launched by private actors in response to customers' preferences.

UNCTAD has also outlined a number of measures for international procurement and the trading of strategic food commodities, including a seminar on commodity trading and commodity supply management.

The continuing trend of a steady growth in the country's economy is having a positive effect on foreign and domestic trade indicators. Retail sales grew by 10 in 2003.

COMMISSION ON TRADE IN GOODS AND

Codex Alimentarius was established by FAO and the World Health Organization (WHO) to set safety standards in the food trade.

With regard to food distribution more specifically, the industry is composed of many agents, including supermarkets, quick service restaurants and specialty retailers.

COMMISSION ON TRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICES, AND COMMODITIES

See UNCTAD, Economic Development in Africa Trade Performance and Commodity Dependence (United Nations publication, Sales No.

Refer to the Trade Data Elements Directory, Volume III, Trade Facilitation Recommendations (ECE TRADE 200) (United Nations publication Sales No.E. 96.II.E.13)

(8) All persons involved in food production or marketing shall maintain a constant standard of personal hygiene, taking care to wash their hands thoroughly and wear clean work clothes and headgear while preparing or selling food also, proper utensils must be used when selling ready to eat foods

Those Ugandan traders assist the Ituri traders in their purchases of foodstuffs and consumer products by remitting their payments to suppliers located all over the world.

Some products enter the market through wholesalers who in turn distribute the products to a variety of retailers, while in other cases the producer sells directly to the retailer.

The description of commodities to be purchased in this operation may appear as food, home appliances, computer parts, car parts or telecommunications devices.

Special attention was given to the need to develop a set of recommendations regarding the compilation of indices of distributive trade, such as the index of retail trade and the index of wholesale trade.

The free trade area foresees free trade in manufactured goods and a progressive liberalization of trade in agricultural products.

It highlights trade opportunities in specific products and locations, Table World trade in selected food products

More than 90 per cent of all fisheries trade is in processed form.

The specific needs of net food importing developing countries should be addressed in trade liberalization programmes and activities in order to ensure the enjoyment of the right to food.

When changes in the domestic terms of trade for agriculture are compared with changes in the world terms of trade for food and agricultural raw materials, it is found that over the past two decades world terms of trade have fallen for both groups of agricultural products, while the domestic terms of trade for agriculture in SSA countries have improved (table 5).

. These figures do not reflect trends and opportunities for trade in food products in economies in transition and developing countries, where, as the report makes clear, new trading opportunities are opening up for selected processed food product groups.

World trade in commodities

If any of the profit from retail sale returns to drug trafficking organizations, perhaps from connected cells of retail distributors, the profitability of international drug trafficking will be greater.

Further development of the regulatory framework remains important for the growth and efficient functioning of retail trade in the area of e commerce.

In Chile, for example, the top four chains already represent 46 per cent of total national grocery retailing, and in Latin America as a whole, on average the top five chains represent 65 per cent of total sales.

(b) Drive sales of UNICEF cards and gifts with a special focus on broadening their distribution through retailers and the Internet