The International Trade Portal

Your gateway to global trade

International trading is a big step forward for your business, but it can be difficult to know how to break into a new market. We’ve developed the International Trade Portal to give you the background knowledge to plan with confidence and practical resources for every step of the journey, from targeting the right market to making your first shipment.

Demo

In three simple steps, see how our International Trade portal, can support your business or view quick access information.

Identify the right markets

The Portal offers comprehensive data on the biggest markets in your industry – and the fastest growing. Import and export flows give you a full picture of where your product is in demand.

Stay compliant

Check accurate regulatory information, including import/export controls, shipping requirements and essential documentation.

Understand the market position

Over 25,000 sector-specific reports and analyses help you gauge the latest international trends. Get to know the business environment with full trade profiles and economic outlines of each country.

Build relationships

Databases of 100,000 buyers and 27,000 suppliers provide everything you need to approach new trading partners. Company entries also give you breakdowns of the value and volume of trade, and the goods involved.

Assess the costs

Our calculators let you forecast export prices and import costs, factor in local duties and shipping rates, and convert between currencies

Find new opportunities

The Portal gives you direct access to public and private tenders and to directories of professional associations, online marketplaces and trade shows where you can market and sell your products.

See how our Trade Portal can support your business.

Don’t have an account yet?

If you’re not a customer, you can start a free 12 month trial or speak to your local Lloyds Bank representative about becoming a customer with us and receiving permanent access.

Access the International Trade Portal

The International Trade Portal is free to access for all Lloyds business banking and commercial banking customers.

Lloyds Banking Group is an official partner of the Department for International Trade. As part of our commitment to Helping Britain Prosper Globally, we’ll support 25,000 new exporters by 2020, within the Government’s efforts to help 100,000 businesses export for the first time.

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Global trade services your business can rely on whatever your size.

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Find importers

Looking for someone to buy your product? Search databases of importers by the product(s) they import on our International Trade Portal.

Important legal information

Lloyds Bank is a trading name of Lloyds Bank plc, Bank of Scotland plc, Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets plc and Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets Wertpapierhandelsbank GmbH.

Lloyds Bank plc. Registered Office: 25 Gresham Street, London EC2V 7HN. Registered in England and Wales no. 2065. Bank of Scotland plc. Registered Office: The Mound, Edinburgh EH1 1YZ. Registered in Scotland no. SC327000. Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets plc. Registered office 25 Gresham Street, London EC2V 7HN. Registered in England and Wales no. 10399850. Authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority under registration number 119278, 169628 and 763256 respectively.

Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets Wertpapierhandelsbank GmbH is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets plc. Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets Wertpapierhandelsbank GmbH has its registered office at Thurn-und-Taxis Platz 6, 60313 Frankfurt, Germany. The company is registered with the Amtsgericht Frankfurt am Main, HRB 111650. Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets Wertpapierhandelsbank GmbH is supervised by the Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht.

Eligible deposits with us are protected by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS). We are covered by the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS). Please note that due to FSCS and FOS eligibility criteria not all business customers will be covered.

While all reasonable care has been taken to ensure that the information provided is correct, no liability is accepted by Lloyds Bank for any loss or damage caused to any person relying on any statement or omission. This is for information only and should not be relied upon as offering advice for any set of circumstances. Specific advice should always be sought in each instance.