FAGE’s portfolio of products and services aims principally at increasing the competitiveness of exports in the international marketplace.  The product and services are profiled below;(list on the left of this page, all products and services and provide links to them.

Advocacy : Policy and business development initiative – FAGE provides its members and the export community in general with frontline advocacy leadership on policy initiative that nurture the enabling environment for globally focused businesses.  FAGE also focuses on business development initiatives in areas that lie beyond the capabilities of individual firms, and serves as a forum for exploring new initiatives in response to the needs of its members.  Periodically seminars/workshops and special events are organized to highlight and to discuss export business and development issues.

FAGE Quarterly Magazine ; The ExportNews – FAGE’s news magazine, The ExportNews is a primary information product provided to members, the export community and the business community.  Each issue feature news about FAGE and its members, latest developments in the Ghanaian export scene, and analysis of policy issues as they affect the export sector.  The ExportNews is also a major source of up-to date market and business information as well as best industry practices and world-class performance to exporting firms.  In addition, the news magazines editorials highlight the performance and achievements of some of the leading exporting firms in the country.

Market and trade information – Weekly price bulletin ; FAGE’s weekly price bulletin, which is distributed each week to our members via fax and e-mail, is useful in a number of ways.  The bulletin enables the exporting firm to follow the international price trends for their products and plan their exporting activities accordingly.  It facilitates better costing and pricing in order to achieve and maintain international competitiveness.  It also serves as a guide to exporting firms in dealing with their importers and other business partners in an informed manner.  The current bulletin covers mainly fruits and vegetables.  The coverage will soon be extended to other products such as fish and seafood.

Directories and other market/technical publications – These products provide exporting firms with in-depth market and technical information

Examples include;
•    Business directories (importers of fresh produce in the EU)
•    Directory of input suppliers
•    Technical manuals (sources of agricultural information on the internet, grades and standards for Ghanaian export crops, postharvest handling of Ghanaian crops etc?

Customized/technical research – To survive in the international marketplace Ghanaian exporting firms must have access to intelligence on key competitors including their performance levels, relative strength and weaknesses and current anticipated behavior.  FAGE’s country-special analysis, eg; the UK market for pineapples, include competition profile of top suppliers to the major international markets.
Trade enquiries and matchmaking – FAGE receives and processes many trade enquiries (including imports/exports matchmaking) as a result of its presence on the internet and other modes of visibility on the global scene.

Training workshops and seminars – As economies around the world are quickly becoming knowledge-based, it is strategically imperative for Ghanaian exporting firms to regularly upgrade their stock of knowledge.  FAGE conducts regular industry specific and problem solving workshops/seminars of topics of interest to both members and non-members.  These events are focused on creating awareness among the exporting community on the needs and requirements as well as equipping them with the basic tools and skills improving international competiveness. 

The FAGE training includes;

•    Orientation seminars and workshop on export planning/management and marketing
•    Management seminars and workshop for the executives of export product associations
•    Quality management seminars and workshops on topics such as HACCP and the ISO
•    Product specific seminars and workshops such as the application of industrial design to create exports (handicraft and fashion)
Other products and services – A number of advance products and services are also offered to qualified FAGE members on specific request.  These include food safety/HACCP plans, inspections services and market representation, development of export quality standards, etc.  these are undertaken in collaboration with other local and international partners and service.