Main  Doing Business with the European Union  Evaluate your Exporting Capacity   Evaluate your Exporting Capacity: Is your Company ready to Face the Challenge of Exporting? The PIAPYME has identified a group of on-line diagnostics from different promotion organisms that you can answer in order to evaluate how prepared your company is to start with the exportation process. Considering the fact that these diagnostics may assist you by making evident all of the factors you may take into consideration in order to secure successful business transactions as you enter into the International Market, this on-line diagnostics become a very useful tool for you and your business. Important notice: The information of this section is a summary of the following sources. The use of this information shall not have any other purpose different from its informative use only, and shall not be understood as an official position of the PIAPYME itself.   Self-diagnostic for your Internationalisation Potential Created by the “Instituto Español de Comercio Exterior” (The Spanish Institute for Foreign Commerce), this diagnostic will help you in obtaining a numeric evaluation in 10 categories: Motivation; International Operativeness; Available Resources; Accumulated Experience, Adequate Products Availability; Real Expectations; Available Information; Sectoral Barriers, Reasonable Prices Capacity and Decided Implications of the Directive & Managing Team. The Web site www.icex.es also offers other useful resources for exporters Number of questions: 71 Estimated time to answer the diagnostic: 30 minutes Language: Spanish Registration not required Free Access Location: www.icex.es > programas de formación > camino guiado a la exportación Click here if you desire to access to it:  Self-diagnostic of your potential to internationalisation  http://www.icex.es/CaminoExport/index.htm   Export Fitness Centre This resource was created by the International Trade Centre (ITC) of the United Nations (UN). It covers Strategy; Marketing; Production; Distribution; Finance; Analysis and Planning; Organisation, and Monitoring. Once you answer the diagnosis, you may be able to obtain reports of each area with multiple suggestions on what to do in order to improve your company's situation. Number of questions: 59 Estimated time to answer the diagnostic: 30 minutes Language: English No registration required Free Access Location: http://www.intracen.org > Business Support > Export Quality Management > ISO 9001 Fitness Checker > Export Fitness Checker > Use Export Fitness Checker Online Click here if you desire to access to it:  Export Fitness Center  http://www.intracen.org/ec/isochecker/welcome.htm   Export Checker This brief questionnaire has been prepared by the “Centro de Promoción de las Importaciones para Países en Desarrollo” (The Centre for Imports Promotion for Developing Countries – The CBI), with the purpose of having an initial approach in your Exporting Capacity Evaluation to access the European Market. Results are presented in the form of “points” to obtain a score. The Web site also contains other relevant and useful tools for the exporter. Number of questions: 15 Estimated time to answer the questionnaire: 10 minutes Language: English Requires Registration Free Access Location: http://www.cbi.nl > Exporters > Toolbox > Export Checker Click here if you desire to access to it:  Export Checker  http://www.cbi.nl/   The Exporter Test It was created by ProChile, the Chilean government agency in charge of the exports promotion. This brief questionnaire may allow you to make a general evaluation of your Export Capacity as well as to obtain a score. Number of questions: 13 Estimated time to answer the questionnaire: 5 minutes Language: Spanish Registration not required Free Access Location: http://www.prochile.cl/index.php > Servicios al exportador > Test del exportador Click here if you desire to access to it:  The Exporter Test  http://www.prochile.cl/servicios/test/test1.php