The Asia Pacific Countertrade Association Pte Ltd is the privatized entity and successor of APCA, the Asia Pacific Countertrade Association formed in 1994 to represent and serve the countertrade, offset and structured finance community in the Asia Pacific.

Whilst on the one hand traditional countertrade and finance have declined. On the other hand, changes in the nature of trade, trade finance and countetrade programmes have made it necessary for APCA to change its focus, be more flexible and re-orientate its approach in order to better meet the needs of the Asian countertrade and finance communities.

It was decided unanimously to dissolve the association following its 10th annual general meeting in 2003 and to privatise some of its activities and to keep alive the APCA brandname in the APCA Conference series to be held with effect from 2003 in collaboration with UNCTAD (the United Nations Confrence on Trade and Development).

David Hew
Director, APCA

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