Office of International Trade

Office of International Trade
The Office of International Trade offers many programs for exporters, such as:
• Export Counseling: Through Export Counseling, individual counseling by international trade specialists is offered when available in the area. For this purpose it might be wise to investigate the counseling staff that is available from both the US&FCS and SBA if both offices are equally available to you.
• Export Training: Export Training is generally offered by means of co-sponsorship with DOC and/or private sector organizations.
• Legal Assistance: The Export Legal Assistance (ELAN) program offers free, initial consultations on the legal aspects of exporting through an arrangement with the Federal Bar Association by qualified attorneys in the International Law Council.
• Export Information Program (XIS): The XIS provides data that is based on SITC product categories taken from U.N. data. Check for submission dateon this and, for that matter, all other sources of information, to be sure it is sufficiently current for your purpose.
• Matchmaker Events: Matchmaker Events are trade delegations similar to the ITA events. This appears to be a possible duplication of effort.
• Publications: A wide variety of pamphlets are available on various subjects for the new-to-export firms that are of interest and free. One of the best is The World is Your Market: An Export Guide for Small Business. This is a 270-page manual, published in 1990, and co-sponsored by SBA and AT&T, which provided much of this updated information on the DOC and Agriculture as well as some excellent references to worthwhile books and publications on exporting.

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