The "Trade Finance Guide: A Quick Reference for U.S. Exporters" was updated in April 2008 to help U.S. companies, especially small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), learn the fundamentals of trade finance to turn their export opportunities into actual sales and to achieve the ultimate goal: to get paid for their export sales.  Twelve concise chapters offer the basics of numerous financing techniques, from open accounts, to forfaiting, to government assisted foreign buyer financing.

To download this 28-page guide for free, please click here.

Printed copies are also available from the Trade Information Center at 1-800-USA-TRADE or tic@N0SPAM.ita.doc.gov