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Featuring:

  • Special Insurance Policy Allows Small Businesses to Extend Credit
  • Clean Technology Exports Conference: Finding New Buyers and Financing Your Exports
  • A Unique Learning Opportunity to Increase Your Sales to Africa
  • U.S.-South Africa Power Industry Supplier Conference

Special Insurance Policy for Small Businesses
We offer qualified small businesses an enhanced export credit insurance policy allowing them to extend credit terms directly to international buyers and protect their balance sheet against nonpayment risk. This policy has no first loss deductible, no minimum premium, expanded coverage, and a special financing enhancement. To learn more, go to Small Business Insurance Policy.

Clean Technology Exports Conference: Finding New Buyers and Financing Your Exports
Environmental exporters can earn more green by attending one of these two conferences to be held in November in California. Exporters will learn how U.S. government resources can help them begin or expand export sales of environmentally beneficial goods and services while decreasing the risk. To learn more and register, click here.

A Unique Opportunity to Expand Your Marketing Opportunities Throughout Africa in One Fell Swoop
On September 27 to 29 in Bethesda, Maryland, The Corporate Council on Africa will be hosting a “2006 U.S.-Africa Infrastructure Conference.” The focus of the conference will include the following sectors: energy, electrical grids and dams, potable water and sanitation, ports, airports and aviation, rail, housing and construction. Sessions will also include credit mitigation, project management, business practices and transparency, public-private partnerships, managing commercial risk, logistics and distribution and — most importantly — financing. Ex-Im Bank staff will be participating in this event and can answer your questions about how Ex-Im Bank can enable you to increase your sales to Africa. For more information about this conference and to register, please go to www.africacncl.org.

Small Business Success Story
InPro Corporation of Wisconsin shipped a $270,000 multiple shipment order of plastic door and wall protectors to Saudi Arabia Metal Ceilings Manufacturing in Saudi Arabia. InPro used an Ex-Im Bank short-term, single-buyer export credit insurance policy to cover its export shipments and avoid the risk of nonpayment.

Access Information Instantly on Mexico and Russia
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15-Year Repayment Terms for Renewable Energy and Water Projects
Ex-Im Bank now offers export financing on repayment terms for up to 15 years for U.S. exports of goods and services to be used in certain renewable energy and water projects. To learn more, go to Environment.

All U.S. Export Compliance To Be Filed Electronically
The Automated Export System (AES) streamlines the Census reporting process by reducing the burden of filing paper documents and ensures the required export information is filed more completely, accurately, and in a timely manner. Register free online at www.aesdirect.gov.

Need a Trade Finance Consultant at No Cost?
Ex-Im Bank has trade finance specialists in your region to assist with your particular export financing challenges. Simply complete the ExporterResponse Form.

General Ex-Im Bank Contact Information
Web site: www.exim.gov E-mail: smallbizhelp@exim.gov

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