Featuring:
-- Enhanced Support for Small Businesses --
-- Insurance Discount with Working Capital Guarantee --
-- 2006 Ex-Im Bank Annual Conference --
-- February 21 Small Business Workshop in Miami (Introducing Small and Medium-Size Enterprise Exporters to New Markets in Latin America) --

Enhanced Support for Small Businesses
Ex-Im Bank is focused on helping small businesses with some new offerings:

1) Interactive CD designed to assist the nonfinancial manager in finding the trade finance solution to address his or her business challenge. To order, e-mail joseph.butler@exim.gov;

2) Small Business Help Button at the center of Ex-Im Bank's home page helps exporters know where to e-mail or call for prompt answers and for counsel from local staff;

3) Small Business Exporter Resource Guide a one-page flyer with active links to online government trade information available to exporters. To peruse, go to Small Business Resources;

4) Substantial Discount on Two-Day Seminars in Washington, D.C. (Pay $99 rather than $499.) See schedule of seminars below.

Insurance Discount with Working Capital Guarantee
Ex-Im Bank provides a 25% discount on its short-term multi-buyer export credit insurance to U.S. exporters who have an Ex-Im Bank working capital loan. Thus, exporters get a turnkey trade finance package for a lower cost, allowing them to access pre-export funding and assure payment from their customers. For more information, go to Short-Term Multi-buyer Policy.

2006 Ex-Im Bank Annual Conference
Network with lenders, insurance brokers and trade experts when you attend Ex-Im Bank's 2006 Annual Conference on Thursday and Friday, April 6-7, 2006, at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C. Small businesses attending for the first time will receive a special 70% discount allowing them to attend for $150 (covers meals). To view the agenda and learn more, visit 2006 Annual Conference. For more information, call 703.536.4993.

February 21 Small Business Workshop in Miami (Introducing Small and Medium-Size Enterprise Exporters to New Markets in Latin America)
By attending this one-day session sponsored by Ex-Im Bank in conjunction with Euromoney Seminars, featuring all Ex-Im Bank products for small business exporters, you will also be able to attend Euromoney’s 8th Annual Structured Trade and Export Finance in the Americas Conference, February 22-23, for half price. See details at February 21 Workshop and February 22-23 Conference. To register, e-mail jjohnson@euromoneyplc.com or call 800.437.9997.

Seminar Audience	Location	Date	Cost
Learn How To Find Buyers and Finance Sales	Atlanta, GA	February 16, 2006	$49
Extend Credit and Get Paid for Your Exports to Africa	Atlanta, GA	February 17, 2006	$49
Trade Finance Solutions for Exporters and Lenders	Washington, DC	March 6-7, 2006	$499
Learn How To Find Buyers and Finance Sales	Arlington, TX	March 13, 2006	$59

Click to register or learn about these and other Seminars, or call 202.565.3936.

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.

Access Information Instantly on Mexico and Russia
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4th Annual Latin American Leadership Forum in New Orleans on March 28-29
Linda Conlin, a member of the Ex-Im Bank board of directors, will be a featured speaker at this "Taking it to the Next Level: Financing and Building the Best Competitiveness Projects in the Region" forum. To learn more and register, go to 4th Annual Latin American Leadership Forum.

Small Business Success Story
Bluefield Associates, Inc. of Ontario, Calif., sells skin care products to sub-Saharan Africa and Europe. Ex-Im Bank stepped in and provided the company's lender with a working capital guarantee to improve cash flow and multibuyer export credit insurance to assure payment from the company's foreign customers.

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 or call 800.565.3946 [exim].

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