Below are just a few of the ways our office assists U.S. exporters.

If you require assistance with any of the following, please feel free to contact any of our specialized industry staff.

• Addressing market access barriers imposed by foreign governments
• Answering questions about export licensing, export compliance, or export regulations
• Assistance with export-related agreements and contracts
• Collecting payment from an overseas buyer
• Completing export-related paperwork, such as the Shippers Export Declaration (SED), and others
• Complying with foreign customs or shipping regulations, including taxes and tariff rates
• Complying with foreign standards, regulations, testing procedures, product marking, packaging, or labeling requirements (for example RoHS, CCC, China RoHS, etc)
• Conducting background checks on potential overseas buyers, agents or distributors
• Conducting foreign market research
• Determining my Schedule B number or ECCN
• Establishing an overseas office
• Finding and screening international trade leads
• Identifying and vetting new overseas agents or distributors
• Intellectual property protection and piracy protection abroad
• Learning about additional U.S. government programs to assist exporters
• Learning about US government advocacy programs to help win international tenders
• Learning more about export financing and insurance options
• Participating in U.S. government-supported trade shows, trade missions and matchmaking events
• Promoting my company’s products or services via U.S. government websites or print publications
• Promoting my product internationally through a U.S.embassy-supported event or reception
• Using Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) such as NAFTA, CAFTA-DR, and others