Message from the Director:
Dear International Trade
Professional,
Is your business establishing
or expanding its international trade? If
so, invest five minutes in giving the International Trade Center (ITC) at
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) a call today.
The ITC is a not-for-profit
export information center designed to assist
Here are some of the ways we
can help to promote your firm in the global marketplace:
·
One-on-one free
export counseling;
·
International market analysis to identify the most advantageous trading
opportunities;
·
Identification
of foreign buyers, agents and/or
distributors through trade leads;
·
Seminars and
conferences on international business
practices, export procedures, distribution practices, and methods of payment,
as well as the latest exporting trends;
·
Incoming and
outgoing trade missions, providing you with opportunities to establish
valuable international business contacts and prospective customers;
·
Export finance
assistance in coordination with the
Export-Import Bank of the United States (EX-IM Bank) and SBA’s Export Working
Capital Program (EWCP); and
·
Access to
extensive export trade reference material and the International Trade
Data Bank.
The International Trade
Center at SIUE is one of six Illinois trade centers, who altogether contributed
to over $205 million in export sales in 2008.
And with five additional ITCs, two NAFTA Opportunity Centers (resource
centers specializing in export opportunities to
We will be more than happy to
arrange a personal meeting with you to explain more in detail how the
Sincerely,
Silvia Torres