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October 7, 2006
Visit the National Conference of District Export Councils
“Adversity and the Benefits of International Trade,” is the intriguing title of an upcoming national conference of exporters. To be held in New Orleans, the conference will highlight how the Gulf Coast region is using international trade as one of the building blocks of its recovery from Hurricane Katrina. In addition to this topic, the [Read More]
October 1, 2006
Learn about a growing source of investment capital for smaller companies that trade internationally
Women-owned and minority-owned companies that have considered expanding overseas by investing in international distributorships, sildenafil warehouses, sales offices and the like should consider attending two upcoming conferences. Sponsored by the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (a U.S. government agency), the conferences in Chicago and Los Angeles will help direct such companies to areas of international opportunity [Read More]
December 20, 2005
Trading nations move toward streamlining customs clearances
PRESS RELEASE SBEA Lauds WTO Progress in Cutting Customs Delays and Costs Dec. 20, 2005 Hong Kong — The Small Business Exporters Association of the United States (SBEA) today commended the member nations of the World Trade Organization (WTO) for the progress they made at the WTO Hong Kong Ministerial Meeting in several areas affecting smaller [Read More]
September 16, 2005
Get advice on selling to major exporting companies at SBEA’s upcoming conference
Would you like to learn about a huge exporting sales channel that most smaller companies haven’t discovered? Then come to SBEA’s upcoming conference on “Global Supply Chain Sales for Smaller Companies.” You’ll get the facts on how to sell to LARGER companies that export. Your company can use these sales to participate in the growth [Read More]
September 15, 2005
Ex-Im Bank Offering Longer Terms, Reduced Paperwork For Exports of Renewable Water and Energy Equipment
Ex-Im Bank recently announced liberalized terms on the financing of renewable water and energy equipment exports. Now exports of this equipment can qualify for repayment terms of up to 15 years, but still be treated as “medium term” financing deals. Normally, “medium term” deals are not extended beyond five years and they are almost never [Read More]
August 28, 2005
SBEA study shows how the new trade agreements with Central America and the Dominican Republic will help small U.S. exporters
February 8, 2005
SBEA members to have exclusive access to new source of trade leads in Mexico
SBEA members will soon have exclusive access to a new source of trade leads in Mexico. That’s one of the benefits which will flow from a recent agreement between SBEA, the oldest and largest association of smaller exporters in the U.S. and Canacintra, Mexico’s leading business association. Nearly all of Canacintra’s 37,000 members purchase goods [Read More]
February 2, 2005
SBEA conference on May 20 to help smaller companies access global supply chains
Small and mid-sized companies will learn how to sell to the global supply chains of major exporters, under a program that SBEA and others will begin offering later this year. The program will launch with a conference and matchmaking event in Los Angeles on 20 May 2005. SBEA’s partners in this project will be U.S. [Read More]
November 29, 2004
Congress Approves Funding to Maintain Outreach to Smaller Exporters
Thanks to a concerted effort by many small company exporters, Congress has approved funding to maintain the Small Business Administration’s highly-successful outreach to small exporters. A Congressional appropriation made in late November will allow SBA to maintain its export finance specialists in more than a dozen U.S. Export Assistance Centers around the nation. Many export [Read More]
October 19, 2004
