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Expanding U.S. Small Business Participation in the Global
Marketplace
Richard GinsburgSenior International Trade Specialist
Office of International TradeU.S. Small Business Administration
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Setting the Stage for Change
• Administration focus on export-promotion strategy
• Goal of doubling exports over the next five years
• Exporting will grow small businesses’ bottom line
• Increasing U.S. job retention and growth
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SBA’s Mission: Key to Success
• Outreach to an estimated 2-3 million potential exporters
• Education and training of prospective and current exporters
• Facilitate global business activity
• Financing the DEAL!
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National Export Initiative
• Expand U.S. government’s export promotion efforts
• Provide access to credit
• Eliminate barriers that prevent open and fair access to foreign markets
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NEI Executive Order
• Create an Export Promotion Cabinet– State– Treasury– Commerce– Agriculture– SBA and other federal agencies responsible for exports
• Re-establish the President’s Export Council—Public & Private-Sector advisory committee
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Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee
• Interagency task force leading trade promotion efforts
• Chaired by the Secretary of Commerce, focuses on training, marketing, program integration and information sharing
• The Export Promotion Cabinet will coordinate with the Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee
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Why Small Businesses Should Export!!
• 96 percent of consumers live outside the U.S.
• Two-thirds of world’s purchasing power outside the U.S.
• Global demand high-quality U.S. goods and services
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2010 Small Business Exporting SurveyNational Small Business Association/Small Business Exporters Association
• Nearly half of small business respondents said they would consider exporting if challenges/barriers addressed
• Largest barrier for non-exporters perceived lack of exportable products/services
• 38 percent don’t know enough about exporting/aren’t sure where to start
• 28 percent concerned about getting paid from foreign customers
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Steps to Creating Successful Small Business Exporters
• Identify small businesses with export potential
• Prepare them to export
• Connect them with opportunities
• Support them with financing
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Identify Small Businesses with Export Potential
• SBA and its resource partners will expand outreach
• Government wide marketing campaign to increase awareness about exporting potential and federal exporting assistance
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Prepare Small Businesses for Exporting
• More than 14,000 counselors at SBA, SBDCs, SCORE and Women’s Business Centers
• United States Export Assistance Centers—SBA, Commerce Department, Ex-Im Bank
• Online training
• New SBA online exporting courses
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Connect Small Business with Trade Opportunities
• Matchmaking-B2B
• Matchmaking with export trading companies
• Trade missions
• Lifting unreasonable restrictions and regulations—U.S. Trade Representative
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SBA Supports Firms with Financing
• Finance that first big order
• Help with travel costs for a trade mission
• Translate a business Web site and marketing materials
• Expand to a larger location, buy new equipment and hire more workers
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Government Financing of Exporting
• Increase use of SBA loan products
• Additional resources for the U.S. Export-Import Bank
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SBA Financial Support for Small Business Exporters
• 14,000 loans in past five years
• More than $4 billion in loans
• $10 billion in export sales
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SBA Loan Products• Export Development and Working Capital Loans
– Export Working Capital Program-90% guaranty; $2,000,000 Gross Loan Limit; $1.5M Guaranty
– Export Express Program-Up to $250,000; 75%-85% Guaranty; Use of proceeds need be related to exporting
• Financial Development Financing– International Trade Loan Program-$2.25 M Gross
Loan; fixed assets and real estate
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Field Report all Loans Statistics by USEAC to date
10/1/09-6/7/10 10/1/08-6/9/09 % Change
Number of Loans 782 557 40.4%
Total Loan $ $
343,886,700 $
240,073,055 43.2%
Total Guar $
301,464,439 $
204,810,889 47.2%
Min Term 6 3
Max Term 312 309 1.0%
Avg SBA % 82.91 78.84 5.2%
Total Export Sales $
730,357,170 $
1,002,301,675 -27.1%
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Thank you!
For more information on federal government trade promotion and financing programs:
www.sba.gov/international
www.export.gov
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