Exporting 101

Exporting 101Information & Resources to Get You Started

SBA, Are You Ready to Export?

Wednesday, June 3, 2015

Escondido Chamber of Commerce

San Diego Export StatisticsExporting by the Numbers

2013 U.S. Exports:

• Totaled $2.28 trillion in goods and $687 billion in services

• Supported more than 16 million higher-paying U.S. jobs

• Strengthened companies and farms – in fact, agricultural production from one in three acres of U.S. agricultural land is now exported

• Sent export revenue to local communities through restaurants, retail stores, etc.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis

ROAD MAP: Export Readiness Assessment

www.sandiegocitd.org

Export Readiness Assessment

http://new.export.gov/export-readiness-assessment/

ROAD MAP: Export Business Plan

www.sba.gov

• Creating an Export Business Plan

• Developing Your Marketing Plan

• Financing Your Export Venture

• Export.gov• CITD On-line

International Trade Training

Export.gov

National Export Initiative

Export Education CITD On-line International Trade Training


International References for Market Research

U.S. Commercial Services

www.trade.gov

Center for International Trade Development

The International Buyer Program

Domestic & International Trade Shows

Trade Shows

San Diego Export Resources Center for International Trade Development (CITD)


Services for NEW to export and currently exporting businesses

• Research and Information, Internet & Web Strategies, and Referral Services• Through our extensive contacts we can assist you in finding the correct

resources, agencies, services, and key information to help your business succeed internationally

• Training• Free to low cost trainings are available to assist you with entry,

expansion, and establishment into the international market

• Trade Shows, Trade Missions, and Special Events

• Counseling

CITD Border Export Program

Connecting small to medium sized businesses with major international manufacturers in the Southern California/Baja California Region

San Diego Department of Commerce

www.export.gov

California/Mexico Border Trade Office

California GOBIZ

www.business.ca.gov/international

San Diego & Imperial District Export Council

Metro Connect San Diego Regional Economic Development Center

http://www.sandiegobusiness.org/goglobalsandiego/metroconnect

• Export-Import Bank of the United States• An excellent resource for small businesses interested in entering foreign

markets. Provides small businesses with export credit insurance, working capital loan agreements, and foreign buyer financing.

• Sandra Donzella Tel: (858) 467-7035• www.exim.gov

• Small Business Administration• Offers Trade Finance Programs that assist small exporters obtaining

loans to finance general export expenses, lines of credit to finance the cost of filling foreign purchase orders, lines of credit to export accounts receivables and export inventory, term loans to purchase equipment, and land (in the U.S.) to support export sales.

• Martin Selander (213) 894-8267• www.sba.gov

Export Financing

http://www.exim.gov/

iBiz247 Post your product in the international marketplace

Connect with international buyers & service providers

http://www.ibiz247.com/

International Events

District Export Council Calendar

International Trade Missions

International Seminars

Thank you!

Victor Castillo, DirectorSan Diego Center for International Trade Development

(619) 482-6393


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