From financing support for exporters to keeping intellectual property protected, the Oklahoma Department of Commerce provides several important links for doing business globally.
Trade Finance Guide: A Quick Reference for U.S. Exporters
Written to help U.S. companies, especially small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), learn the fundamentals of trade finance to turn their export opportunities into actual sales. Eleven concise, two-page chapters offer the basics of numerous financing techniques, from open accounts, to forfaiting, to government assisted foreign buyer financing.
Protecting Intellectual Property
Learn how your company can protect its trademarks, patents, and copyrights overseas, or to file an intellectual property-related trade complaint.
Do You Need Export Control Documentation for your Product?
The Bureau of Industry and Security offers local seminars to help companies understand critical US export control requirments. Click here for a seminar schedule to find an event near you.
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Are You a Defense Product or Services Exporter?
Need help understanding U.S. goverment ITAR regulations? Visit the Directorate of Defense Controls website for Licensing and Registration requirements.
FITA - The Federation of International Trade Associations
The FITA website provides excellent online and free resources on doing international business including information on featured countries, trade news and statistics, and access to an online business-to-business marketplace. Sign up for their bi-weekly e-newsletter at www.fita.org.
Buyusa.gov - USDOC Gateway to Worldwide Business Information
Buyusa.gov features regularly updated individual web pages on all the countries served by the U.S. Foreign Commercial Service as well as links to market research and other useful services. If you're looking for more information on a new market, this site is an excellent resource. http://www.buyusa.gov/home/
U.S. Government Export Portal
From current trade news and information on the basics of exporting, to trade events, trade leads and market research tools, the U.S. Department of Commerce is a convenient and reliable source of information. Go to the main portal page at www.export.gov.
Or, follow these links to your specific area of interest:
Trade Events
Industry Specific Information Requests
Export Finance
Trade Statistics
Click here for more useful links.
