Export Assistance Services
Export assistance services help businesses that sell, or wish to sell, products and services abroad. These services help you identify international partners, navigate documentation challenges, create strategies to enter the market, and more. Federal, state, and local economic development professionals, as well as multiple private sector companies, provide export assistance services.Support Organizations
The following organizations connect companies with providers of specialized assistance:- First-time exporters: Small Business Development Center
- Existing exporters expanding to new markets or in existing markets:
- Information on federal export assistance services: Export.gov, managed by the U.S. Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration in conjunction with nine other federal agencies
- Link to the U.S. Commercial Service's Market Research Library for comprehensive industry and county-specific market research reports:
For a step-by-step guide on how to get started, click here
For marketing analysis help: Top Markets: A Market Assessment Tool for U.S. Exporters
For marketing analysis help: Top Markets: A Market Assessment Tool for U.S. Exporters
Export Assistance Training
Greater Portland Inc. (GPI) export assistance training sessions give economic development professionals who want to provide benefits to companies within their jurisdictions a greater understanding of federal, state, and local export assistance.
These training sessions were funded in part through a Cooperative Agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration via Business Oregon (Oregon Business Development Department) through the State Trade and Export Promotion (STEP) Grant Program.
For an overview of the training session agenda and links to the presentations and how-to videos, please refer to the resources below.
PowerPoint & Video Resources
- Standard Training Agenda
- Overview Video
- How Economic Development Professionals Can Include Exporting in Their Conversations with Clients - U.S. Export Assistance Center, Portland - Click here for the presentation and video
- Determining Clients’ Export Readiness/Triage/Online Resources - Small Business Development Center - Click here for the presentation and video
- Steps To a Successful Export Sale - Business Oregon - Click here for the presentation and video
- Overview of International Marketing, Financing and Related Issues - U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) - Click here for the presentation and video
- Detailed Overview of the Resources Available to Assist Companies - Programs and Contact Information - Click here for the presentation and video
- The Value of Foreign Markets to Oregon Businesses - Three Exporters and Importers Tell Their Stories
- AIMCO
- Bob’s Red Mill
- Chris King
- Columbia Green
- Columbia Steel Casting
- Danner/LaCrosse Footwear
- Deck Monitoring
- DePaul Industries
- Elemental Technologies
- Intel
- Leatherman
- Nutcase Helmets
- ZGF Architects