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Discover the benefits of international business in Oregon, including job support, higher employee wages, and export opportunities. Explore export assistance services, grants, and matching funds available to drive sales. Get expert guidance from Oregon's Global Trade Specialists.
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Export Services Overview Sunun Setboonsarng Global Trade Specialist Business Oregon
Why international business? • More than 92,000 jobs in Oregon supported by international business • Companies w/international business pay their employees more • More than 6000 Oregon companies export • 88% are small • Oregon exported $18.6 bil worth of goods last year
Export Assistance available to help Drive Sales 1:1 counseling re: export strategy • Meet to assess export status (e.g., start-up, new-to-export, savvy, etc.) including existing and new foreign markets. 2) Ascertain next steps – training, product certifictification or move forward. Also offered by: • Oregon Dept. of Ag. (if food/ag) • US Dept. of Commerce
Matching Funds available to help Drive Exports • Matching funds for shows & missions, distributor development, and export training • Oregon grant programs = $5000 per foreign event or • Western US Ag Trade Assn. (WUSATA) – Up to $300K per year – food/ag only. More info: www.wusata.org
Business Oregon Grant - Eligible Activities • Int’l trade shows or trade missions. • Hotel & per diem (Federal rates used). • Production and translation of Web sites and marketing materials for distribution at trade shows or on missions. • Export training (e.g., SBDC export class)
Metolius Mountain Products Deschutes County Grant:$5,000 STEP Year 2 Event: OutDoor 2013, Germany Immediate Sales: $2 million 1 Year Sales: $1 million
River Hawk Boats Jackson County Grant: $5,000 STEP Year 2 Event: Vancouver International Boat Show Immediate Sales: $250,000 Estimated Add’l Sales: $1.5M
Power Hammer Washington County Grant: $5,000 STEP Year 1 Event: Metal + Metallurgy 2012, Beijing Immediate Sales: $120,000 6 month Sales: $260,000
Practical and innovative solutions to ambient air monitoring problems. www.airmetrics.com
Premier supplier of material sorting equipment for the recycling, municipal waste, construction and demolition, and waste to energy segments www.bulkhandlingsystems.com
SSI Shredding Systems Inc. • Designs and manufactures low-speed, high-torque industrial shredders and size reduction systems for a variety of solid waste recycling and scrap shredding applications www.ssiworld.com
Start with a Global Trade Specialist @ Business Oregon (www.oregon4biz.com) Tom DiCorcia – 503-229-6055 • Electronics & Advanced Materials, IT, Medical Products, Metals Alexa Byers Hamilton – 503-229-6056 • Transportation Equip.; Consumer Goods; Defense; Food/Ag Processing, Business Services Dana Shannon – 503-229-6053 • Sporting Goods/Apparel; Wood Products, Logistics & Distribution Sunun Setboonsarng – 503-229-6057 • Environmental Tech; Renewable/Energy Efficiency; Green Building
In-country Assistance available Business Oregon’s international helpers: Japan Representative Office – Tokyo, Japan – Mr. Satoro Sunagawa Korea Representative Office – Seoul, Korea – Mr. Shawn Kim China Representative Office – Shanghai, China – Mr. Paul Swenson European Representative Office – London, UK – Mr. John Worthington Saudi Arabia (US-SABC) – Washington, DC – Mr. Ed Burton/ Mr. Jonathan Singh - free 1-hour consultations available (MOU)