Presentation to Long Island Import Export Association (LIIEA)

1. Presentation to Long Island Import Export Association (LIIEA) Steve Knode Commercial Officer (LI USEAC) May 13, 2010

2. Today’s presentation… • Who is Steve? • What does he do? • Why should I care? • How can he help? • Where do we turn? • When should we be in touch?

3. Trade specialists in over 100 U.S. cities and 83 countries worldwide... U.S. Commercial Service: Our Network We can... • Locate international buyers, distributors & agents • Provide expert help at every stage of the export • process • Help you to enter new markets faster and more • profitably

4. U.S. Commercial Service: Our Services Business Matchmaking • Gold Key Matchmaking • International Partner Search • International Company Profile Trade Promotion Events • Catalog Exhibitions • International Buyer Programs • Trade Missions/US Pavilions Market Research • Market Research Library • Customized Market Research Tailor-Made Programs • Advocacy • Single Company Promotions • FUSE (Post web promotion)

5. Life in the foreign service...

6. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (1995-2000)

7. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (1995-2000)

8. Tokyo, Japan (2001-2004)

9. Tokyo, Japan (2001-2004)

10. Budapest, Hungary (2005-2009)

11. Budapest, Hungary (2005-2009)

12. NATIONAL EXPORT INITIATIVE 2010 - 2015

13. KEY OBJECTIVE Double exports over the next five years to support two million American jobs

14. “We are rebuilding an economy where we generate more American jobs in more American industries by producing and exporting more goods and services to other nations” JOB CREATION IS PRIORITY * President Barack Obama, Export-Import Bank’s Annual Conference, March 11, 2010

15. Our exports support millions of American jobs In 2008, the United States:

16. WHAT IS THE NEI?

17. NEI: KEY AREAS OF FOCUS JOB CREATION

18. NATIONAL EXPORT INITIATIVE INITIAL LAUNCH

19. EXECUTIVE ORDER • President Obama signed an Executive Order instructing the federal government to enhance and coordinate Federal efforts to promote exports. • The President ordered the following measure to ensure high-level coordination of U.S. export promotion activities: • Creating the Export Promotion Cabinet • Re-launching the President’s Export Council (PEC)

20. THE NEI WILL: . .

21. GOVERNMENT-WIDE EXPORT ADVOCACY EFFORT U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Lockeissued Government-wide advocacy instruction for all senior level officials who work with foreign counterparts in the U.S. and abroad. As part of our new advocacy efforts, the U.S. Government is:

22. 12-MONTH JOB PLAN The 12-Month Job Plan is ITA’s effort to operationalize the NEI and accomplish President Obama’s goal by: The Plan will be driven by ITA through all of its business units and through the Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee (TPCC).

23. EXPORTS = JOBS

24. Jobs & New York Exports… • Exports Support Jobs for New York's Workers • Export-supported jobs linked to manufacturing account for an estimated 3.1 percent of New York's total private-sector employment. • More than one-fifth (20.9 percent) of all manufacturing workers in New York depend on exports for their jobs. (2008 data are the latest available.)

25. Jobs & New York Exports (more)… • Exports Sustain Thousands of New York Businesses • A total of 27,329 companies exported goods from New York locations in 2007, the third highest number among the 50 states. Of those, 94 percent, or 25,657 firms, were small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), with fewer than 500 employees. • SMEs generated more than half (55 percent) of New York's total exports of merchandise in 2007. That is the third highest percentage among the 50 states and well above the national average of 30 percent.

26. Jobs & New York Exports (more)… • New York Depends on World Markets • New York's export shipments of merchandise in 2009 totaled $57.3 billion. New York was the third largest exporter among the 50 states in 2009. • The state's largest market in 2008 was Canada, to which New York exported goods worth $11.1 billion. This was 19 percent of the state's total exports that year. Canada was followed by the United Kingdom ($4.5 billion), Israel ($3.7 billion), Switzerland ($3.3 billion), and Hong Kong ($3.0 billion). • New York's leading manufactured export category is miscellaneous manufactures, which alone accounted for $12.4 billion, or 22 percent of the state's total export shipments in 2009. • Other top manufactured exports from New York are computers and electronic products ($6.3 billion in 2009 exports), machinery manufactures ($5.0 billion), and transportation equipment ($5.0 billion).

27. Sectors and Markets

28. Alternative (“Green”) Energy Secretarial China & Indonesia Clean Energy Business Development Dates: 05/18/2010 -  05/23/2010 Location: Shanghai, Beijing, Jakarta The Green Expo Show 2010 (MEXICO CITY) Dates: 09/28/2010 -  09/30/2010 Location: World Trade Center, Mexico City Energy and Infrastructure Trade Mission to Saudi Arabia Dates: 12/06/2010 -  12/08/2010 Location: Riyadh, Dhahran

29. Life Sciences & Health Middle East Public Health Trade MissionDates: 06/05/2010 -  06/10/2010 Location: Doha, Riyadh, Jeddah FedEx Life Sciences Delegation to ChinaDates: 06/21/2010 -  06/25/2010Location: Beijing, Suzhou, and Shanghai Beauty & Cosmetics Trade Mission to IndiaDates: 11/15/2010 -  11/20/2010Location: Mumbai, New Delhi, Bangalore

30. Supporting Reconstruction Efforts Building A New Haiti: Commerce, Business & InvestmentDates: 06/09/2010 -  06/11/2010Location: Club Indigo, Montrouis, Haiti Rebuild Chile Expo 2010Dates: 06/15/2010 -  06/17/2010 Location: EspacioRiesco, Santiago, Chile

31. Safety & Security Sector HIGH TECH & Homeland Security in ISRAEL Dates: 05/21/2010 Location: Morrelly Center, Bethpage Farnborough International Airshow 2010 Dates: 07/19/2010 -  07/25/2010 Location: Farnborough Aerodrome, U.K.2010 Safety & Security Trade Mission to Brazil Dates: 08/08/2010 -  08/12/2010 Location: Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Brasilia

32. THANK YOU! Contact me at: Steve Knode@trade.gov