• Import and Start-up Export
• Export-Ready

• Writing an International
• Business Plan
• Researching a Market and Locating Foreign Buyers

• Obtaining Financial Assistance
  Letters of Credit
• Checking Buyer’s Credit Passport

• Translation Services
• Visa and Travel Information
• Business Etiquette
• Travel Safety and Awareness

• Obtaining General Assistance

• Freight Forwarders and Customs Brokers

• International Insurance
  Customs

• Obtaining Forms
• Filling Out Required Forms
• License to Export
• Obtaining Copies of ISO 9000 Standards
• Certificates of Origin

Small Business International Trade Program
Tel: 503/274.7482

http://www.exportoregon.org -- General Oregon trade information. Links.
http://www.tradenet.gov --General trade information. National site. Links.
http://www.jetro.go.jp/top/index.html – Japan External Trade Organization.
http://www.latco.org/tools.htm  -- Latin American Trade Council of Oregon.
http://www.eurunion.org/ -- Home page of the European Union in the U.S.

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Small Business International Trade Program
Tel: 503/274.7482

Service Corp of Retired Executives (SCORE)
Tel: 541/465.6600

Foreign Agricultural Services, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Tel: 202/720.0938

Small Business International Trade Program
Tel: 503/274.7482

Oregon Economic Development Department – Int’l Trade Division                  Tel: 503/229.5625

Department of Agriculture -- Development and Marketing Division
Tel: 503/872.6600

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Foreign Agricultural Services, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Tel: 202/720.0938

Overseas Private Investment Corporation
Tel: 202/336.8799 (Infoline)
Tel: 202/336.8700 (Factsline)

U.S. Small Business Administration
Tel: 503/326.5498

LETTERS OF CREDIT

Check the Chamber MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY for a list of local banks.

CHECKING BUYER'S CREDIT

Dun and Bradstreet Corp
Tel: 800/932.0025

The Kreller Business Information Group, Inc.
Tel: 800/444.6361 Press “4”

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Eugene Area Chamber of Commerce
Tel: 541/242-2355
Contact Director of Business Assistance.

http://www.eugenechamber.com - Check the Chamber MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY under Travel Agents for Visa Information.

Visit your local U.S. Post Office or see
http://www.usps.gov/common/passport

Eugene Area Chamber of Commerce
Tel: 541/242.2355
Contact Director of Business Assistance
 
Oregon Economic Development Department – International Trade Division Tel: 503/229.5625

http://travel.state.gov/

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U.S. Department of Commerce -- Catalog and Video Exhibitions
Export Promotion Services
202/482.3973

U.S. Department of Commerce -- International Buyer Program
Export Promotion Services
202/482.0146

U.S. Department of Commerce -- Trade Events and Missions

U.S. Department of Commerce -- Trade Fairs and Exhibitions
Trade Show Liaison Office
800/872-8723

Oregon Department of Agriculture
Contact: 503/229.6734

ADDITIONAL WEBSITES

http://www.expoguide.com/shows/location.htm
http://www.tscentral.com

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Eugene Area Chamber of Commerce
Tel: 541/242.2355-Check the MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY by typing in Freight Forwarders or Custom Brokers.

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Eugene Area Chamber of Commerce
Tel: 541/484.1314

U.S. Customs Service
Tel: Portland 503/326.2882

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Visit your Local Business Supply Stores

Small Business International Trade Program
Tel: 503/274.7482

Bureau of Export Administration
Tel: 949/660-0144

Global Engineering Documents – a clearing house of standards forms Tel: 800/854.7179

American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
Tel: 212/642.4900

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Alphabetical Listing of International Support Organizations

American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
11 West 42nd Street, 13th Floor
New York, NY 10036
Tel: 212/642.4900
Fax: 212/302.1286
http://www.ansi.org/

Chambers of Commerce
See "Certificates of Origin" above

Dun and Bradstreet Corporation
239 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10172
Tel: 800/932.0025
http://www.dnb.com/

Foreign Agricultural Services, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Commodity Credit Corporation
1400 Independence Ave., SW
Washington, D.C. 20250-1053
Tel: 202/720.0938
http://www.fas.usda.gov

Global Engineering Documents
15 Inverness Way East, P.O. Box 11154
Englewood, CO 80150-1154
Tel: 800/854.7179 or 303.792.2181
Fax: 303/792.2192
http://global.ihs.com

Kreller Business Information Group, Inc.
817 Main Street, 3rd Floor
Cincinnati, OH 45202
Tel: 800/444.6361
Fax: 512/723.8907
http://www.kreller.com/

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Oregon Department of Agricultural -- Development and Marketing Division
1207 NW Naito Parkway, Suite 104
Portland, OR 97209
Tel: 503/872.6600
Fax: 503/872.6601
http://www.oda.state.or.us/Ag_Development/ADMDINFO.html

Oregon Department of Agriculture -- Export Assistance and Testing
1200 N.E. Naito Parkway, Suite 320
Portland, OR 97209
Tel: 503/229.6557
Fax: 503/229.5933
http://www.oda.state.or.us/admd/index.html

Oregon Economic Development Department – International Trade Division 121 SW Salmon St, suite 300
Portland, OR 97402
Tel: 503/229.5625
Fax: 503/222.5050
http://www.econ.state.or.us/oregontrade/index.htm

Overseas Private Investment Corporation
1100 New York Av., NW,
Washington, D.C. 20527
Tel: 202/336.8799 (Infoline)
Tel: 202./36.8700 (Factsline)
http://www.opic.gov

Service Corp of Retired Executives (SCORE)
1401 Willamette Street
Eugene, OR 97401
Tel: 541/465.6600
http://www.willamettescore.org

Small Business International Trade
121 S.W. Salmon Street, Suite 300
Portland, OR 97204
Tel: 503/274.7482
Fax: 503/228.6350
http://www.sba.gov/OIT/

Standard and Poor’s Rating Service                             

25 Broadway
New York, NY 10004
Tel: 212/208.1146
Fax: 212/412.0505
http://www2.standardandpoors.com/

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TS Central
http://ww0.tscentral.com

U.S. Department of Agriculture
6135 Northeast 80th Ave., Suite A5
Portland, OR 97218
Tel: 503/326.2814
Fax: 503/326.2969
http://www.usda.gov

U.S. Customs Service
Tel: 202/927.0300
Portland Tel: 503/326.2882
http://www.customs.gov

U.S. Department of Commerce -- Catalog and Video Exhibitions
202/482.3973
 
U.S. Department of Commerce -- International Buyer Program
202/482.0871
 
U.S Department of Commerce -- Trade Events and Missions
http://www.ita.doc.gov/doctm

U.S Department of Commerce -- Trade Fairs and Exhibitions
202/482.2525
 
U.S. Postal Services
Look in your local phone book or see
http://www.usps.com

U.S. Small Business Administration
One World Trade Center
122 S.W. Salmon Street, Suite 242
Portland, OR 97204
Tel: 503/326.5498
Fax: 503/326.6351
http://www.sba.gov/

Veritas Business Information, Inc.
121 Whitney Avenue
New Haven, CT 06510 USA
Tel: 800/929-8374
203/781-3800
Fax: 800/929-7779
203/781-3855
http://www.veritas-usa.com/

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