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Learn How To Export Get Ready to Export

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Learn How To Export

Overview

Follow our three-phased Export Solutions Roadmap to ensure you have the knowledge and skillset to be a successful exporter.

  • Learn why exporting is a good business decision.
  • Watch our video overviewing the export process.
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— Please note: ITA’s Global Business NavigatorBETA chatbot is temporarily unavailable.

Phase One: Prepare

First prepare your business to export and learn about local assistance and available financing.

Growing your sales in international markets requires your company to first determine its commitment, create a business plan, and tap into local exporting assistance and business development loans and guarantees.
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Determine Export Readiness
Gauge your businesses’ export capability with checklists.
Assess Readiness
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Create an Export Plan
Strategize your export growth with this practical guidance and template.
Create Plan
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Tap into Local Resources and Assistance
Leverage support from local trade experts.
Find Local Resources
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Get Business Development Financing
Get funding to get your export effort started
Get Business Financing

Phase Two: Begin

Before your first export sale, research markets, learn how to negotiate, prepare your product, and comply with regulations.

Use our market research reports and tools to find promising markets, while honing your skills at negotiating profitable transactions. At this stage, you also need to ensure your product can meet foreign product standards and complies with U.S. regulations.
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Select Possible Target Markets
Research markets using specific country and industry guides and trade data tools.
Research Markets
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Negotiate Sales Contracts
Learn how to write sales contracts.
Write Contracts
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Prepare Product to Meet Standards
Comply with foreign product standards and packaging requirements.
Prepare Product
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Comply with U.S. Regulations
Understand U.S. Government regulations, licenses, and other legal requirements.
Comply with U.S. Regulations

Phase Three: Execute

After completing these steps, you are ready for your first export sale and to work with the U.S. Commercial Service.

Success depends on finding a trusted business partner to ensure that you get paid and are avoiding financial risks. Be ready to comply with foreign regulations and settle on shipping terms. You can also benefit from the customized solutions of the U.S. Commercial Service.
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Find Buyers and Partners
Choose the best sales channel for your target market.
Find Buyers
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Ensure You Get Paid and Manage Risk
Learn how to manage payment risk while staying competitive.
Get Paid
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Comply with Foreign Import Regulations
Determine the country-specific customs requirements, product standards, and regulations.
Comply with Regulations
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Complete Documents and Ship
Consider the documents to complete and your shipping options.
Document and Ship

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Global Business Navigator Chatbot Beta

Welcome to the Global Business Navigator, an artificial intelligence (AI) Chatbot from the International Trade Administration (ITA). This tool, currently in beta version testing, is designed to provide general information on the exporting process and the resources available to assist new and experienced U.S. exporters. The Chatbot, developed using Microsoft’s Azure AI services, is trained on ITA’s export-related content and aims to quickly get users the information they need. The Chatbot is intended to make the benefits of exporting more accessible by understanding non-expert language, idiomatic expressions, and foreign languages.

Limitations

As a beta product, the Chatbot is currently being tested and its responses may occasionally produce inaccurate or incomplete information. The Chatbot is trained to decline out of scope or inappropriate requests. The Chatbot’s knowledge is limited to the public information on the Export Solutions web pages of Trade.gov, which covers a wide range of topics on exporting. While it cannot provide responses specific to a company’s product or a specific foreign market, its reference pages will guide you to other relevant government resources and market research. Always double-check the Chatbot’s responses using the provided references or by visiting the Export Solutions web pages on Trade.gov. Do not use its responses as legal or professional advice. Inaccurate advice from the Chatbot would not be a defense to violating any export rules or regulations.

Privacy

The Chatbot does not collect information about users and does not use the contents of users’ chat history to learn new information. All feedback is anonymous. Please do not enter personally identifiable information (PII), sensitive, or proprietary information into the Chatbot. Your conversations will not be connected to other interactions or accounts with ITA. Conversations with the Chatbot may be reviewed to help ITA improve the tool and address harmful, illegal, or otherwise inappropriate questions.

Translation

The Chatbot supports a wide range of languages. Because the Chatbot is trained in English and responses are translated, you should verify the translation. For example, the Chatbot may have difficulty with acronyms, abbreviations, and nuances in a language other than English.

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