Financing
Find out what public and private sector programs are available to export
companies. Also see information in Chapter 13 of the Basic Guide to Exporting
under Getting Started.
EXIM
The Export-Import Bank supports the financing of U.S. goods and services,
turning export opportunities into real transactions, maintaining and creating
more U.S. jobs. We assume credit and country risks the private sector is unable
or unwilling to accept.
http://www.exim.gov
OPIC
The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) was established as a
development agency of the U.S. government in 1971. OPIC helps U.S. businesses
invest overseas, fosters economic development in new and emerging markets,
complements the private sector in managing the risks associated with foreign
direct investment, and supports U.S. foreign policy. By expanding economic
development in host countries, OPIC-supported projects can encourage political
stability, free market reforms and U.S. best practices. OPIC projects also
support American jobs and exports-over 280,000 new U.S. jobs and $65 billion in
exports since 1971. Because OPIC charges market-based fees for its products, it
operates on a self-sustaining basis at no net cost to taxpayers.
http://www.opic.gov
SBA
As SBA's office for the support of small business international trade
development, the Office of International Trade works in cooperation with other
federal agencies and public- and private-sector groups to encourage small
business exports and to assist small businesses seeking to export. Through 19
U.S. Export Assistance Centers, SBA district offices and a variety of
service-provider partners, we direct and coordinate SBA's ongoing export
initiatives in an effort to encourage small businesses going global.
http://www.sba.gov/oit
USDOC Office of Finance - Trade Finance Guide
Trade Finance Guide: A Quick Reference for U.S. Exporters is designed to help U.S. companies, especially small and medium-sized enterprises, learn the basic fundamentals of trade finance so that they can turn their export opportunities into actual sales and achieve the ultimate goal of getting paid–especially on time–for those sales. Concise, two-page chapters offer the basics of numerous financing techniques, from open accounts, to forfaiting to government assisted foreign buyer financing.
http://www.Export.gov/TradeFinanceGuide
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