The U.S. Commercial Service helps American small and medium-sized businesses tap export markets through its domestic operations.

The U.S. Commercial Service is the trade promotion arm of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration. U.S. Commercial Service trade professionals in over 100 U.S. cities and in more than 75 countries help U.S. companies get started in exporting or increase sales to new global markets.

Success Stories for Montana Businesses

SRS Crisafulli http://www.crisafullipumps.com/ of Glendive produces self-propelled dredges, pumps, and portable power units for use in industrial, agricultural, mining, and municipal applications. Looking to facilitate a dredge sale to France, it requested help from the CS Missoula office. Stepping in, CS identified the proper HTS classification of the dredge and worked through a licensing determination for the shipment under the Export Administration Regulations. As a result, SRS successfully completed the $200,000 sale.

Resonon http://www.resonon.com/ is a Bozeman-based innovator of hyperspectral imaging systems used in biotechnology, agricultural, sorting and packaging, mining, and manufacturing. It looked to the CS Missoula office for guidance on how to ship its products overseas. CS Missoula provided instruction on Export Administration Regulations, International Traffic in Arms export control provisions; filing of Electronic Export Information, and HS schedule product classifications. CS also guided the company through its first licensing determination. With this CS support, Resonon sent its first-ever export shipment, a $35,000 sale, to Australia.

Full Story: http://trade.gov/cs/

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The Montana World Trade Center (MWTC) works to increase international trade through public-private partnerships, business networking, and student education.

Since its inception, MWTC has undertaken a dual role as consultant and advocate, assisting our member businesses to establish and strengthen international commercial capabilities, while striving to develop untapped international trade opportunities. Developing a partnership with MWTC will help your business realize international sales and expansion goals that would otherwise be unattainable. : http://www.mwtc.org/