Exports and International Trade

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Exports: Exporting Guides and Helpful Sites

TradePort has many useful links, including Global Trade Tutorial.
A Basic Guide to Exporting
Stat-USA, a major U.S. Department of Commerce subscription site, provides authoritative economic, business, and international trade information from numerous U.S. government agencies. Includes the National Trade Data Bank. (Oviatt Library subscription)
International Trade Administration (U.S. Department of Commerce)
Export.gov includes resources from across the U.S. Government to help American businesses succeed in today’s global marketplace. Market research, trade leads, export finance information, country-specific tariff and tax information, etc.
Foreign Agriculture Service (U.S. Department of Agriculture) includes links to export assistance for agricultural products and more.
U.S. Small Business Administration's Office of International Trade, including Breaking into the trade game: a small business guide to exporting.
Bureau of Industry and Security (U.S. Department of Commerce)
Export-Import Bank of the United States
California Chamber of Commerce: International Resources
Thomas Global Register.
Useful Export Links. Good list of links provided by the Export Institute, which also offers consulting and other services for a fee.
IMEX Exchange
Rexco's 500
Federation of International Trade Associations includes a searchable directory of member international trade associations in the United States, Canada and Mexico.

USA Trade Online. Specific export and import information on more than 18,000 commodities by commodity, partner country, and customs port district--including Los Angeles. (Oviatt Library subscription).
Commodities and Products (U. S. Foreign Agricultural Service). Data on agricultural trade
Foreign Trade Statistics (U. S. Census Bureau)
Interactive Tariff and Trade DataWeb (U.S. International Trade Commission)
Trade and Economy: Data and Analysis (Office of Trade and Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce). Includes TradeStats Express (national or state-level trade data).
U.S. Waterborne Foreign Trade Statistics (U.S. Maritime Administration)
International Trade Statistics (from the World Trade Organization)
UN Commodity Trade Statistics Database (United Nations)
Classification schemes used by the United States for export and import statistics
- Schedule B Export Codes (Census Bureau). Includes links to both the new 2007 changes and the previous (obsolete) codes.
- Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States Annotated for imports. (United States International Trade Commission). Site includes both the current schedule and a link to an archive of older versions.

Government Reference Sources: Foreign Countries
U. S. State Department
CountryWatch.com Data on 191 countries. (Oviatt Library subscription)
InfoNation (United Nations)
OFFSTATS: Official Statistics on the Web (University of Auckland Library list organized by country name)
General Foreign Government Resources (University of California, Berkeley list of links)
Portals to the World (Library of Congress guide to links about other countries)

National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers. See also the Document Library from the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative for additional reports and updates.
United States International Trade Commission
World Trade Organization
European Commissioner for Trade--External Trade
Global Standards and Information Group (National Institute of Standards and Technology). Information on global standards/trade aspects of standards, including technical information related to standards.
International Business, an Oviatt Library research guide that emphasizes print resources on international business.

Code of Federal Regulations (GPO Access). The Oviatt Library also owns this title in print format.
Federal Register (GPO Access).The Oviatt Library also owns this title in print format.
Export Administration Regulations website

Need more information? Visit your local library electronically or in person. Local favorites include California State University, Northridge and the Los Angeles Public Library. Online catalogs will reveal which of the many print sources relevant to exports and international trade are owned by a specific library. In most libraries the appropriate subjects will include Exports as well as Export Marketing, each of which will have many geographical and other subheadings that you should examine to locate titles such as:
- Exporters' Encyclopedia
- Directory of United States Exporters
Oviatt Library subscribes to a variety of online business databases for its students and faculty.

Created and maintained by Mary M. Finley
Questions or comments: mary.finley@csun.edu
Links checked: 25 April 2008

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