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Are you interested in finding new markets for your product?
Do limited local marketing opportunities threaten your survival?
Does exporting seem difficult?
The Minority Export Training program provides export training
to small to medium-sized, new-to-export, minority- and woman-owned agricultural growers
and processors. The training will prepare you for your first
export experience (i.e. a trade show, a trade mission, an
international sale), and help you develop an international
business plan. The program will teach you basic exporting
techniques including marketing your product, locating interested
buyers, preparing your contract, financing your sale, and
shipping your product.
Program Eligibility
You are eligible for the training if your business has:
- Fewer than 500 employees (processors)
or fewer than 100 employees (producers)
- Staff willing to commit to actively
entering an export market within 1 year
- Exportable food or agricultural
product(s)
- A product available in the domestic
market
- Annual sales greater than $1 million
- Adequate production capacity to supply export markets
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
When and where does the training occur?
Training is structured to suit your business
and your schedule. Training is held at times and in places
convenient to you. Your training will be hands on and designed
specifically to prepare your business for the export market.
How do I participate?
Complete the downloadable application. Questions should be
directed to the contacts listed below. Approximately 30 applicants
are selected for this program each year.
Contact Information
Questions should be directed to:
Alabama
Brian Davis ¥ Nisa Miranda
Alabama International Trade Center
The University of Alabama
Box 870396 Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0396
Tel: (205) 348-7621 ¥ (800) 747-2482
Fax: (205) 348-6974
Email: bdavis@aitc.ua.edu
Florida-Miami-Dade College
Stephen Colyer
Miami-Dade College
Wolfson Campus
300 NE Second Avenue
Miami, FL 33132-2297
Tel: (305) 663-5550
Fax: (305) 237-3802
Email: stephencolyer@msn.com
South Carolina
South Carolina World Trade Center
385 Meeting Street, Suite 102
Charleston, South Carolina 29403 USA
Tel: (843) 577-4080
Fax: (843) 577-6003
www.scwtc.org
Texas
Monica Alcoz
International Trade Center
501 W. Durango
San Antonio, Texas 78207-4415
Tel: (210) 458-2470
Fax: (210) 458-2491
Email: malcoz@utsa.edu
www.texastrade.org
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