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Search International Businesses provided by OneSource to find companies and contacts.

Now in the Gale Directory Library. Search all three directories - national, international or regional or a specific directory using "Advanced Search".

Global Business Opportunities (Globus) and the National Trade Data Bank (NTDB), with country commercial guides, market research reports, and daily international trade leads (TOPS). Available at the Pleasant Hill Library on the Business database computers

The official source for current and cumulative U.S. export and import data on more than 18,000 export commodities and 24,000 import commodities. Available at the Pleasant Hill Library on the Business database terminals.

The Oakland Export Assistance Center assists exporters located in the East Bay by helping companies in the Alameda and Contra Costa counties to expand their international trade.

This CITD provides services for Alameda, Contra Costa, Napa and Solano counties.

The U.S. Commercial Service helps U.S. companies find new international business partners in worldwide markets.

This free internet site, made available by the World Bank, is a resource for doing business internationally. It provides objective measures of business regulations and their enforcement across 178 countries.

The FITA Global Trade Portal is a comprehensive source for international import export trade leads, events, and links to 8,000 international trade web sites.

Created by the International Business Center at Michigan State University (IBC), globalEDGE™ is a knowledge web-portal that connects international business professionals worldwide to a wealth of information.

GlobeTrade is a leading management consulting and marketing solutions company dedicated to helping entrepreneurs and small businesses go global.

Profiles of countries around the world

Select an embassy and a location and view its website, find out how to call any country from any other county, look at city and country maps.

Offered by the Federal Government Export Assistance Center

With Breaking Into The Trade Game, the SBA answers your questions and takes much of the mystery out of exporting.

Online trade resources

Links to country and regional statistics, international product classifications, professional associations, and more.

A list of programs and resources from the SBA

Exporting your goods and services.

California's Gateway to Global Trade

Yellow pages - a way for U.S. exporters to establish contacts

The EAR database provides "Helpful Hints for Exporters" as well as the current export regulations.

Home of the searchable Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the U.S. (HTS). It shows the applicable tariff rates and statistical categories for all merchandise imported into the United States.

Searchable listing of over 600,000 suppliers in 11,000 product categories.

Searchable directory of over 500,000 European businesses.

Consortium of over 4,600 international Chambers of Commerce. Site includes a searchable directory of members, trade resources and other services.

Lists world trade centers in cities around the world. Free and fee based information.

Covers exports/imports by all modes of transportation from 1996 - 2004.

1970-2005

Get the latest annual trade data. Customize your output visually with graphs, tables, charts.

The Central Bank of Russia has launched a new official web site in English, devoted to improving cooperation between Russian Bodies and the business community.

JETRO provides information and support to American companies looking for successful entry and expansion in the Japanese market.