How do you find reliable customers in distant and often very unfamiliar markets?

How do you obtain the cash you need to enter a foreign market, to secure orders

in it and to finance enough production to fill those orders?

Government Trade Services

A Map to Government Support for International Trade

Finding customers and markets abroad

The Canadian Trade Commissioner Service (TCS)

Preparing for international markets Assessing your market potential Finding qualified contacts Resolving problems Virtual Trade Commissioner

Trade shows Canada Pavilion

Market and country research databases Trade Data Online (TDO) Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Export Development Canada

Finding customers in the United States

ExportUSA New Exporters to Border States (NEBS)

Program Exporters to the United States (EXTUS)

Program The Reverse NEBS Program Sell2USgov

Financing your exports Market development support Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA) Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) Canada Economic Development for Quebec

Regions (CED) Canadian Agriculture and Food International

Program (CAFI) Growth Capital for Traditional Industries Program

(GCTI) Master Pre-Shipment Financing Guarantee Program Ministère du Développement économique, de

l’Innovation et de l’Exportation (MDEIE) Trade Assistance Program (TAP)

Financing your contracts

Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA) Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) Export Development Canada (EDC) Export Guarantee Program Supplier Financing Investissement Québec Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD)

Financing your foreign investments

Capital financing (EDC Canadian Direct Investment Abroad (CDIA) Program)

NORTHSTAR Capital Financing Project financing (EDC Project Financing)

Foreign buyer financing

Export Development Canada NORTHSTAR Trade Finance Guarantees and bonding Export Development Canada Performance Security Guarantees Surety Bond (re)Insurance Financial Security Guarantee Canadian Commercial Corporation (CCC)

Covering your risks

Accounts Receivable Insurance (ARI) Single Buyer Insurance (SBI) Performance Security Insurance (PSI) EXPORTCheck Contract Frustration Insurance (CFI) Political Risk Insurance (PRI) Foreign Exchange Facility Guarantees