Department of Commerce
Global Web Site Suggestions

Ruby Sirna of the KC Export Assistance Center made the following listing of suggested web sites available to the IBRC in late 2003. It has been reprinted and updated here with her permission. For more information on the U.S. Department of Commerce, Kansas City Export Assistance Center, see http://www.buyusa.gov/midamerica/ or contact them at 816-410-9201 (TEL) or 816-410-9208 (FAX).

• U.S. Department of Commerce
  www.commerce.gov/
  Commerce's Homepage - Top News, Press Releases.

• International Trade Administration
  www.ita.doc.gov/
  Export Assistance - Access to Trade Information Center.

• The Commercial Service
  www.export.gov/
  U.S. Government Export Assistance.

• Kansas City Export Assistance Center
  www.buyusa.gov/midamerica/
  Export Assistance Center in the Midwest.

• Trade Information Center
  ita.doc.gov/td/tic/
  Information on industry, trade events, export resources, tariff and taxes, countries, etc. Associated with the U.S. Department of Commerce.

• Import Administration
  ia.ita.doc.gov/
  Information on Anti-dumping & Countervailing Import Duty Laws.

• Market Access & Compliance
  www.mac.doc.gov/
  Full range of information on Accessing Foreign Markets.

• Bureau of Industry & Security
  www.bis.doc.gov/
  Export Control and Licensing Regulations.

• Economic & Statistics Administration
  www.esa.doc.gov/
  Statistics - Exports by State and Metro Area.

• Bureau of Census
  www.census.gov/
  Foreign Trade Statistics & Schedule B Codes.

• Minority Business Development Agency
  www.mbda.gov/
  Information - Growth, Support, Expansion of Minority Owned Businesses.

• Patent & Trademark Office
  www.uspto.gov/
  Information on Filing Patents and Trademarks.

• Stat-USA
  www.stat-usa.gov/
  Trade Information from 40 Federal Agencies (NTDB) Subscription.

• Buy USA
  www.buyusa.gov/home/
  Matchmaking service between U.S. and Non-U.S. Companies.

• U.S. Department of State
  state.gov/
  State Department's Homepage.

• Foreign Travel Warning & Consular Sheets
  travel.state.gov/
  Information on Current Travel Advisories & Warnings.

• Overseas Security Advisory Council
  www.ds-osac.org/
  Security Information for Americans Operating Abroad.

• Passport Services
  travel.state.gov/passport/passport_1738.html
  Passport Information.

• U.S. Embassies Worldwide
  travel.state.gov/travel/tips/
  embassies/embassies_1214.html
  U.S. Department of State Bureau of Consular Affairs links to all U.S. Embassies.

• Foreign Embassies in the U.S.
  www.embassy.org/
  Foreign Embassies & Consulates Located in the U.S.

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
  www.cdc.gov/
  Traveler's Health Information - for Travels Outside the U.S.

• The White House
  www.whitehouse.gov/
  White House Homepage - Information from the President & Congress.

• U.S. Department of Treasury
  www.ustreas.gov/
  Treasury Department's Homepage.

• Office of Foreign Assets
  www.treas.gov/offices/enforcement/ofac/
  Information on Trade Sanctions & Embargoed Foreign Countries.

• U.S. Customs Service
  www.customs.treas.gov/
  Importing & Exporting Information from Customs Service.

• Export Finance

• Export Import Bank
  www.exim.gov/
  Financing of U.S. goods and services. Information for U.S. exporters, international buyers, lenders, and the general public.

• World Bank
  www.worldbank.org/
  Multilateral Lending Agency - Reduces Poverty & Promotes Economic Growth in Developing Countries.

• Overseas Private Investment Corporation
  www.opic.gov/
  OPIC Supports, Insures, Finances Foreign Investment Projects.

• International Monetary Fund
  www.imf.org/
  Information - IMF Lends Money to Member Countries in Economic Crisis.

• Small Business Administration
  www.sba.gov/financing/
  SBA's Export Finance and Other Loan & Lenders Programs.

• Missouri Export Finance
  www.mdfb.org/export.htm
  Missouri's Export Finance & Credit Insurance Information.

• Kansas Department of Commerce
  kdoch.state.ks.us/public/
  Headlines, business tools and information on agriculture, business, community, housing, international business, travel, and tourism.

• Small Business Administration
  www.sba.gov/
  Information on starting, financing, and managing a business.

• U.S. Trade Representative
  www.ustr.gov/
  Information on trade Agreements & Policies.

• U.S. Trade & Development Agency
  www.tda.gov/
  Information on Feasibility Studies, Infrastructure and Industrial Projects Overseas.

• U.S. Agency for International Development
  www.usaid.gov/
  Information on Projects & Procurement Funded by USAID.

• U.S. Department of Agriculture
  www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usdahome
  Agriculture Department's Homepage.

• Foreign Agriculture Service
  www.fas.usda.gov/
  Agriculture Export Assistance, Programs, and Services.

• Mid-America International Agriculture Trade Council (MIATCO)
  www.miatco.org/
  Agriculture Export Assistance.

• U.S. Government Printing Office
  www.gpo.gov/
  Access to Government Information & Access to Publications.

• Kansas City Chamber of Commerce
  www.kcchamber.com/
  Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce.

• The World Trade Center of Greater Kansas City
  www.kctrade.com/
  International business relations in Kansas City & more.

• State of Kansas, Trade Development Division
  kdoch.state.ks.us/public/agency/divisi
  ons/div_details.jsp?divId=995561732717
  Export Assistance for Kansas Based Companies.

• International Relations Council
  www.irckc.org/
  Programs and events on economic and trade policy worldwide.

• Global Electrical Power
  www.go-global.com/
  Overseas Electric Voltage, Weather, Holidays, and Time Zones.

• Global Speak
  www.globalspeak.com/
  Live-on-demand global "How-to-do Business" Webcasts.