The team celebrated a new record of over $606M in FY17 facilitated export sales and shattered the goal of $575M. The program allocated more than $1.5M in STEP incentives to 268 Michigan companies. Companies assisted by the MEDC International Trade program reported the highest export sales to Mexico ($144.5M), China ($137.4M), Canada ($109.7M), and the United Kingdom ($22M). We look forward to another year of helping Michigan companies reach international markets.
February 26 – March 2, 2018
Registration Deadline – December 22, 2017
Cost – $1,350 Mission Participation Fee ($400 each Additional Participant)
The mission delegation will make stops in Mexico City and Monterrey. Each mission participant will receive a customized schedule of B2B meetings to connect with prospective customers and business partners. Mission participants will also benefit from networking events and logistical support provided by the Michigan Mexico Center.
- Abundant opportunities exist in Mexico for Great Lakes-St. Lawrence companies. $580 billion in traded goods and services cross the U.S.-Mexico border every year.
- Strategic location with an attractive business climate, legal certainty, and notable political maturity.
- NAFTA has eliminated most tariffs and paperwork for exporting to Mexico and increased demand for U.S. and Canadian goods and services.
- The Mexican economy is the 13th largest in the world.
Questions? Contact Zoë Munro, Great Lakes St. Lawrence Governors & Premiers
Phone – 312.407.0177
Email – zMunro@gsgp.org
April 23-27, 2018
Registration Deadline – February 23, 2018
Cost – Members: $3,000 | Non-members: $4,000
Automation Alley is seeking small and medium-sized Michigan companies to join its trade mission to Hannover Messe 2018, the world's leading trade fair for industrial technology. Hannover Messe is the place to meet industrial technology professionals worldwide for trade and investment opportunities, including 6,500 exhibitors and 200,000 visitors representing over 100 countries. Explore next stages of Industry 4.0 breakthroughs along the entire industrial value chain, including solutions with applications in industrial automation, engineering, information technologies, energy and environmental technologies and research and development.
Questions? Contact Lisa Lasser, Automation Alley at LasserL@AutomationAlley.com
To see a full list of events click here.
Webinar- How to sell online in Germany
International Business and Technology
Tuesday, November 7,2017
11am EST
Cost: Free
This webinar focuses on doing business in Germany, localized websites in Germany, B2B and B2C ecommerce and mcommerce across Germany, finding and supporting distributors using websites, social media for business in Germany, online challenges and opportunities, payments and fulfilment, online regulations, best practices for exporters, and reporting and analyzing.
Click here for details and registration.
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“Soft Power in the Balkans” with
His Excellency Vasko Vaumovoski
Ambassador of the Republic of Macedonia to the U.S.
World Affairs Council of Western Michigan
Tuesday, November 7, 2017
5:15pm – 7pm
University Club, 10th Floor
111 Lyon Street NW Grand Rapids, 49503
Cost: $15
Dr. Naumvoski has been an ambassador since 2014. He is a professor of international relations at the department of law “Iustinianus Primus” at the St. Cyril and Methodist University in Skopje, where he earned his bachelor, masters and doctoral degrees. From 2009 to 2011, Dr. Naumovski was deputy president of the government of the Republic of Macedonia in charge of European affairs. In that post he began the process for Macedonia’s entry into the European Union. Macedonia is currently listed as a “candidate country,” in the process of integrating E.U. legislation into national law.
Please RSVP to rsvp@worldmichigan.org and make payment upon entry to the event.
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Webinar – International Opportunities in Public Transportation in Mexico, Colombia, and the UAE
U.S. Commercial Service
Wednesday, November 8, 2017
11am – 12pm EST
Cost: Free
Join us for an in-depth webinar where we provide you an update on local developments, municipal priorities, and needed transportation solutions around public transportation in Mexico, Colombia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). These markets represent great opportunity for U.S. suppliers looking for new global customers. Delivered with the support of the American Public Transportation Association, our U.S. Commercial Service in-country trade advisers offer insights to help you assess potential for your company's products and services. Learn about leading developments and opportunities and build your knowledge of what is happening in the transportation industry in these countries and how you can boost your global business development.
Click here for details and registration.
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Integr8: Global Industry 4.0
Automation Alley
Thursday, November 9, 2017
7:30am – 6pm
Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center
Cost: Member $449 | Non-member $599
Learn from the world's foremost Industry 4.0 thought leaders as they discuss the smart technologies shaping our future at Integr8™, Automation Alley’s one-of-a-kind, global conference focused on the eight technologies currently disrupting the manufacturing industry. Integr8™ will educate and inspire attendees on the advantages and benefits of implementing advanced manufacturing technologies on our factory floors.
Click here for details and registration.
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US China Auto Expo Forum 2017
Detroit Chinese Business Association
November 7-9, 2017
Edward Village, Dearborn, MI
This is an extraordinary opportunity for entrepreneurs and executives in the North American Automotive and Manufacturing Industries looking to meet potential partners, joint ventures, investment, collaborations, and product sourcing.
Click here for details or register at eventsrsvp@dcba.com with your name and company title.
Export Controls: ITAR & EAR Training
Van Andel Global Trade Center
Thursday, November 9, 2017
8:30am – 3:30pm
201 Front Ave SW Grand Rapids, MI 49504
Cost: Member $225 | Non-member $350
Gain knowledge, or increase your expertise, in the areas of International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and Export Administration Regulations (EAR). Are you interested in learning about the numerous changes that have taken place with export controls and regulations? If you are engaging in or considering entering defense contracting and service support this program is for you. Join us for this full-day seminar to learn more about International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), Export Administration Regulations (EAR), ITAR & EAR Regulatory Changes, ITAR & EAR Exemptions and more.
Click here for details and registration.
Doing Business in Germany and the EU
Automation Alley
Tuesday, November 14, 2017
8:30am – 10:30am
2675 Bellingham Drive Troy, MI 48083
Cost: Member $20 | Non-member $40
Do you work for a small or medium-sized Michigan business looking to expand into fast-growing industrial technology markets? Join Automation Alley for "Doing Business in Germany and the EU" and learn about the benefits of doing business in these high-growth markets and the opportunities available to your company, including joining Automation Alley's Trade Mission to Hannover Messe 2018, the world's largest industrial technology trade fair, in April.
Click here for details and registration.
Lunch and Learn – Focus on Israel
Automation Alley
Wednesday, November 15, 2017
12pm – 1:30pm
2675 Bellingham Drive Troy, MI 48083
Join Sherwin Pomerantz, President of Atid EDO Ltd in Jerusalem, for a small group interactive discussion to promote awareness of export opportunities and strategies for doing business in the Israel market. Israel is a technologically advanced market economy, with high-tech and defense offering continued opportunities for US/Israel commercial partnerships, especially in: ICT technologies, safety and security equipment and services, renewable energy technologies, defense equipment, medical technologies and biotechnology products
Questions? Contact Jeanne Broad, MEDC.
Phone – 313.258.7947
Email – BroadJ@michigan.org
Webinar – Exporting Vehicles to Canada
U.S. Census Bureau’s International Trade Management Division
Thursday, November 30, 2017
2pm – 3pm EST
Cost: Free
The exporting a used self-propelled vehicle webinar will detail how to properly file your vehicle export and receive your Internal Transaction Number (ITN). This webinar will inform both U.S. and foreign entities on the procedures to export vehicles from the U.S. We will even show you the step-by-step process for U.S. entities to receive an EIN, and the filing steps in the Automated Export System (AES).
Click here for details and registration.
For more information about the MEDC International Trade Services
visit our website or contact export@michigan.org or your regional International Trade Manager.
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