Exporter Newsletter
March 2019
 HANNOVER MESSE is the world’s leading industrial technology trade fair, boasting over 200,000 visitors, foreign buying delegations, and a global audience from over 70 countries. SPACE IS LIMITED so register now to take advantage of complimentary value-added services offered by the U.S. Commercial Service to U.S. firms.
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Already attending? Register to meet Foreign Buyers and Commercial Service Country Experts
The U.S. Commercial Service is offering exclusive business services to U.S. attendees at HANNOVER MESSE.
- Use our software platform to expand your opportunities by scheduling meetings with foreign buyers. Take advantage of this unique opportunity to view, qualify and confirm meetings with foreign buyers and potential partners.
- Request meetings with U.S. Commercial Service in-country experts to learn about the latest market trends and receive industry-specific counseling and strategic advice tailored specifically for your business.
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March 12-14, 2019
Hosted by District Export Council of North Texas, two co-located seminars by the Bureau of Industry and Security will explain Export Administration Regulations and share best practices for compliance with federal regulations.
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Session 1: Complying with U.S. Export Controls
March 12-13, 2019
Session 2: How to Build an Export Compliance Program
March 14, 2019
Location: Center for American and International Law
5201 Democracy Drive, Plano, TX 75024
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March 27, 2019
12:00 - 1:00pm CST
The U.S. Commercial Service will present a “Doing Business with the United Nations" Webinar. Thanks to partner support from the Wisconsin Procurement Institute and the National Contract Management Association - Wisconsin Chapter this event is offered at no cost to participants. Advanced registration is required.
Mr. Dmitri G. Dovgopoly, Director of UN Headquarters's Procurement Division, will outline the UN’s buying needs and inform participants how to pursue procurement opportunities. Mr. Dovgopoly represents one of the largest procurers in the UN system at the United Nations Procurement Division (UN/PD). UN/PD procures approximately $3 billion annually for the UN Secretariat, which includes the UN’s headquarters offices in NY, Geneva, Vienna and Nairobi, as well as the UN’s Department of Peacekeeping Operations and the Office of Information and Communications Technology. As a whole, the UN procures approximately $17.7 billion annually in a wide range of goods and services.
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 Plastimagen Mexico® is an important international business exhibition for the plastics industry in Mexico and Latin America. Hosted April 2-5, 2019 in Mexico City, this leading event will present the latest in plastics technology, products and processing solutions aimed at a variety of different sectors. Plastimagen will present a program of conferences, courses and seminars to demonstrate new ideas and technologies in this dynamic and important industrial sector.
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Top Reasons to Exhibit:
- More than 840 exhibitors from 31 countries
- 32,296 attendees from 42 countries
- 13 international pavilions
- Growth of 12% compared to the 2017 edition
- Official certification by the U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration means U.S. exporters can request customized services from the local industry specialist of the U.S. Commercial Service.
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Key subsectors of Mexico’s plastics industry:
- Machines, Molds, and equipment
- Bio-plastics
- Agricultural plastics
- Materials
- Additive manufacturing
- Recycling solutions
- Industrial instrumentation and process control
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For more details, contact U.S. Commercial Service in Mexico:
Mario Vidana | mario.vidana@trade.gov | P: +521 811 544 7098
May 7-9, 2019 - Monterrey, Mexico
According to the American Welding Society, interest in conducting business in Mexico has consistently grown – with over 35 countries represented by exhibitors focusing on metal forming, fabricating, welding and finishing at FABTECH. The U.S. Commercial Service helps U.S. exporters navigate the market, including the arrangement of introductions to key buyers, provision of import and export information, local intelligence and other support. Grants from the Small Business Administration may also be available for U.S. exporters to help defray exhibition costs.
- 550 exhibitors and over 13,000 attendees
- 31.7% of the attendees are executive decision makers
- 170 average number of leads per exhibitor
- Mexico has the highest growth of engineers per capita in the world
- FABTECH Mexico is the largest manufacturing show in Mexico with over 12,000 buyers and 550 exhibitors
For show information, contact:
Sarah Dickson | sdickson@aws.org | P: 800-443-9353 x 297
For U.S. Commercial Service in Mexico, contact:
Mario Vidana | mario.vidana@trade.gov | P: +521 811 544 7098
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The 2019 U.S. Commercial Service signature Trade Winds program includes a focused business forum in New Delhi, India. Inform your market development strategy with real-time data from regional and industry specific conference sessions, and pre-arranged consultations with U.S. diplomats representing commercial markets throughout the region.
Customize an optional business matchmaking schedule, based on input from our Commercial Specialists throughout the region, and grow your international sales through onsite, prescheduled meetings with screened potential buyers, agents, distributors and joint-venture partners in the following Indian cities: New Delhi, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata. Optional business matchmaking appointments may also be arranged in Bangladesh or Sri Lanka.
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Learn best practices from experts on how to increase profits and overcome barriers in the Indo-Pacific region during the business development conference.
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Leverage new connections with the region’s leading industry and government officials, and other experienced U.S. and global companies through private, prescheduled meetings and networking.
Giving U.S. exhibitors focused access to Africa’s largest and most dynamic market, the USA FAIR includes exhibitions, company promotions, diplomatic events and customized one-on-one business meetings.
This multi-sectoral event is led in Lagos by experienced, local staff of the U.S. Commercial Service and the Consulate General of the U.S. specifically for the benefit of established and new-to-market American exporters. In one trip, participants have the opportunity to:
- Develop your business strategically for Nigeria
- Engage with qualified Nigerian businesses directly
- Establish representation/distribution relationships profitably
July 9-11, 2019 - Greenville, SC
Composites Suppliers Meetings South Carolina is a supply chain event that convenes global composites manufacturers and users from such industries as automotive, aerospace and defense, renewable energy and more. Engineering, procurement, supply chain, manufacturing, commodity teams, suppliers and service providers will meet through pre-arranged, pre-qualified one-on-one meetings.
Expected OEM participants include: Boeing, Airbus, Daher, Lockheed, GKN, BMW, Continental, Cummins. Expected international delegations include Ontario, Quebec, France, Austria, and others.
For more details, contact U.S. Commercial Service in Columbia, South Carolina:
Anastasia Mukherjee | anastasia.mukherjee@trade.gov | P: 803-312-5059
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"Canada and the United States reached an agreement, alongside Mexico, on a new, modernized trade agreement for the 21st Century: the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). USMCA will give our workers, farmers, ranchers and businesses a high-standard trade agreement that will result in freer markets, fairer trade and robust economic growth in our region. It will strengthen the middle class, and create good, well-paying jobs and new opportunities for the nearly half billion people who call North America home." -Joint statement from United States Trade Representative (USTR) Robert Lighthizer and Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland, September 30, 2018
The USTR released four fact sheets on the completed agreement:
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STOPfakes.gov Roadshow
Nationwide, Ongoing - May 2019
This roadshow delivers critically important information about intellectual property to the audience that needs it most – start-ups, entrepreneurs, small and medium-sized businesses, independent creators, and inventors. The information is presented by experts from multiple government agencies that deal with intellectual property issues.
Participants will learn:
- How to identify and protect the various intellectual property assets they have;
- The mechanisms for obtaining IP protection in overseas markets and strategies for determining where they should seek protection;
- How to record their mark with Customs, with on-site help, in order to exclude counterfeit goods from entering the United States;
- How to combat counterfeits on international e-commerce sites;
- About government resources available to help U.S. business with intellectual property issues.
Learn more
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