Growing Business

International Trade

The International Trade Office assists Iowa companies in devleoping or expanding international markets for their products and/or services.

Iowa exports to 186 countries throughout the world. During FY '10, Iowa exported more than $9.78 billion in manufactured and value-added goods. Iowa’s leading manufactured export category is machinery, which accounted for more than $1.8 billion of the state’s exports of manufactures in FY '10. The machinery category includes agricultural machinery, construction machinery, appliances, food processing equipment and industrial machinery, etc.

 

Export Trade Assistance Program (ETAP)
The ETAP program provides assistance to Iowa’s small-medium manufacturers and processors to enter new markets outside the United States.

23 Contracts were signed with ETAP

**Note: ETAP funding was suspended in December of 2009 due to budget constraints. Therefore the number of grants and reporting figures are only for a 6 month period.

These companies reported results of more than $4.2 billion in generated sales.

Companies who benefitted from ETAP in FY '10:

Accumold
Advanced Analytical Technology
Al-jon Inc.
Almaco
Cellular Engineering Technologies Inc.
CSI Chemical Corporation
Cycle Country Accessories Corp.
Dexter Laundry, Inc.
Fox River Mills, Inc.
Gemvision
Gomaco Corp.
Hy-Capacity Engineering & Mfg. Inc.
Jacobs Corporation
Midamar Corp.
PCT Engineered Systems
Q3 innovations LLC
Varied Industries Corp.

Inbound Delegations (July 2009 – June 2010)

USGC China DDGS Team (July 23-25, 2009)
Zen-noh Grain Corporation (August 2009)
Ambassador’s Tour of Iowa (August 2009)
Hebei Delegation (August 2009)
Taiwan Goodwill Team (September 28, 2009)
Mexican Meat Processors (November 17-20, 2009)
Sigma related pork buyers (April 25-30, 2010)
Russia Pork Team (May 23-25, 2010)
China Pork Team (June 2-3, 2010)
Pepsico Food Grade Corn Buyer (June 6-9, 2010)
Taiwan Hog Producers Team (June 6-17, 2010)
Dominican Republic Team (June 6-12, 2010)

Training and Educational Events

The International Trade Office is partnering with the regional economic development groups to organize conferences in their regions for Iowa exporters.

Three in-house trainings were held at Iowa company facilities.