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- Freight Forwarders in Western PA.
- International Banks, Branches and Currency Exchange Outlets
- Western Pennsylvania Libraries
- Local Consulates and Chambers of Commerce
- Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry
- Pennsylvania State Procurements for Goods and Services
U.S. Government Sources
- 1997 Schedule B Commodity Classification (published by the U.S. Census Bureau)
- The International Trade Administration
- National Trade Data Bank (provides information regarding basic export, country-specific and industry-specific information).
- The FedWorld Information Network (provides links to government information sources on the internet).
- GPO Access (provides full text access to major government publications).
- Export Administration Regulations (provided by the Bureau of Export Administration).
- U.S. Embassy, Commercial Service Japan (provides information on exporting and doing business in Japan.)
- Showcase Europe (information on the European market provided by the Commercial Service of the Department of Commerce).
- Foreign Agriculture Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The USDA gopher contains agriculture market and economic research reports as well as information on the GATT and its effect on agriculture.
International Organizations
- World Trade Organization
- The World Bank
- The Inter-American Development Bank
- European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
- Europa (provides comprehensive information on the objectives, institutions and policies of the European Union.)
- United Nations Development Program (provides United Nations information, including access to U.N. Development Program and ECOSOC materials.)
Export Assistance
- TradePort (provides comprehensive trade information for companies engaged in exporting, including trade events, company databases, market research, and trade leads).
- World Trade Lists and Auctions (provides trade leads and lists of "wanted" and "available" products).
- The United States Council for International Business Home Page (promotes the interests of U.S. businesses).
- U.S. Trade Center Director for Buffalo (provides a listing of international trade resources and services in Buffalo, New York area. It lists international trade lawyers, freight forwarders and trade shows in the Western New York area).
Other Resources
- Hoover Service (information on over 2700 public/private companies in the U.S. and across the world).
- Technogate (a service of the Canadian Advanced Technology Association, designed to provide information exchange for companies active in the technology industry).
- Business Practices in Various Countries (business practices sorted by country).
- APEC Tariff Database (provides tariff information for the APEC member countries).
- Country Reports on Economic Policy and Trade Practices
- Commerce Net (provides information on U.S. suppliers).
- The Electronic Embassy (provides an index of all foreign embassies in the Washington, D.C. area).