The U.S. Commercial Service of the U.S. Department of Commerce is a federal government agency dedicated to helping small-to-medium sized companies with their exporting strategies. Our experienced staff of International Trade Specialists located in the Silicon Valley U.S. Export Assistance Center serve this highly diverse and multi-cultural business community. For more information, click here to learn more about the U.S. Commercial Service in Silicon Valley.
About the Silicon Valley U.S. Export Assistance Center
The Silicon Valley Export Assistance Center is part of an international network consisting of 105 U.S. Export Assistance Centers across the country and a 165 offices in 82 countries. Our domestic and international offices are directly linked through a worldwide communications and information network which offers a unique and valuable service to U.S. exporters.
Featured Opportunities
WEB REVOLUTION FOR BUSINESS, June 6, 2008, San Jose City Hall
The US Commercial Service and the City of San Jose will be hosting Google, FedEx and Baker Mckenzie as they provide expert technical guidance on enhancing business capabilities through the use of online resources. Learn about the opportunities and enhancements available through such tools as web analytics and streamlined, web-based logistical sofware, as well as the legal issues governing international on-line commerce.
For more information, and to register, please see: http://www.buyusa.gov/siliconvalley/100.html
19th ANNUAL VENTURE CAPITAL INVESTING CONFERENCE, June 10-12, 2008, San Francisco
Venture capitalists, are you or your portfolio companies on track for international growth? The United States Department of Commerce can help you fast track to global expansion. Come meet representatives of the Department's Commercial Service at their booth at the 19th Annual Venture Capital Investing 2008 Conference, June 10-12, 2008 at The Palace Hotel in San Francisco, California.
For more information contact Aaron.Held@mail.doc.gov . To register for the event, click here:
Silicon Valley Healthcare Connections Program 2008 Participating Companies
To be held August 1, 2008. For more information, please click on the following link:
Silicon Valley Healthcare Connections Program 2008
Americas Competitiveness Forum, August 17-19, 2008 in Atlanta, Georgia
The second annual Americas Competitiveness Forum (ACF) will be held on August 17-19, 2008, in Atlanta, Georgia. The Forum will provide an opportunity for business-to-business and business-to-government discussions yielding practical actions that can be taken to improve competitiveness and economic prosperity in the Americas.
The Americas Competitiveness Forum will provide a venue for government ministers from the Western Hemisphere to come together with leaders from the private sector, academia, and non-governmental organizations, to explore cutting edge ideas and best practices in several key areas of competitiveness.
One-on-one counseling sessions with Senior Commercial Officers from U.S. Embassies throughout the Western Hemisphere are availble to registrants on a first come, first served basis.
For more information, and to register, please visit www.competitivenessforum.com.
Clean Energy and Environment Trade Mission to China and India, September 1-12, 2008
Join Assistant Secretary of Commerce David Bohegian on this 6 city mission o China and India. Mission participants will meet one-on-one with prescreened potential partners, agents, distributors, licensees, and retailers in each city, and participate in discussions with national and local government officials, networking opportunities, country briefings, and site visits.
For more information, and to register, please visit: www.export.gov/cleanenergymission
Department of Commerce Publishes Comprehensive Trade Statistics for Silicon Valley and the US:
On January 4, 2008, the Department of Commerce released new data series that precisely measures export values for metropolitan areas. In 2006, 116 metropolitan areas recorded product sales of $1 billion or more and U.S. exporters reported a record $1.4 trillion in goods and services in 2006. Silicon Valley alone recorded $28,171,262,113 in non-service exports in 2006.
Available for 2005 and 2006, this data contains metro area exports as a percent of the state total, where possible; product exports to individual countries for the 50 largest metropolitan areas; top global export product categories; and total exports to ten regional destinations. For local businesses, this data set should prove a useful resource to examine trade flows and interntaional business opportunities.
For the complete data set, please click here!
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Contact Information
For more information, please contact us at:
Silicon Valley United States Export Assistance Center
U.S. Commercial Service, U.S. Commerce Department
55 South Market Street, Suite 1040
San Jose, California 95113
(408) 535-2757(telephone)
(408)535-2758 (fax)
For individual Trade Specialists, consult our Contact Us link.