7.1 Global Marketing Support Services (GMSS
   www.uark.edu/gmss
- Export Readiness Assessment (e.g. online) 
- PROMO 
- Market Research 
- GMDP 
- Publications - e.g., GMFactSheets 
- GMSS Online: Website and Export Tutorial 
- Overseas Missions and Trade Fairs 
- Statewide Facilitation and Network 

7.2 Other University of Arkansas Services 
- Small Business Development Center (SBDC)
  http://sbdc.waltoncollege.uark.edu

- UA Economic Development Insitute (UAEDI)
   http://uaedi.cast.uark.edu
UAEDI's mission is to enhance the economic and social well-being and prosperity of the people of Arkansas by extending University of Arkansas programs, as appropriate, in partnerships with others having similar interests.

- Technology Transfer 
   www.uark.edu/admin/rsspinfo/techtransfer/
As a nationally-competitive research institution, the University offers industry partners considerable science and technology resources in specific fields of inquiry. The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs and Technology Transfer (RSSP) provides access to the University research community, campus lab facilities, and the intellectual property portfolio.
 

7.3 Arkansas State and Regional Resources 
- Arkansas Department of Economic Development (ADED)

Foreign Offices 

- Southern United States Trade Association (SUSTA)
Trade Leads:    www.susta.org/foreignbuyers/trade_leads.html
Virtual Trade Show: www.susta.org/tradeshow/index.html
Basics of Exporting Handbook: www.susta.org/export/index.html
 
 
 
 

7.4 Federal Resources 

- US Department of Commerce (DOC)
International Trade Administration - 
      Trade Information Center
www.ita.doc.gov/td/tic/resources/index.html
- U.S. Commercial Service
http://www.export.gov/comm_svc/
- Export Assistance Center (EAC)
http://www.export.gov/comm_svc/dom_staff_list.asp?
PostName=Little%20Rock
Gold Key, etc. 
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- Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau
   Schedule B Export Codes
   http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/schedules/b/#about
There are millions of trade transactions occurring each year. These transactions are classified under approximately 8,000 different products leaving the United States. Every item that is exported is assigned a unique 10-digit identification code. Every 10-digit item is part of a series of progressively broader product categories. 

For example, concentrated frozen apple juice is assigned a 10-digit identifier that is aggregated into a broader category assigned a 6-digit identifier described as apple juice. The 6-digit identifier described as apple juice is aggregated into a broader category assigned a 4-digit identifier described as fruit juices and vegetable juices, etc. The 4-digit identifier is further aggregated into a broader category assigned a 2-digit identifier described as Preparations of Vegetables, Fruit, Nuts etc. 
 
 
 

- Small Business Administration (SBA)
   www.sba.gov
 
 

- The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
   http://www.fas.usda.gov/itp/Policy/NAFTA/nafta.html
Implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) began on January 1, 1994. This agreement will remove most barriers to trade and investment among the United States, Canada, and Mexico. 

- NAFTA Certificate of Origin Interactive Tool
http://www.export.gov/autosuggest.asp?docid=166543400&url=
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- Free Trade Agreement of the Americas (FTAA) Status
   http://www.ftaa-alca.org/alca_e.asp
The effort to unite the economies of the Americas into a single free trade area began at the Summit of the Americas, which was held in December 1994 in Miami, U.S.A. The Heads of State and Government of the 34 democracies in the region agreed to construct a Free Trade Area of the Americas, or FTAA, in which barriers to trade and investment will be progressively eliminated. 
Negotiations are on-going.

- CAFTA

- USDA Foreign Agricultural Service
   http://www.fas.usda.gov/
The Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) of the U.S. Department of  Agriculture (USDA) works to improve foreign market access for U.S. products. FAS operates programs designed to build new markets and improve the competitive position of U.S. agriculture in the global marketplace.

- Ex-Im Bank 
  www.exim.gov
The Export-Import Bank supports the financing of U.S. goods and services, turning export opportunities into real transactions, maintaining and creating more U.S. jobs. We assume credit and country risks the private sector is unable or unwilling to accept.

- Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC)
  www.opic.gov
The Overseas Private Investment Corporation  (OPIC)   was  established as a development agency of the U.S. government in 1971. OPIC helps U.S. businesses invest overseas, fosters economic development in new and emerging markets, complements the private sector in managing the risks associated with foreign direct investment, and supports U.S. foreign policy. 

7.5 Private
- International Trade Council of Northwest Arkansas
   www.arkansasglobal.org

- Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce

- Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE)
   SCORE NW Arkansas 
   http://www.hogscore.com
SCORE is a non-profit organization, partly funded by SBA.  It is staffed by Volunteers who have lived success in business. Solving business problems is what we do best: providing free business counseling to Arkansas residents within a one-hour drive of Rogers.
 

7.6 International Resources 

- World Trade Organization (WTO )
   http://www.wto.org/
The World Trade Organization (WTO) is the only global international organization dealing with the rules of trade between nations. At its heart are the WTO agreements, negotiated and signed by the bulk of the world’s trading nations and ratified in their parliaments. The goal is to help producers of goods and services, exporters, and importers conduct their business.
 

- ISO (International Standards Organization) 
    http://www.iso.ch/
ISO is a network of the national standards institutes of 148 countries, on the basis of one member per country, with a Central Secretariat in Geneva, Switzerland, that coordinates the system. 

ISO is a non-governmental organization: its members are not, as is the case in the United Nations system, delegations of national governments. Nevertheless, ISO occupies a special position between the public and private sectors.
 
 

- ICC (International Chamber of Commerce) 
   http://www.iccwbo.org/
ICC (International Chamber of Commerce) is the voice of world business championing the global economy as a force for economic growth, job creation and prosperity. 

- Incoterms
   http://www.iccwbo.org/index_incoterms.asp
Incoterms make international trade easier and help traders in different countries to understand one another. These standard trade definitions that are most commonly used in international contracts are protected by ICC copyright.