Exporter Development: Industry Outreach

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We like to meet with companies -- face-to-face -- and provide personal service that is targeted to your business, specific to your industry and addresses your needs. Manitoba Trade and Investment consultants can assess export readiness, potential and help map out a plan to capitalize on the export opportunities available in your business. We will encourage the development of new exporters in rural Manitoba.

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Manitoba Trade and Investment has Trade Specialists and International Trade Development Consultants who specialize in a number of areas including sector-specific trade development support, market information and opportunity identification. We can help your firm with your initial export efforts. The International Trade Development Consultants have specific market information and intelligence on priority international markets. They can assist you with your market diversification efforts, provide in-market support in areas such as identifying opportunities, locating representatives and understanding business cultural realities. Trade Specialists and International Trade Development Consultants have comprehensive knowledge of trade and export issues, as well as access to existing trade development programs.

Manitoba Trade provides local exporters with information such as:

• timely, useful analysis on export markets and issues of interest;
• information on upcoming opportunities to participate in seminars, trade missions and trade shows;
• The Manitoba Business Calendar--a regularly-maintained calendar of upcoming trade shows, missions and business events.
• Showcase your company, free-of-charge, Register through the Manitoba Business Information Services

Working With You

Our staff will help you prepare your company for export readiness by:

• providing you with educational seminars and workshops on the business of exporting;
• providing you with referrals to appropriate trade resources;
• assisting you in sourcing market information/intelligence, including information on tariffs, duties, regulations, customs issues, etc.;
• reviewing your export business plan to identify and target export market opportunities;
• helping you prepare your company for international trade shows;
• coordinating your participation in export missions, business call programs and group trade shows;
• helping you locate potential distribution or marketing agents; conducting company visits for incoming buyers.

The Trade Assistance Program (TAP):

The Trade Assistance Program provides assistance to companies planning to exhibit at trade shows outside of Canada; by assisting with the costs of designing export-effective quality marketing and sales promotion material and website. Once your company is ready to export, TAP helps you gain international exposure for your products/services by linking up with foreign distributors, dealers and buyers.

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