Southwest Illinois Trade & Investment Council Resource Directory Alan J. Dunstan , Madison County Board Chairman Mark Kern, St. Clair County Board Chairman = Page 1 = St. Clair County Local Resources Terry Beach, Executive Director St. Clair County Intergovernmental Grants Dept. International Trade Center at 19 Public Square, Suite 200 Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Belleville, IL 62220 Silvia Torres Bowman, Director Phone: 618-825-3203 Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Fax: 618-236-1190 Campus Box 1107, Alumni Hall, Suite 2126 E-mail: tbeach@co.st-clair.il.us Edwardsville, Illinois 62026-1107 www.co.st-clair.il.us Phone: 618-650-2452 Programs/Services: Technical assistance to Fax: 618-650-2647 access state and federal export services. Assists E-mail: sitorre@siue.edu foreign direct investment with site & building http://www.siue.edu/business/itc selection, demographic data, business loans, Programs/Services : ITC is a not-for-profit enterprise zone tax credits /exemptions, export information center designed to assist permits /zoning, property tax abatements, Illinois businesses successfully sell their workforce development, access to municipal products/services abroad Export services . incentives. include readiness evaluations, access to foreign market info, assistance with documentation and World Trade Center St. Louis Tim Nowak, Executive Director state export grants automated trade leads, 7733 Forsyth Blvd., Suite 2200 local trade mission coordination, educational St. Louis, MO 63105 workshops. Assists foreign direct investments Phone: 314-615-8141 through assistance on access to state and local Fax: 314-615-8140 economic development services. Email: info@worldtradecenter-stl.com http://www.worldtradecenter-stl.com/ Madison County Programs /Services : A membership based Frank Miles M.P.A., Administrator organization providing services from Madison County Community Development customized research to business training and 130 Hillsboro Ave, Suite 100 accessible resources. Edwardsville, IL 62025 Phone: 618-692-8940 America’s Central Port Fax: 618-692-7022 Dennis Wilmsmeyer, Executive Director E-mail: fomiles@co.madison.il.us 1635 West First Street www.co.maddison.il.us Granite City, IL 62040 Programs/Services : Technical assistance to Phone: 618-877-8444 access state and federal export services. Fax: 618-452-3402 Assists foreign direct investment through site & E-mail: dwilmsmeyer@americascentralport.com building selection, demographic data, business http://www.americascentralport.com/ loans, enterprise zone tax credits /exemptions, Programs/ Services : Public, full service, multi- permits /zoning, property tax abatements, modal port located on the Mississippi River. workforce development, access to municipal Open lock-free navigation to the Gulf. Barge, incentives. rail, and truck commodity transfers. Small Business Incubator, available land for 2 Southwest Illinois Trade and Investment Council Resource Directory = Page 2 = commercial and industrial development located Home to 300 based aircrafts and 26 business in a Foreign Trade zone. tenants including two FBOs. Developable land Kaskaskia Regional Port District located in the American Bottoms Enterprise Ed Weilbacher, General Manager Zone. 336 N. Main Street Red Bud, IL 62278 St. Louis Regional Airport Phone: 618-282-3807 David Miller, Director Fax: 618-282-3808 8 Terminal Dr. E-mail: ed@kaskasiaport.com East Alton, IL 62024 http://www.kaskaskiaport.com Phone: 618-259-2531 Programs/Services: Inland port handling the Fax: 618-233-0672 shipment of product on both the Mississippi E-mail: davecoramiller@aol.com and Kaskaskia rivers for the counties of Monroe, www.stlouisregional.com Randolph, and southern half of St. Clair county. Programs/Services: Handles corporate activity, Multi-modal shipping opportunities. Available air cargo, recreational flights, and civilian and land for industrial and commercial military flight training. Major repair and development. overhaul is a key niche where anchor tenant West Star Aviation specializes in airframe and MidAmerica St. Louis Airport engine repair and maintenance, interior Tim Cantwell, Airport Director refurbishments. Developable land is available. 9656 Air Terminal Drive, Suite 100 Mascoutah, IL 62258 Foreign Trade Zone 31 Phone: 618-566-5240 Grantee: America's Central Port District Fax: 618-566-5299 Ms. Robbie Williams, FTZ Administrator E-mail: director@flymidamerica.com 1635 W. First Street www.fly midamerica .com Granite City, IL 62040 Programs/Services : Joint use airport offering Phone: 618-452-8440 both civilian and military operations through Fax: 618-452-3402 Scott Air force Base. International cargo hub E-mail: rwilliams@americascentralport.com with designated U.S. Customs Port 4581, and www.americascentralport.com foreign trade zone. Passenger service offered Programs/Services : A designated site location through Allegiant Air. Home to Boeing and allowing domestic activity involving foreign North Bay Produce with perishable center for items to take place prior to formal customs produce shipping service, development sites entry. FTZ #31 has 4 designated sites: 2 at featuring enterprise benefits. America's Central Port, 1 at Gateway Commerce Center, and 1 at MidAmerica St. Louis Airport. St. Louis Downtown Airport Manufacturers and distributers using the zone Erick Dahl, Director of Operations program get relief from inverted tariffs, duty 6100 Archview Dr. exemption on re-exports, duty elimination on Cahokia, IL 62206 waste, scrap, and yield loss, weekly entry Phone: 618-337-6060 savings, and duty deferral. Fax: 618-337-7578 E-mail: director@stlouisdowntownairport.com Transportation Club of St. Louis www.stlouisdowntownairport.com Anna Hickman-Davis Programs/Services: Class IV commercial service President airport and gateway airport for Washington P.O. Box 11544 D.C. Airport equipped to handle any business Clayton, MO 63105 aviation aircraft from blimps to Boeing 757s. Phone: 618-806-4411 = Page 3 = E-mail: stltrafficclub@yahoo.com http://transportationclubofstlouis.com/ State Resources Programs/Services : A group of people dedicated to transportation and supply chain Illinois Department of Commerce and resources in the area. Economic Opportunity (DCEO) Office of Trade and Investment Commerce Bank Margo Markopoulos, Deputy Director Paul Toskin 100 W. Randolph Street, Suite 3-400 VP Trade Service Group Chicago, IL 60601-3219 8000 Forsyth Boulevard Phone: 312-814-7179 St. Louis MO 63105 Fax: 312-814-6581 Phone: 314-746-7317 E-mail: margo.markopoulos@illinois.gov E-Mail: paul.toskin@commercebank.com http://www.illinois.gov/dceo/SmallBizAssistanc Programs/Services : Offer financial products e/Export/Pages/default.aspx and services that allow companies to efficiently Programs/Services: Assists export ready and safely source products globally. Help with businesses to export or grow their market foreign credit risk mitigation solutions and through activities such a group trade missions, working capital solutions. individual foreign market sales missions, 10 international trade offices, and financial Regions Bank assistance for website translation services, Al Li brand development and overall foreign (country VP Global Trade Finance specific) website development, product 8182 Maryland Ave. compliance certification, and to defray St. Louis, MO 63105 company costs in trade missions. Assists with Phone: foreign direct investments through lead Email : al.li@regions.com generation, delegation visits, foreign trade Programs/Services : Offer financial products and office outreach to foreign investors, economic services that allow companies to efficiently and development tax credits, job training grants, safely source products globally. Help with participation loans. foreign credit risk mitigation solutions and working capital solutions Illinois Department of Agriculture Kim Hamilton, International Marketing LR International Representative Ric Frantz, CEO Bureau of Marketing and Promotion 3720 River Road, Suite 300 P.O. Box 19281 Franklin ark, IL 60131 State Fairgrounds Phone: Springfield, IL 62794-9281 Email: ricf@lrinternational.com Phone: 217-782-5809 Programs/Services : Freight Forwarding. Fax: 217-524-5960 E-mail : Kim.Hamilton@illinois.gov UniGroup Logistics https://www.agr.state.il.us/exporting- Arijana Hoormann, Manager assistance One Premier Drive Programs/Services: International market Fenton, MO 63026 development and product promotion for the Phone: 636-305-6023 state's food and agribusiness sectors. Services E-Mail: arijana_hoorman@unigroup.com include International trade exhibitions, inbound Program/Services: Freight Forwarding . and outbound trade missions, buyers missions, = Page 4 = export/ import/markets advice, export markets. The St. Louis office covers Madison marketing plan development; trade leads, and St. Clair Counties. informational seminars, international U.S. Commercial Service (Chicago) buyers/companies meetings, international Hovan Asdourian offices in Hong Kong, and Mexico, marketing Director publications financing for consumer , U.S. Department of Commerce promotions, market research, trade servicing International Trade Administration (MAP); Branded program. U.S. Commercial Service 200 West Adams Street Food Export Association of the Midwest USA Suite 2450 Lisa Vollen Chicago, IL 60606 309 West Washington, Suite 600 Phone: 312-353-8040 Chicago, IL 60606 USA Fax: 312-353-8120 Phone: 312-334-9217 E-mail: Office.Chicago@trade.gov Fax: 312-334-9230 Local website: http://www.export.gov/illinois/ E-mail: lvollen@foodexport.org National Website: http://www.export.gov/ https://www.foodexport.org/ Programs and Services : same as St. Louis Programs/Services : A non-profit organization composed of 12 Midwestern state agricultural Trade Information Center promotion agencies that provide U.S. (Washington, D.C.) companies with the programs and services call M-F 8:30 am-6:00 pm Eastern time. needed to export and sell their products 1-800-USA-TRADE (1-800-872-8723) internationally. Programs and services: The Trade Information Center works in conjunction with your local office. For immediate export assistance or for answers to your technical questions on Federal Resources exporting. U.S. Commercial Service (St. Louis) Export-Import Bank of the United States Margaret Gottlieb (EXIM) International Trade Specialist Michael Howard U.S. Department of Commerce Midwest Regional Director International Trade Administration 200 W. Adams Street, Suite 2450 U.S. Commercial Service Chicago, IL 60606 4300 Goodfellow Blvd. Phone: 312-353-8093 Bldg. 110, Suite 1100-A Fax: 312-353-8098 St. Louis, MO 63120 E-mail: Michael.howar@exim.gov Phone: 314-260-3782 Michael.howard@exim.gov Fax: 314-260-3792 Jan Blaho E-mail: office.StLouis@trade.gov Regional Director (covers Illinois) Local website: Phone: 312-353-8072 www.export.gov/missouri/st.louis E-mail: Jan.Blaho@exim.gov National Website: www.export.gov www.exim.gov Programs/Services : The U.S. Commercial Programs/Services : The official export credit Service, part of the U.S. Department of agency of` the United States providing services Commerce, provides export assistance to U.S. including export credit insurance, working companies who are developing international capital and loan guarantees. = Page 5 = are organizations of business leaders from local communities, appointed by various U.S. U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Secretaries of Commerce, whose knowledge of Dennis Foldenauer, Regional Manager and expertise in international business provides Export Solutions Group a source of professional advice for their region's SBA - Office of International Trade local firms. Closely affiliated with the U.S. U.S. Export Assistance Center Commerce Department’s Export Assistance 200 West Adams St, Suite 2450 Centers and the U.S. and Foreign Commercial Chicago, IL 60606 Service, the 59 DECs that exist The Missouri Phone: 312-353-8065 District Export Council covers Madison and St. E-mail: dennis.foldenauer@sba.gov Clair Counties. www.sba.gov Programs/Services: SBA has made it a priority Illinois District Export Council to help small business exporters by providing a Richard Paullin, Chairman number of loan programs, including Export c/o U.S. Commercial Service Chicago Express, Export Working Capital, ad Int’l. Trade 200 W. Adams Street, Suite 2450 Loans, specifically designed to help develop or Chicago, IL 60606 expand export activities. Phone: 312-353-8040 http://export.gov/illinois/ildistrictexportcouncil U.S. Foreign Agricultural Service /eg_us_il_022908.asp (works through State Departments of Programs and Services: same as MO but for IL Agriculture and local U.S. Commercial Service Offices) SelectUSA U.S. Department of Commerce Foreign Direct Programs and Services: The Foreign Investment Agricultural Service (FAS) is responsible for Vinai K. Thummalapally collecting, analyzing, and disseminating Executive Director, SelectUSA information about global supply and demand, trade trends, and market opportunities. FAS U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, seeks improved market access for U.S. D.C. products; administers export financing and Phone: 202-482-6800 market development programs; provides Email: info@selectusa.gov export services; carries out food aid and www.selectusa.commerce.gov market-related technical assistance programs; Programs/Services: and provides linkages to world resources and international organizations. NASBITE Dr. Kelly E. Fish http://www.fas.usda.gov/ Board President Phone: 216-802-3381 E-mail: info@nasbite.org Missouri District Export Council http://www.nasbite.org/ Eugene Robinett, Chairman Programs and Services : Coordinates and c/o U. S. Commercial Service St. Louis administers the Certified Global Business 4300 Goodfellow Blvd. Professional (CGBP) credential. Bldg. 110, Suite 1100-A St. Louis, MO 63120 Phone: 314-260-3780 E-mail: Officestlouis@trade.gov Midwest Trade Adjustment Assistance Center www.missouriexports.com (Serving Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin) Programs and Services : District Export Councils Applied Strategies International, Ltd. = Page 6 = 150 North Wacker Drive, Suite 2240 Chicago, IL 60606 Export Statistics Toll Free: 800- 333-2148 http://www.export.gov/tradedata/ Phone: 312-368-4600 Fax: 312-368-9043 Duties/Tariffs E-mail: info@appliedstrategiesintl.com http://www.export.gov/logistics/eg_ma Website: www.appliedstrategiesintl.com in_018130.asp Programs/Services: Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms (TAAF) is a ost sharing c Country Commercial Guides federal assistance program for companies http://export.gov/ccg/ affected by import competition. A portion of consultant or industry-specific expert's cost for Industry & Analysis Industry/Sector projects that improve a firm's competitiveness Offices http://trade.gov/industry/ are eligible . Customized Market Research Trade Leads http://www.export.gov/mrktresearch/e g_main_018208.asp Trade Associations http://www.fita.org/ Other Resource Web links Newspapers of the World Federal Government Agencies http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/ http://build.export.gov/main/about/eg_hq_022 607 Find and Engage Trading Partners U.S. Commercial Service Programs and Education and Tips Services Export U -Online Training http://export.gov/salesandmarketing/in http://www.export-u2.com/ dex.asp Basic Guide to Exporting Trade Shows https://new.export.gov/basic-guide http://www.export.gov/eac/trade_even ts.asp Free Trade Agreements http://www.export.gov/fta/ Trade Leads http://www.export.gov/tradeleads/ind International Travel Tips ex.asp http://build.export.gov/main/exportbasics/ eg_hq_022623 The Advocacy Center – Assisting U.S. companies to compete internationally International Scams http://www.export.gov/advocacy/ http://www.export.gov/tradeproblems/eg_ main_018586.asp Export Forms and Tools Export documentation Templates International Market Research http://build.export.gov/main/logistics/e Find Hs/Schedule B Numbers g_hq_022636 http://www.census.gov/foreign- trade/schedules/b/index.html = Page 7 = Export Documentation Examples trade/schedules/b/index.html http://build.export.gov/main/logistics/e g_hq_022637 Duties/Tariffs http://www.export.gov/logistics/eg_ma NAFTA and Other Free Trade in_018130.asp Agreements http://www.export.gov/FTA/nafta/inde CE Marking x.asp http://export.gov/cemark/index.asp World Clock CCC Marking http://www.timeanddate.com/ http://export.gov/china/doingbizinchin a/eg_cn_027471.asp Financing Tools SBA Business Export Planner Foreign Standards and Certification https://www.sba.gov/exportbusinesspl Information anner http://build.export.gov/main/faq/eg_m ain_017513 Overseas Private Investment International Electricity Regulation Corporation (OPIC) http://build.export.gov/main/faq/eg_m https://www.opic.gov/ ain_017515 The World Bank Export Licensing (non-military) - Bureau http://www.worldbank.org/ of Industry and Security (BIS) http://www.bis.doc.gov/ Shipping Automated Export System Export Licensing (military use) –State http://www.census.gov/foreign- Department, Defense Trade Controls trade/regulations/forms/index.html http://www.pmddtc.state.gov/index.ht ml Temporary Imports/Tools of the Pre-Shipment Inspection Trade/ATA Carnet http://export.gov/logistics/eg_main_01 http://export.gov/logistics/eg_main_01 8120.asp 8129.asp Inco terms U.S. Customs and Border Protection http://export.gov/faq/eg_main_023922 http://www.cbp.gov/ .asp Lists of Parties of Concern Labeling http://www.bis.doc.gov/index.php/poli http://export.gov/logistics/eg_main_01 cy-guidance/lists-of-parties-of-concern 8123.asp Embargoed Countries Export Compliance and Regulation https://www.treasury.gov/resource- Find HS/Schedule B Numbers center/sanctions/Programs/Pages/Prog http://www.census.gov/foreign- rams.aspx = Page 8 = Antidiversion Clause/Antiboycott Regulations/Foreign Corrupt Practices Act https://new.export.gov/basic-guide/10- legal-considerations Legal Considerations Export Legal Assistance http://build.export.gov/main/faq/eg_m ain_017516 Other Legal Resources http://build.export.gov/main/faq/eg_m ain_020935 Legal Disputes Other Topics of Interest http://build.export.gov/main/regulatio Country & Industry Regulations and n/eg_main_018226 Updates https://tsapps.nist.gov/notifyus/data/in Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) dex/index.cfm http://build.export.gov/main/regulatio n/eg_main_018227 E-commerce Resources http://www.export.gov/sellingonline/in Trade Disputes dex.asp http://build.export.gov/main/regulatio n/eg_main_018228 IPR Information and Assistance http://www.stopfakes.gov/ Trade Problems http://build.export.gov/main/faq/eg_m Exporting a Motor Vehicle ain_017518 http://www.cbp.gov/trade/basic- import-export/export-docs/motor- Foreign Trade Barriers vehicle http://build.export.gov/main/faq/eg_m ain_017519 World Clock http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclo Foods and Agricultural Products ck/ General information on Foods and Agricultural Products http://www.fas.usda.gov/ Country Data and Information http://www.fas.usda.gov/data = Page 9 =