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CENTERS FOR INTERNATIONAL TRADE DEVELOPMENT (CITD)
Bay Area Center for International Trade Development (CITD)
40 Chestnut Avenue
South San Francisco, CA 94080
Tel: (650) 553-9071
Fax: (650) 553-9077
Email: soyombo@bayareacitd.com
Website: http://www.bayareacitd.com
Richard A.F. Soyombo, Director
The Bay Area CITD offers technical assistance on international trade to companies in the Bay Area. CITD services include one-on-one consulting, seminars, workshops, conferences, trade shows and trade missions. These events have admission fees, varying on content. Bay Area CITDs, funded by the California Legislature, offer free pre-qualified leads, match making support and assistance on international trade.
Butte College Center for International Trade Development (CITD) &California-Mexico Trade Assistance Center (CMTAC)
Two Williamsburg Lane
Chico, CA 95926
Tel: (530) 892-6627
Fax: (530) 892-6679
Email: citd@butte.cc.ca.us
Website: http://www.bctv.net/citd
Eric W. Ostrom, Director
The organization specializes in one-on-one international business consulting. Importing and export assistance services include business consulting, market research, trade leads, workshops and seminars on a variety of international topics. One-on-one consulting services are free of charge. Workshops and seminars are often free, but there may be a minimal charge for cost recovery. In addition Butte College (CITD) is a California-Mexico Trade Assistance Center (CMTAC).
The California-Mexico Trade Assistance Centers operate conveniently located offices throughout California. The goal of each center is to develop awareness of the benefits and opportunities of conducting business in Mexico. Services offered are export and import assistance, marketing support, training, logistics support, and trade missions.
East Bay Center for International Development (CITD)
Oakland Office
519 Seventeenth Street, # 110
Oakland, CA 94612
Tel: (510) 893-4114 extension 937
Fax: (510) 893-5532
Freemont Office
3100 Mowry Avenue, # 404
Fremont, CA 94538
Tel: (510) 505-9725
Fax: (510) 505-9727
Email: hgoldsmith@ebcitd.org
Email: sbdc@peralta.cc.ca.us
Web site: www.ebcitd.org
Howard Goldsmith, Manager
The East Bay Center for International Trade Development, with two centers in the East Bay, is an international trade consulting and training organization. One-on-one export and import technical assistance/counseling is offered at no charge. Seminars, workshops and conferences are presented with low admission fees. We provide outreach services in Napa, Solano and Contra Costa counties.
Fresno City College Export Center (CITD)
390 West Fir Avenue, Building B
Clovis, CA 93611
Tel: (559) 323-4689 & (888) 638-7888
Fax: (559) 323-4811
Email: fccexportcenter@worldnet.att.net
Candy A. Hansen, Director
The Fresno City College Export Center has been assisting Central Valley businesses increase international trade since 1989. We provide export assistance through counseling and market research, usually at no cost. Classes and seminars are also offered, as well as receptions with international business visitors. The Export Center's priority is to help businesses in any way they can. "If we don't have the answer, we'll find the answer for you" is our motto. The Fresno City College Export Center is designated as a University Center Export Program, a Center for International Trade Development and a California Mexico Trade Assistance Center
Merced Center for International Trade Development (CITD)
301 West Eighteenth Street, Suite 104
Merced, CA 95340
Tel: (209) 384-5892
Fax: (209) 384-9268
Email: Merced@citd.com
Website: http://www.citd.com
Jeanette Benson, Program Director
Jean Schaeffer, International Trade Assistant
The goal of all CITD's, including the Merced Center, is to enhance the competitive strength of California businesses in the international marketplace and to support international trade development in their local communities, as well as maintain a trade resource library. The export services offered are export technical assistance and counseling as well as training courses and workshops. There is no charge for services.
Sacramento Center for International Trade Development (CITD) &
The California - Mexico Trade Assistance Center (CMTAC)
1410 Ethan Way
Sacramento, CA 95825
Tel: (916) 563-3200
Fax: (916) 563-3264
Email: parksp@mail.do.losrios.cc.ca.us
Bev Stehli, Director, Center for International Trade Development (CITD)
David Andrade, Project Manager California Mexico Trade Assistance Center(CMTAC)
Pamela Parks, Grant Coordinator (CITD)
The Sacramento Center offers import and export consultation services, marketing information, international trade seminars and on-line international trade courses. The primary function is to provide information for companies or individuals who seek to grow their international markets. The CMTAC provides the same services as the CITD, plus logistics support, training in the "how-to's" of doing business with Mexico, and Trade Missions.
Silicon Valley Center for International Trade Development (CITD) & California-Mexico Trade Assistant Center (CMTAC)
298 South Sunnyvale Avenue, Suite 203
Sunnyvale, CA 94086
Tel: (408) 245-0804
Fax: (408) 245-0862
Email: anegash@svcitd.org
Website: http://www.svcitd.org
Almaz Negash, Director
SVCITD is one of the 17 California Centers funded by ED/NET, cooperatively through the West Valley Community College to provide international trade services to small and medium sized enterprises. SVCITD is also one of the 17 California CITD Centers managing CMTAC program, initiated by Governor Davis to promote trade between California and Mexico. Service offered include: training in the areas of import and export, one-on-one consulting, international trade leads, market research and development, workshops and referral services.
California Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Export Program
1220 N Street, Suite A-280
Sacramento, CA 95814
Tel: (916) 654-0389
Fax: (916) 653-2604
Email: cwatte@cdfa.ca.gov
Website: http:// www.cdfa.ca.gov/exports
Cher Watte, International Trade Policy Director
The California Agricultural Export Program (CAEP), through a variety of trade development activities, works to foster the growth of California's exports of food and agricultural products by creating and expanding global market opportunities. Building strategic partnerships is its secondary function. There are no charges for their services. Organizational staff size is 10, including 4 overseas representatives.
California Energy Commission
1516 Ninth Street
Sacramento, CA 95814-5512
Tel: (916) 654-4528
Fax: (916) 653-8251
Email: tolson@energy.state.ca.us
Website: http://www.energy.ca.gov
Tim Olson, International Program Manager
The California Energy Commission is a state energy regulation and technology promotion agency. The international program promotes energy technology exports. A quarter of their time is devoted to the International Energy Fund, a pre-investment fund for international energy projects. Roughly about the same percentage of time is dedicated to the qualification of energy project sites in international markets through energy audits and scouting missions. Two other significant services the office performs are 1) seeking project financing sources for small- and mid-sized companies (less than $100 million per project) and 2) organizing targeted, energy-related business development conferences in California and other countries. Charges vary for each service on a cost-sharing basis, but there are no fees for the seeking of project finance sources. The Commission's Energy Technology Export Program has six permanent staff members and two full-time interns. The Export Program is also boosted by approximately a half a million dollars in discretionary funds, per year.
California Trade and Commerce Agency
International Trade and Investment Division
801 K Street, Suite 1926
Sacramento, CA 95814
Tel: (916) 324-5511
Fax: (916) 324-5791
Email: ITI@commerce.ca.gov
Website: http://www.TradeCA.com
Lon Hatamiya, Agency Secretary
Chris Campana, Deputy Secretary, Internationa
The California Trade and Commerce Agency's International Trade and Investment Division promotes international business through Trade policy and Research, Export Development, Export Finance, Foreign Investment, and eleven overseas offices in China (2), Germany, Israel, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Singapore, South Africa, Taiwan, and the United Kingdom. In these overseas locations, California firms may find assistance more easily available than from other sources. Contact following listing below for more information on the foreign offices.
California Office of Export Development Bay Area Regional Office
Techmart
5201Great America Parkway, Suite 350
Santa Clara, CA 95054
Telephone: (408) 980-1632
Fax: (408) 980-0280
Email: oed@commerce.ca.gov
Sam Driggers, Manager for Export Development
Email: sdriggers@commerce.ca.gov
The office of Export Development (OED) assists small and medium California enterprises to develop and expand their international sales. OED organizes California group exhibits at leading foreign trade shows in core California industries. In addition, OED sponsors and distributes various publications, OED assists companies in Overseas Trade Shows and Missions, Domestic Trade Shows, Foreign Buyer Missions, and Overseas Procurement. OED, in cooperation with California's overseas offices, also helps match California suppliers with overseas requests.
The California Export Finance Office (CEFO) helps provide working capital loan guarantees to qualified companies seeking short-term capital loans for specific export orders. CEFO guarantees cover pre-shipment, post-shipment or combination loans - up to 90% of bank loans up to $833.000.
Basic eligibility requirements include one year in business to demonstrate company performance and 51% California content of the total shipment. Larger loans, up to $1.6 million, can also be guaranteed by CEFO's EXIM authority or through a co-guarantee with SBA.
California Office of Foreign Investment
Bay Area Regional Office
1670 S.Amphlett Blvd. Suite#123
San Mateo, CA 94402
Tel: (650) 573-4338
Fax: (650) 573-4347
Email: ofi@commerce.ca.gov
Website: www.InvestCa.com
Maggie Sabovich, Foreign Investment Manager, Bay Area
Email: Msabovich@commerce.ca.gov
The Office of Foreign Investment (OFI) promotes job-creating foreign investment in the state through site-selection assistance, outbound investment missions, inbound missions, and publicity and editorial development. OFI helps California companies by identifying partners for direct capital investment, joint venture partnerships, licensing agreements and R&D collaboration. In addition, OFI also publishes a number of investors' guides. All of OFI's services are confidential and free of charge.
California Office of Export Development and Foreign Investment Overseas Offices
California's overseas offices promote exports and foreign investment by:
Please contact the California Office of Export Development for more information.
City of San Jose, Office of Economic Development
60 South Market Street, Suite 470
San Jose, CA 95113
Tel: (408) 277-5880
Fax: (408) 277-3615
Email: joe.hedges@ci.sj.ca.us
Website: http://www.do-biz-here.com
Joseph Hedges, International Program Manager
The Economic Development Office fosters economic development in San Jose and promotes international trade. The Office oversees many programs, including the city's international programs, which host nearly 100 foreign government and business delegations annually. The Office develops the City's trade missions and works to establish economic partnership agreements with cities throughout the world. They also house Northern California's most complete export library. There is no charge for services. The office also runs the Export Resource Center and serves as a BayTrade Center, the federally funded trade initiative that promotes exporting in the Bay Area. For more information on BayTrade, see its headquarters listing under International Trade Associations of California.
Gavilan College Small Business Development Center
7436 Monterey Street
Gilroy, CA 95020
Tel: (408) 847-0373 or (800) 847-0373
Fax: (408) 847-0393
Email: p.graff@gilroy.com
Website: http://www.gavilansbdc.org
Peter Graff, Director
The Gavilan Small Business Development Center was established to meet the specialized needs of the small business community of the Gavilan College District, including Gilroy, Morgan Hill, San Benito, and Monterey County. Their mission is to provide quality management and technical assistance for small businesses, i.e. international business plans, consulting, conferences, workshops, assistance with library and referrals to public and private agencies, companies, and for financial assistance. There are no charges for these services.
San Francisco Mayor's Office of International Trade and Commerce
War Memorial Building
401 Van Ness Avenue, Room 448
San Francisco, CA 94102
Tel: (415) 554-6668
Fax: (415) 554-6018
Email: mark_chandler@ci.sf.ca.us
Mark Chandler, Acting Director
The San Francisco Mayor's Office of International Trade and Commerce (MOITC), acts as the chief liaison with the international business community, coordinating international commercial activity for the city. It assists in organizing trade missions, import and export development, international investment, hosting inbound trade and buying missions, and fostering sister-city relationships throughout the world. MOITC works closely with other government organizations, such as the U.S. Department of Commerce, BayTrade, the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce and the Global Trade Council.