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Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP)

Exporting Services

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Nearly 95% of global consumers and 84% of spending power is found outside the U.S. making exporting extremely appealing for business growth. But many small and medium-sized manufacturers are too busy running day-to-day operations to consider if and how they could export their products. ExporTech™ helps your company navigate export growth, develop an export plan and connects you to a range of experts in sales and distribution channels, market intelligence, financing and payment, logistics, legal and compliance. The MEP National Network co-created ExporTech with the U.S. Commercial Service of the Department of Commerce to give you the resources you need to expand to foreign markets.

ExporTech was a powerful process to get our company focused on growth through exporting. Thanks to the Oklahoma Manufacturing Alliance, we skipped years of mistakes and that is invaluable to our future business.

—Rob Nock, President and CEO, Preston Eastin
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Heroes of American Manufacturing: Louroe Electronics
Heroes of American Manufacturing: Louroe Electronics
This is the inspiring story of a small electronics manufacturer making it in America. Based near Los Angeles, Louroe Electronics celebrates a diverse workforce, a commitment to quality, and major growth opportunities by exporting its products overseas. Through its close work and partnership with CMTC (the Southern California-based MEP Center) and participation in the Department of Commerce’s export assistance program, ExporTech, Louroe saw a 1200% increase in sales to Mexico and was awarded the Export Achievement Award by the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce.

 

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Manufacturing Reports

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International Trade Administration Trade Data and Analysis

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International Trade Administration

The International Trade Administration, as well as other organizations, publishes a variety of trade-related statistics and tools for public use.

Current State of Manufacturing and Global Competitiveness
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Manufacturing Scorecard 2020

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Ball State University

The Manufacturing Scorecard shows how each state ranks among its peers in several categories that are of particular interest to site selection experts for the manufacturing and logistics industries.

Capital and Cost, Current State of Manufacturing, Education and Workforce, Global Competitiveness, Innovation, R&D and IP and Productivity
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  • MEP Headquarters
    (301) 975-5020
    100 Bureau Drive, M/S 4800
    Gaithersburg, MD 20899-4800
Created May 28, 2020, Updated May 25, 2021