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Become a Kansas Exporting Company

The World is Your Target Market

About 95% of consumers and 84% of spending power resides outside the U.S. As the middle class grows around the world, an increasing share of spending power will be international. Open your business to a global marketplace!

The International Division partners with the U.S. Commercial Service to prepare Kansas companies for exporting.

Understand the Export Process

Learn to export using these tools and resources provided by U.S. Commercial Service

The U.S. Commercial Service has developed comprehensive video collections that will help your small business become better equipped to enter the exciting exporting world.

The How To Export series of videos introduces you to the key concepts to get started, when you are ready for more in-depth instruction, step up to the Export Mechanics Training Videos.

The U.S. Commercial Service offers free, on-line resources to make planning easier and help you become a more proactive and successful exporter. Whether you are creating your first export plan, or are fine-tuning an existing plan, use our planning resources to boost your international sales potential.

A Basic Guide to Exporting

A comprehensive guide provided by U.S. Commercial Service

For more than 70 years, A Basic Guide to Exporting has given companies the information they need to establish and grow their business in international markets.

Whether you’re new to exporting or just want to learn the latest ideas and techniques, and whether your product is a good or a service, this new 11th Edition—completely rewritten, revised, and updated—will give you the nuts-and-bolts information you need.

Download the Guide

Strategic Reasons to Export

Learn how the world is open for your business.

Understand the export process

Strategic Reasons to Export

Learn how the world is open for your business.

Understand the export process

Export Readiness

How Export-Ready is Your Company?

Take an export assessment

Export Readiness

How Export-Ready is Your Company?

Take an export assessment

Develop an Export Plan

Planning is the first step to export success.

Plan to export

Develop an Export Plan

Planning is the first step to export success.

Plan to export

Local Resources and Assistance

Find out about the local assistance available to help you get started.

Find resources.

Local Resources and Assistance

Find out about the local assistance available to help you get started.

Find resources.

Basic Guide to Exporting

A guide providing companies the information it needs to establish and grow their international business.

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Basic Guide to Exporting

A guide providing companies the information it needs to establish and grow their international business.

Download PDF

Export-U

A partner resource to help you succeed in the global marketplace.

Go to Export-U

Export-U

A partner resource to help you succeed in the global marketplace.

Go to Export-U

Questions? Contact our International Division Team.

Are you ready to export?

Assess your company’s readiness to enter your first international market, expand into additional markets, or take on more challenging, high-growth export markets.

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