Centers for International Trade Development

www.citd.org/trade_info/index.cfm

The California Community College System administers 14 Centers for International Trade Development.

Services provided through the Centers for International Trade Development include free or low cost import and export education programs, one-on-one counseling, access to international trade shows, opportunities to join trade missions, a "Help Desk" for advising on international business transaction challenges, and access to a trade information database.

For those businesses not able to actually walk into a Center for International Trade Development, the Centers' Web site also features a number of useful and fully downloadable documents and web links, including a "CITD StartUp Kit" that includes a guide on exporting basics, access to an export internet Search Wizard, and an Export Readiness Assessment.