1. SMALL BUSINESS GOES GLOBAL: GEORGIA’S INTERNATIONAL TRADE SERVICES May 21, 2015

2. GEORGIA’S GLOBAL CONNECTIVITY

3. Top 10 Trading Partners China Germany Canada Mexico South Korea Japan UK India France Brazil RECORD INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN 2014

4. RECORD EXPORTS IN 2014 2014 by the numbers $39.4 billion total Georgia exports 5 th consecutive record-setting year 36% export increase since 2010 211 unique export destinations 11 th leading exporting state in the U.S. 200,000+ jobs supported by exports

5. GEORGIA’S TOP EXPORT MARKETS

6. Aircraft Passenger motor vehicles Chemical woodpulp Poultry Turbojets and gas turbines LEADING EXPORTS FROM GEORGIA Top 5 products exported:

7. Benefits for Businesses Increased sales: lower production costs Lower costs: increased profits Diverse markets: reduce risks New markets: expand product life cycle Competitive awareness: new global market intelligence WHY EXPORT?

8. Benefits for Communities More jobs: twice as many as domestic trade Employees make higher wages (13-18%) Companies grow faster (20%) Companies are less likely to go out of business (9%) WHY EXPORT?

9. Helping keep Georgia globally competitive by assisting exporters Georgia.org/Trade Dawn Townsend Division Director, International Trade dtownsend@georgia.org Region: Central west GA Kathy Oxford Senior International Trade Manager koxford@georgia.org Specialty: Life Sciences Regions: Eastern & Coastal GA Taube Ponce Senior International Trade Manager tponce@georgia.org Specialty: Aerospace, Defense & Security Region: Metro Atlanta Alice Carson Senior International Trade Manager acarson@georgia.org Specialty: Building, Construction & Mining Region: North GA Shehzin Jafar International Trade Manager sjafar@georgia.org Specialty: Food & Agriculture Region: South GA Danielle Pascual International Trade Promotions Manager dpascual@georgia.org Priya Verma Assc. International Trade Manager pverma@georgia.org Mary Waters Deputy Commissioner, International Trade mwaters@georgia.org GEORGIA’S INTERNATIONAL TRADE DIVISION

10. New to Export Infrequent Exporters Experienced Agricultural Companies Manufacturers Assembly Operations Research and Development Distribution Headquarters Operations WHO DO WE HELP?

11. GLOBAL INSIGHT USEAC Partner Resources Export Education Market Intelligence GLOBAL CONNECTIONS International Trade Events Incoming International Buyers In-Country Matching HOW DO WE HELP?

12. GEORGIA’S INTERNATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES

13. Understand Your International Assets Companies exporting/importing in your community? Where are their target markets? Local trade expertise? International suppliers and the link to FDI TRADE RESOURCES IN YOUR COMMUNITY

14. Increase Your Trade Outreach Stay informed of pending trade policy Do you know the difference between TPP and TTIP? Trade Opportunity Alerts Georgia Export Directory: www.georgiaexportdirectory.com www.georgiaexportdirectory.com Event and webinar alerts: www.export.gov www.export.gov Upcoming international events TRADE RESOURCES FOR YOUR COMMUNITY

15. SEUS CP 2015: JUNE 28-30, 2015 Target Industries: Advanced Manufacturing; Value Added Foods; Aerospace and Defense; Wind and Alternative Energy; BioTech Location: Prince Edward Island, Canada Contact: Dawn Townsend, 404-962-4059, DTownsend@georgia.orgDTownsend@georgia.org SINGAPORE INBOUND TRADE MISSION: JULY 14, 2015 Target Industries: Value-added agriculture food products Location: Atlanta, GA Contact: Shehzin Jafar, 404-962-4036, SJafar@georgia.orgSJafar@georgia.org SUSTA COLOMBIA OUTBOUND TRADE MISSION 2015: JULY 20-23, 2015 Target Industries: Value-added agriculture food products Location: Bogota, Colombia Contact: Shehzin Jafar, 404-962-4036, SJafar@georgia.orgSJafar@georgia.org UPCOMING EVENTS

16. DEFENSE & SECURITY EQUIPMENT INTERNATIONAL: SEPTEMBER 15-18, 2015 Target Industries: Products and services for the defense and security sectors Location: London, England Contact: Taube Ponce, 404-962-4118, tponce@georgia.orgtponce@georgia.org MEDICA 2015: NOVEMBER 16-19, 2015 Target Industries: Medical devices and technologies Location: Düsseldorf, Germany Contact: Kathy Oxford, 404-962-4118, koxford@georgia.orgkoxford@georgia.org EXPORT GEORGIA: BEGINS AUGUST 28, 2015 Target Businesses: Businesses seeking to grow their exports Location: Lawrenceville, Georgia Contact: Rick Martin, 470-578-2530, RMartin@georgiasbdc.orgRMartin@georgiasbdc.org Additional Info: www.exportga.comwww.exportga.com UPCOMING EVENTS

17. Mary Waters, Deputy Commissioner, International Trade Georgia Department of Economic Development 75 Fifth Street NW, Suite 1200 Atlanta, Georgia 30308 T: 404-962-4120 E: mwaters@georgia.orgmwaters@georgia.org Georgia.org/Trade THANK YOU FOR KEEPING GEORGIA ON YOUR MIND