The German Office for Foreign Trade (gtai, formerly bfai) primarily informs German companies about foreign markets. Publication and service spectrum includes: economic data and trends, sector analyses, foreign economics and taxation law, customs procedures and tariffs, international invitations to tender, public and private financed projects, business opportunities from German and foreign companies, organisation of information and networking events and coordination of the foreign trade portal iXPOS. The gtai offers a monthly magazine called " Geschäftspraxis USA," which offers information on doing business in the US.

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iXPOS is a Federal Ministry of Economics and Labour (BMWA) initiative. The German Office for Foreign Trade (bfai) is responsible for coordinating the website content.  www.ixpos.de offers you the entire spectrum of German foreign trade promotion opportunities at a glance. The platform will guide interested entrepreneurs through the dense jungle of tools, services and information which various government and semi-independent players in Germany provide.

The Market Access Database is an operational tool of the European Union's Market Access Strategy, supporting a continuous three-way exchange of information between: the EU institutions, Member States and European business. The Market Access Database is a free, interactive, easy to use service providing information about Market Access conditions in non-EU countries.

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 http://mkaccdb.eu.int/mkaccdb2/indexPubli.htm

The mission of the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is to advance US national security, foreign policy, and economic interests. BIS's activities include regulating the export of sensitive goods and technologies in an effective and efficient manner; enforcing export control, antiboycott, and public safety laws; cooperating with and assisting other countries on export control and strategic trade issues; assisting US industry to comply with international arms control agreements; and monitoring the viability of the US defense industrial base and seeking to ensure that it is capable of satisfying US national and homeland security needs.

For more on BIS, please click here: http://www.bis.doc.gov/.

US Commercial Service Germany facilitates German-American trade on an industry-specific level: main office in Berlin at the US Mission. BuyUSA is a service of the US Commercial Service of the US Department of Commerce. Here you will find thousands of qualified US companies who are ready to do business with you through automated matchmaking and trade leads. Registration is free for buyers, distributors, representatives, and agents. Your BuyUSA registration allows you to post your company profile, search for and email US suppliers, receive email notices of new trade leads and submit and respond to offers to buy US products.

For more on the US Commercial Service, please click here: http://www.buyusa.gov/germany/de/.

US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is the unified border agency within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). CBP combined the inspectional workforces of US Customs, US Immigration, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service and the entire US Border Patrol. 

For more on US Customs and Border Protection, please click here:  http://www.cbp.gov/.