Trustee Membership - Reserved for Miami-Dade County companies and organizations which are leaders in international trade. Members enhance their business throughout the world, fulfill community responsibility and achieve their corporate objectives in global markets. $1,500

Corporate Membership -Designed for growing organizations prepared to expand their commitment to doing business globally. Members receive hands-on assistance and opportunities to increase local and international visibility and market penetration. $500

Regular Membership - Available to sole proprietorships and individuals. Members receive trade services that help them initiate international contacts and establish business in overseas markets. $300

WTCA and WTCM Internet Based Trade Opportunities Services and Trade Information Databases

WTCA On Line www.wtca.org

Information Services & Products

• Trade Opportunities Database – provides a bulletin board where members can post and review offers to buy and sell products and services. Thousands of offers to buy and sell are placed on this bulletin board. Trade leads can be seen by World Trade Centers, their members and interested businesses in 300 cities in 101 countries.

• Digilead – for a nominal fee, members and subscribers can use this service to post their WTCA On-Line trade opportunities to up to 50 additional leading trade resources, reaching a market of 2,000,000 traders.

• World Trade Library – provides links to hundreds of valuable trade information sources on the Internet, including government organizations, trade promotion agencies, news on-line, etc.

• WTCA On-Line Catalog – designed for the small and medium-sized companies, the WTCA On-Line Catalog is an Internet-based collection of products and services. It displays products and services with photos and specifications and therefore provides global marketing exposure, direct sales leads, cost effective Internet presence and no maintenance fees.

• World Business Directory – profiles the global marketplace with comprehensive data on markets and companies in over 180 countries.

• TradeFlow Pricing System – provides competitive pricing information on U.S. imports/exports from the U.S. Census Bureau based on 10 digit Harmonized System. Reports show value, quantity, value per quantity unit, and shipping weight, by country and U.S. Customs District.

• D&B Exporters’ Encyclopaedia– contains regional and country profiles, key contacts, regulations and marketing information for 220 world markets so that traders can decide where they can safely and profitably do business.

• Oxford Analytica Daily News Briefs – premier source for international analyses of significant economic, political, public policy and major industry developments that impact global trade and investment climates.

• STAT-USA/National Trade Data Bank – the most comprehensive source of international trade data and export/import promotion information produced by the U.S. Government. Reports include: country commercial guides, international market research reports, trade opportunities and export/import data.

• PIERS– offers the most comprehensive statistics on global cargo movements transiting seaports in the U.S. and Latin America.

Information Services & Products for WTCM Members

• Customized Export Information Kit: Customized research tailored by product that includes identification of product code, statistical report of U.S. Exports, Country Commercial Guides, Industry Sector Analyses Reports (when available) and listing of overseas importers, distributors and retailers in up to three countries.

• Best Markets for Your Product Report If you have a product line but don’t know where to sell it overseas, we can identify the best international markets for your product through this five year historical statistical report. This report provides an analysis of product trends, FAS pricing on a country-by-country basis and percentage changes that provide valuable insights on where the product is most in demand.

• Best Products for Your Market Report: If you know what countries you want to export to but don’t know what products are most in demand, we can identify the best products using this five year historical statistical report.

• Industry Sector Analyses Reports: Gain valuable market insights from these detailed and thorough reports about your particular industry sectors in your specific target countries. Reports include information on current industry trends, distribution channels, end-user analysis, pertinent contact information, recommended trade shows, trade publications and a listing of major importers and distributors.

• Country Commercial Guides: Obtain an unparalleled overview about the markets you want to sell your products to and learn about a given country’s current situation as it relates to international trade. Sections include: an Executive Summary; a Political Overview; an Economic Overview; How to Market & Sell U.S. Products and Services; Best Product Export Opportunities; and Key In-Country Contact Information.

• Customized Listing of Overseas Buyers and Sellers: You provide us with the search criteria and up to three markets, and we produce a listing of prospective customers or suppliers overseas compiled from a number of databases that update their data on a periodic basis ranging from 12 to 18 months.

• Trade Opportunity Alert and Weekly Trade Lead Subscription: Obtain information on trade events in South Florida and around the world along with overseas trade leads including offers to buy and sell products and services posted by three international agencies for three months.

New Resources

• Hoover’s Online: provides business information through its on-line subscription service on more than 14,000 of the largest U.S. and foreign public and private companies. Company profiles include brief company descriptions, financials, histories, strategies, market positions, major events and other information. The site also includes Industry snapshots containing global industry overviews.

• Guia Externa: is the largest and most comprehensive source of Argentine and Brazilian companies doing business internationally. Database includes company contact information and product classification by Harmonized Tariff Codes.

• Business Passport to Mexico: is the most complete, up-to-date single source information guide to Mexican businesses. It contains accurate, easy-to-use business data on companies throughout Mexico.

• Interdata’s International Directory of Importers: The International Directory of Importers is a detailed reference tool to 22,000 importing firms in Latin America and 10,000 importing firms in Africa indexed by both country and commodity.