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The Illinois SBDC International Trade Center at SIUE (ITC), in partnership with the Southwest Illinois Trade and Investment Council, has created  this forum to discuss export challenges, where you can bounce ideas off of your regional exporting peers, and develop solutions to navigate these ongoing uncharted waters due to the pandemic to remain successful in selling your goods and services

Julia Garard is currently working with SWITIC as an intern assisting with community outreach and marketing efforts. She is attending Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and is in the School of Business working to earn her degree towards Economics.

Hope everyone is staying safe and healthy to start the second half of 2021. Our next virtual meeting will be held on Thursday October 28, 2021 from 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM (CST). Be on the lookout for the RSVP invite. Also a quick reminder to get those invites out for anyone you think would be interested in learning about

Hope everyone is staying safe and doing well in the new year. Our next virtual meeting will be held on Thursday January 28, 2021 from 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM (CST). If you have not already done so please RSVP if you will be in attendance and contact Edie Koch with any questions.

Financial Assistance Did you know your business could be eligible to receive up to $27,000 (per year) to help start or increase your exports and reach new international buyers? In addition, thanks to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act passed by Congress on March 27, 2020, there is financial assistance available to you and your company along

The Education Committee will take the lead in developing an annual in depth export training program for Southwest Illinois companies. This is a cooperative effort between SWITIC and the International Trade Center at SIUE.    

America’s Central Port became a grantee of the FTZ program for the economic development benefits it can bring to companies in our region. Many companies, especially those in manufacturing, import items in order to produce the product that they are looking to export. Duties on imported items are eliminated when they are exported. In some instances, this may be a

Hope everyone is staying safe. In light of the COVID-19 crisis, President Eversmann thought it was prudent to cancel the April 23rd Quarterly SWITIC meeting. Our next Quarterly meeting will not be until July 23rd at Mid America Airport. In the meantime, we will continue to do committee work by phone, so we ask that you get in touch with

By its very nature, international trade is subject to understanding the needs of other countries, and now, perhaps for the first time ever, every country is wanting the same thing — a sense of calm. The team met for a roundtable in March to discuss the results of a recent survey of local businesses to determine where those companies are

If you own a small business, with 3-20 employees, and fall within a qualifying zip code, there is a new $5,000 grant that will be available starting Monday, April 20, 2020. You can visit the following website to see if you qualify.