Exporting to the United States

Exporting to the United States - A Guide for Canadian Businesses, is an online guide for Canadian small and medium enterprises who want to export to the United States. The guide offers information, tips and resources that help your business succeed more quickly and easily in the United States market.

Eligibility Criteria

The guide is useful for all Canadian small and medium enterprises even if they are already exporting to the United States.

Summary

The emphasis of the guide is firmly on the practical side of doing business in the United States. To take just a few examples, the guide explores:

• tools you can use to analyze U.S. markets and their characteristics;
• the on-the-ground effects of NAFTA on Canadian exporters;
• products liability litigation in the United States;
• NAFTA and non-NAFTA classifications for cross-border travel to the United States;
• border security and how it affects Canadian exporters; and
• U.S. Customs procedures and regulations, and how to deal with them.

Quebec Contact(s):
See National Contact.

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National Contact(s):
Export Information Services - ExportSource.ca
Canada Business
Toll-free (information): 1-888-576-4444
TTY Toll-free (hearing impaired): 1-800-457-8466
Web site: http://exportsource.ca/gol/exportsource/site.nsf/en/index.html
Hours of operation: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday to Friday