If you have a job in Georgia, there’s a 20 percent chance it’s because a product crossed a border somewhere or a service was successfully purchased from an American in a foreign land. That’s the upshot of a new report from the Business Roundtable, an advocacy group comprising executives of the largest corporations in the […]
Exporters Can Apply for $6,000 Grants Under Go Global Georgia Program
Georgia small businesses can now apply or reimbursable grants totaling up to $6,000 to get into the export game or expand their international sales. The incentive is part of a $162,000 State Trade Expansion Program, or STEP, grant to the Georgia Department of Economic Development from the U.S. Small Business Administration. Small businesses already make […]
New Directory: International Buyers, Meet Georgia Exporters
This guest commentary was written by Mary Waters, Deputy Commissioner for International Trade at the Georgia Department of Economic Development, which has compiled the online Export Georgia, USA Directory to connect global buyers with Georgia-based suppliers. As we continue to emerge from the impacts of a global pandemic, the Georgia Department of Economic Development’s (GDEcD) International Trade team continues […]
Canadian Lumber Giant Interfor’s ‘Surreal’ Quarter Ends With Georgia Mills Back on Track
Interfor Inc., a Canadian forest products company that tops Georgia’s list of lumber producers, has bounced back after the pandemic forced it to slash production and signal the prospect of suspending more than 400 jobs. The Vancouver firm with its Southern U.S. regional office in Peachtree City issued notices to the Georgia Department of Labor in March that […]
Taiwan Delivers Donation of 10,000 N95 Masks to Georgia
Taiwan has followed up on its first act of “mask diplomacy” in Georgia with another donation that may be even more critical as the state continues to grapple with a growing load of COVID-19 cases. A month after delivering 100,000 medical masks to the Georgia Emergency Management Agency to great fanfare from local and […]
Forestry Conference Puts Georgia in National Spotlight
Georgia is already the top state for commercial forestry, but a national conference launched virtually this week is aimed at even further cementing its role in a sector that sits at the intersection of global commerce and sustainability. The Georgia Forestry Association, a private industry group, saw an opportunity to use the state’s industry heft […]
Georgia Ports: Agriculture Underpins Strong Container Exports
Agriculture accounted for about 60 percent of containers exported from the Port of Savannah in 2019, foreshadowing the sector’s contribution to the resiliency of the ports amid this year’s pandemic, according to the Georgia Ports Authority. As imports slowed, exports of commodities like pulp, paper, logs, cotton and others have stayed relatively steady — exports […]
Georgia Tech President: Early Adoption of Online Programs Aids COVID-19 Transition
Ángel Cabrera, Georgia’s Tech’s new president, revealed the university’s updated mission statement and contents of its new strategic plan to the attendees of the May 19 virtual session of the Kiwanis Club of Atlanta while acknowledging that the COVID-19 outbreak had underscored the university’s adaptability. Georgia Tech is to be committed “to developing leaders who advance […]
Georgia’s Global Manufacturers Retool to Help Health System Fight COVID-19
Even as they deal with a maze of restrictions, new safety protocols and uncertainty about their own operations, manufacturers across Georgia, many of them with foreign parent companies, have found ways to step up and fight the COVID-19 pandemic within the state and beyond. Some in Washington have criticized President Trump for only recently using […]
Georgia Ports’ Strategy to Stay Open Amid Covid-19: ‘Isolate and Operate’
The Georgia Ports Authority remains up and running, this week announcing 17 perfect growth in container traffic for February even as it braces for a potentially dramatic decline in March due to the Covid-19 outbreak sweeping the globe. Still, in recent days leaders have struck a more optimistic note, pointing to healthier bookings out of […]
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