Following the success of her organic rosehip juice business, NADI, Atlanta entrepreneur Nina Tickaradze is launching a second product that will provide further meaningful work for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in her home country of Georgia. NADI, which means “collective work effort” in Georgian, employs people displaced by conflict in the Republic of Georgia’s South […]
Georgia Exporters Can Apply for GLOBE Award from State Through Nov. 1
The Georgia Department of Economic Development is accepting applications for the awards constituting its yearly celebration of export achievement, now in their seventh year. GLOBE Awards — Georgians Leveraging Opportunities By Exporting — are given to companies based in the state that have expanded into a new country in a given year. In addition to […]
Georgia’s International Trade Team Wins Unprecedented Fourth National Export Honor
Georgia’s international trade team has become the first organization ever to win a fourth presidential award for boosting American exports. The E Awards, started in the 1960s by President John F. Kennedy and distributed by the U.S. Commerce Department, constitute the government’s highest honor for companies that contribute to American economic vitality by selling their goods […]
Helping Small Companies Decode the U.S. Canada Mexico Agreement
Combing through the chapters of the new U.S.-Mexico Canada Agreement, the successor to NAFTA, may seem daunting to those who don’t fancy themselves trade wonks. But to the experts, the general thrust of the deal that entered into force July 1 is clear: It’s a necessary modernization of a 1990s framework that made North America […]
Report: International Trade Responsible for 1 in 5 Georgia Jobs
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 […]
Energy Drink Exporter to Set Up Douglas County Factory, Hiring 600
Bang Energy, which sells its sports and energy beverages across all 50 U.S. states and in 37 countries, will invest $145 million to set up a factory in Douglas County. The Florida-based firm is set to hire 600 at the facility located at 7705 Staples Drive in Lithia Springs, which will have the capacity to produce 4,000 […]
Peachtree City Firm Named U.S. Minority Exporter of the Year
Aventure Aviation is no stranger to the export game, with the majority of the airplane parts company’s sales going abroad. And the Peachtree City-based company has the recognition to prove it: the Metro Atlanta Chamber’s Export Challenge grant, Georgia’s GLOBE Award and multiple honors from the Small Business Administration over the years. But its latest […]
Quebec’s Atlanta Office Welcomes Removal of Aluminum Tariffs
The Trump administration dropped its 10 percent tariff on Canadian aluminum Tuesday on the eve of Canada’s planned retaliation, a move welcomed by the Quebec trade office in Atlanta. The province, which alone supplies 40 percent of aluminum imported into U.S., used its network of eight offices across the U.S. to lobby against the tariffs imposed by Mr. […]
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