Formed January 2, 1980 Website www.trade.gov Number of employees 1,966 | Parent agency Department of Commerce Founded 2 January 1980 | |
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Annual budget US$497 million (est. 2015)US$460.5 million (2014)US$438.5 million (2013) Profiles | ||
Amendment to cut unauthorized appropriations to the international trade administration
The International Trade Administration (ITA) is an agency in the United States Department of Commerce that promotes United States exports of nonagricultural U.S. services and goods.
Contents
- Amendment to cut unauthorized appropriations to the international trade administration
- How to write an export plan
- Duties
- Organization
- Leadership
- References
How to write an export plan
Duties
The ITA's stated goals are to
- Provide practical information to help Americans select markets and products.
- Ensure that Americans have access to international markets as required by the U.S. trade agreements.
- Safeguard Americans from unfair competition from dumped and subsidized imports.
Organization
ITA consists of three sub-units. These are: Industry and Analysis (I&A), Global Markets (GM), and Enforcement and Compliance (E&C).
The U.S. Commercial Service, through its Strategic Corporate Partnership program, has Public Private Partnership agreements with 17 private organizations, including several banks, legal and regulatory organizations, transportation and shipping organizations, event organizers, trade risk service companies and the publisher of Commercial News USA, the official export promotion magazine of the U.S. Department of Commerce, The ecommerce partner is the Federation of International Trade Associations under which the USCS contributes market research and other reports on GlobalTrade.net.
Leadership
The ITA was created on January 2, 1980 and is headed by the Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade. Persons who have held that office are listed below.