International Trade Administration
USINFO | 2013-11-13 14:04
International Trade Administration |
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Agency overview |
Formed |
January 2, 1980 |
Headquarters |
Washington, D.C. |
Employees |
1,433 (2006) |
Annual budget |
US$420 million (2009)
US$446 million (est. 2010)
US$534 million (est. 2011) |
Agency executive |
Francisco "Frank" Sánchez, Under Secretary for International Trade |
Parent Agency |
Department of Commerce |
Website |
www.trade.gov |
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.
Duties
The ITA's stated goals are to
1. Provide practical information to help Americans select markets and products.
2. Ensure that Americans have access to international markets as required by the U.S. trade agreements.
3. Safeguard Americans from unfair competition from dumped and subsidized imports.
Organization
ITA consists of four sub-units. These are: Import Administration (IA), Market Access and Compliance (MAC), Manufacturing and Services (MAS) and the US Commercial Service (USCS).
• Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade
o Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Trade Promotion / Director General of the Commercial Service
Office of International Operations
Office of Domestic Operations
o Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Manufacturing and Services
Office of Manufacturing
Office of Services
Office of Industrial Analysis
o Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Market Access and Compliance
Office of Trade Agreements and Compliance
Office of Europe
Office of the Western Hemisphere
Office of Asia
Office of Africa, the Middle East and South Asia
o Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration
Office of Duty Operations
Office of Duty Policy and Negotiations
Office of Textiles and Apparel
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.
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