Just ask us! The Arkansas District Export Council offers free help to the business community.
PRIVACY POLICY
The Arkansas DEC is a private, non-profit organization that brings together experienced international business people with potential exporters to provide guidance and assistance in international markets. The DEC also works closely with the U.S. Commercial Service in Little Rock, and with federal, state, and local elected officials to educate and inform them on trade policy issues impacting the Arkansas business community.
Mission:
The Arkansas District Export Council encourages and supports:
- Exports that strengthen individual companies, stimulate U.S. economic growth, and create jobs
- Trade assistance and promotion activities of the U.S. Commercial Service domestic offices
- Development of the local trade assistance support network in our state.
Services:
- Counseling of local businesses
- Identifying export financing sources for businesses
- Creating greater export awareness in their local business communities
- Identifying issues that affect export trade implementation
- Supporting programs and services of US & FCS domestic offices
- Building local export assistance partnerships with other organizations
- Promoting international education at the community level
DEC Members have a wide range of international business expertise. Our members each have special trade knowledge they are eager to share to help businesses develop export sales. By completing the mentoring request form above, we can connect you with the right DEC member, or with other service providers as appropriate. DEC members are also available to speak on international trade topics to audiences of business executives and concerned citizens.
Export-U.com is the DEC’s massive free online export training and resource website. It has 20 export webinars on practical topics like “how do I find overseas customers?” “how do I get paid?” and “how can I manage international business risk?” It’s Exporter’s Resource Database offers tons of information, including over 200 downloadable publications, and an enormous cash of other trade-related information.