KWTC News :
KWTC now accepting applications for
World Trade Success Awards
The Kentucky World Trade Center invites your company to apply for the World Trade Success Award for 2009.
The Kentucky World Trade Center’s international trade success award is a prestigious award recognizing outstanding Kentucky companies involved in world trade. The Awards Committee is made up of KWTC staff and Kentucky's key international trade associations who work to identify the very best international trade success stories to be spotlighted at an annual awards luncheon.
Each year over 400 representatives from business, industry and government sectors gather to recognize firms for outstanding achievements in international trade at the World Trade Success Awards Luncheon. Organized by the Kentucky World Trade Center, the luncheon has become the Commonwealth’s largest annual gathering of international trade professionals. This year’s program will be held on September 4, 2009 at the Galt House Hotel in downtown Louisville, and will also include a delegation of foreign dignitaries assembled to speak to attendees about doing business with their country.
Recent winners include LINAK, TubeMaster, Northern Kentucky University and Wild Flavors. (Click here for full list.) This year’s winners will be recognized and celebrated for their outstanding international trade achievements, and will be presented with trophies at the KWTC World Trade Success Awards Luncheon.
We will have an honored keynote speaker at the luncheon, and Governor Beshear has been invited to deliver an address regarding the State of World Trade in Kentucky.
There are no fees or obligations associated with selection as an award recipient. We ask only that the winning companies plan to have a representative attend the Awards Luncheon on September 4, 2009, that they agree to allow media coverage of their summarized success stories, and that they attend the press conference taking place before the luncheon program.
Criteria for selection as a World Trade Success Award recipient
World Trade Success Award application
International Trade News :
EPA notices: Advance notification of imports; allocations of ozone-depleting substances
The Environmental Protection Agency has issued a direct final rule that promulgates significant new use rules under the Toxic Substances Control Act for 23 chemical substances that were the subject of pre-manufacture notices. This action requires persons who intend to import, manufacture or process any of these 23 substances for an activity designated as a significant new use to notify the EPA at least 90 days before commencing that activity. More...
U.S., Korea sign trade cooperation agreement, seek way forward on FTA
The U.S. and South Korea signed a new trade cooperation agreement this week during a visit to Washington, D.C., by Korean President Lee Myung-bak and other senior officials. The two sides also said they are working to resolve issues in the way of implementing their joint free trade agreement. More...
House bill would triple harbor maintenance tax to fund freight infrastructure projects
Legislation introduced recently in the House would nearly triple the Harbor Maintenance Tax in an effort to generate about $2.7 billion a year for freight infrastructure improvement projects. Rep. Laura Richardson, D-Calif., said the Making Opportunity via Efficient and More Effective National Transportation (MOVEMENT) Act of 2009 (H.R. 2355) would fund projects to “improve the movement of goods, mitigate environmental damage caused by the movement of goods, and enhance the security of transported goods.” More...
Economic downturn brings efforts to liberalize, restrict trade
The ongoing global economic downturn continues to have varying effects on international trade. While some countries have chosen to intensify market-opening efforts, others are pursuing measures to limit foreign access or boost domestic businesses. Following is a sampling of recent actions in both these areas. More...
CBP makes “Significant Change” in textile entry requirements
U.S. Customs and Border Protection recently issued a memorandum to its field offices outlining “a significant change in textile entry requirements” in light of the elimination of quotas on merchandise from China entered after Dec. 31, 2008. More...
President moves to lift restrictions on export financing to Cambodia, Laos
President Obama issued June 12 separate determinations that Cambodia and Laos have ceased to be Marxist-Leninist countries as defined by the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945. These decisions will enable the Export-Import Bank to back loans and credit guarantees that support exports of U.S. goods to these two countries, which totaled $154 million and $18 million, respectively, in 2008. More...
FTA benefits would be nullified by new interpretation of elastomeric yarn rule
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is proposing to reinterpret the elastomeric yarn provisions included in U.S. free trade agreements, a move that would effectively nullify duty-free treatment for many textile and apparel goods. More...
Senate bills seek to boost small business exports
Senate Small Business Committee Chairman Mary Landrieu, D-La., and Ranking Member Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, introduced recently legislation aimed at helping small businesses increase their exports. Both senators argued that existing programs are inadequate and that more needs to be done to help U.S. companies enter foreign markets given the ongoing economic downturn. More...
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World Trade Day
September 4, 2009
Louisville, KY
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IC-DISC: The Last Tax Break for Exporters
Wednesday, July 8
11:00am
The IC-DISC is a little-known tax break that can make your international profits more lucrative. Please join us for a webinar on Wednesday, July 8, to learn how your company can benefit.
WHAT: A Webinar for CEOs, Presidents, Finance Officers and International Marketing Managers
WHERE: Your Computer
COST: $40
MORE INFO AND REGISTER
For more information email Sara.Moreno@mail.doc.gov or call 859-225-7001.
This event is organized by the U.S. Department of Commerce
and supported by the Kentucky World Trade Center.
Thursday, July 9
8:00am-12:00pm
The Brown Hotel
Citation Room (1st Floor)
Louisville, Kentucky
Please join Stock Yards Bank and a line-up of industry experts as we discuss topics that all new
and existing exporters should be familiar with and very likely have questions/concerns when
confronting.
TO REGISTER: Free Seminar...Spaces are limited. Call Mark Klein at (502) 625-9949
or email mark.klein@syb.com to reserve your space for this informative seminar.
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Presented by Stock Yards Bank in partnership with the Kentucky World Trade Center
1st Annual Asia Business and Economics Summit
Friday, July 24
8:00am-12:00pm
Greenebaum Doll & McDonald
National City Tower
101 S. 5th Street
Louisville, Kentucky 40202
Individual Tickets: $75
Seats are limited. Please reserve today by contacting WAC at 502-561-5422 or vbersig@worldkentucky.org
or register online by clicking HERE
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Presented by the Kentucky World Trade Center in partnership with the World Affairs Council of Kentucky
Sponsored by Greenebaum Doll & McDonald
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KWTC to lead South Africa coal trade mission
The Kentucky World Trade Center, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Commerce, will lead a mining technology trade mission to South Africa. The trip is scheduled for October 23 - November 1, 2009, and the delegation will visit Cape Town, Johannesburg and the Mpumalanga / KwaZulu-Natal Provinces.
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South Africa has the world’s sixth largest recoverable coal reserves at 54 billion short tons, approximately 5 percent of the world total. Almost one-third of coal produced in South Africa is exported, with the primary importers being the European Union (Germany and Spain) and East Asia (Japan). For more information about the South African coal market, click here.
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