•
Seminars for Utah’s Business Leaders: More than 1,500 Utah companies participated in training seminars aimed at making it easier to do business abroad. The sessions focused on topics such as doing business in various countries, information about the new European currency, the Euro; and export seminars for Utah companies.
•
Utah Ambassador Visit Initiatives: This year, nearly 500 Utah business leaders participated in one-on-one meetings with international trade officials. The International Business Development Office hosted ambassadors and trade officials from key countries to learn about Utah and its businesses. Key countries included Canada, Taiwan, Thailand, South Africa, Vietnam, Japan, Mexico, South Korea, New Zealand, Ukraine, Germany, Egypt, and China.
•
Trade Delegations: More than 500 Utah business leaders took advantage of the opportunity to introduce their business and further develop foreign trade expansion opportunities. The International Trade Office planned, promoted, and produced, with foreign partners, twentyseven trade delegations.
•
Trade Shows: 149 companies joined the International Office in sharing booths at ten of the world’s top trade shows, including those in Germany, Mexico, Cuba, South Korea, Israel, Brazil, China, Taiwan, and the United States.
•
Certificates: The International Business Development Office produced and notarized 2,023 Certificates of Free Sale for foreign governments on behalf of Utah companies, which are requirements of many countries for companies to export products there. This is especially important to Utah’s growing health supplement industry.
Olympic Initiatives •
The Global Country Center Initiative: Encourages foreign countries to include valueadded trade development centers before, during, and after the 2002 Winter Olympic Games. The centers will provide a forum for business receptions, trade mission exchanges, and business networking seminars.
•
International Business Partnership Initiative: This initiative provides opportunities for Utah businesses to capitalize on the awareness of the 2002 Winter Olympics. The Utah International Business Development Office has created a partnership with Utah companies to invite targeted business, trade, expansion, and investment partners to Utah for a two-day preOlympic “behind the scenes” VIP tour, a business luncheon, and a series of working meetings with host Utah businesses.
•
Corporate Relocation Initiative: Similar to the International Business Partnership Initiative, the Corporate Relocation Initiative is designed to directly target and market foreign relocation and investment in Utah.
13
