The US and the UK have a long and rich tradition of doing business with each other. Whether it is investing in each other’s country, or trading with each other, our two countries’ economies are inextricably linked. The US and the UK are the largest investors in each other, to the tune of nearly $500bn in total. On the trading front, US exports were $33bn last year to the UK, our fourth-largest market worldwide, and our largest in Europe. These exports to the UK were generated by some 39,000 US firms, most of them SMEs. And yet, this is only a tiny fraction of the 23 million small companies in the United States.

And this is where the US Commercial Service comes in. We can help more SMEs grow by promoting the export of their goods, services, and technology. Whether we assist a client develop a market-entry strategy by providing market research, or help them implement it by working with them to identify an appropriate partner, we provide a safe pair of hands for companies stepping over the Atlantic for the first time. We also work with British firms to understand their needs, as this enables us to provide them with advice on which American firms might be possible partners or sources of supply, as well as integrating them into the programmes we run here in the UK on behalf of our US clients.

To that end, we have a number of services that might be of interest to American firms such as yours seeking to market their products, services, or technology to the UK.
The newest of these – www.BuyUSA.com – may also be our most exciting, as it makes use of the latest online technology.
BuyUSA is an e-marketplace that we have developed to specifically match American SMEs with international, and in our case British, partners and customers. It provides a powerful means for smaller companies to actively seek each other out with the intention of forming transatlantic trading relationships. And we are constantly developing new ways in which to help you – the American exporter.

To learn more about how we might help you specifically
with your UK market strategy, please visit our website at:
www.usexports.co.uk