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International Trade Center 2012 Annual Report

2012 was a very special year for the International Trade Center. Not only have our clients continued growing and entering new foreign markets as a result of our services, but we also celebrated our 20th anniversary of helping companies in South Texas become internationally competitive.

Our successes included:

Continued to provide high-value trade consulting that produced record economic impact and job creation;
Launched the Texas International Business Accelerator (TIBA) . Itquickly became a leading program for structuring Foreign Direct Investment deals in Texas;
Advised and guided the governments in Latin American and Caribbean countries in starting and expanding their national SBDC networks;
Upgraded SBDCGlobal.com to provide a better experience for users.

We are excited to do the work we do and look forward to share with you more successes in the years to come. Please download and enjoy our 2012 annual report

Thank you,

International Trade Center Staff

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International Trade Center 2011 Annual Report

2011 was another exicting and successful year for the International Trade Center. With the help of our funding partners and other stakeholders some of our hightlights were:

Addition of two new International Business Consultants;
Increase our economic impact in the region through job creation and export growth;
Continue to provide high-value training programs;
Begin assisting in direct foriegn investment through our newly created TIBA program;
Continue to build on the success of SBDCGlobal.com.

This is our first annual report, please download it and read more about these and other projects that we worked on throughout the year.

Thank you,

International Trade Center Staff

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Guillén International is an international consulting company based in San Antonio, Texas that specializes in providing international marketing and logistics services. For the last twenty years, the owner Lorena Guillén has been helping small businesses succeed in global markets.