SUSTA, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to Offer Export Seminar

TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Jan. 5, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Start the new year with a plan to take your agricultural products international. The Southern U.S. Trade Association (SUSTA) and the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services can show you how.

SUSTA is a non-profit organization that helps small companies in the southern U.S. promote products overseas.  To lessen the risks of international marketing, SUSTA offers a range of services to producers, manufacturers and distributors of U.S. food and agricultural-based products.  

On Tuesday, January 18, 2011, SUSTA and the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services will offer a seminar on Using Export Programs at the Broward County Extension Education Office Auditorium in Davie, Florida.  Presenters will share information on how a company can receive up to 50% reimbursement on expenses, participate in shows and other trade events to foreign markets at a low cost, meet one-on-one with foreign buyers, and access valuable market research.

In order to participate in SUSTA programs, companies must:

• Have a product that is at least 50% U.S. agricultural origin
• Label the product as "Product of the USA" or "Made in the USA"
• Be "small" according to Small Business Administration guidelines

To attend this valuable export education program in Florida, contact Melissa Hunt of the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services at (407) 302-1056.  

For more information on SUSTA programs, visit www.susta.org.

SUSTA prohibits discrimination in employment and services.  Persons who require alternate means for communication of program information or those wanting our full non-discrimination policy should contact SUSTA.

SOURCE Southern U.S. Trade Association