We Still Make Things Here in Oregon
And far more than double lattes and pale ales. Oregonians manufacture silicon chips with a vibrant high-tech industry anchored by Intel's largest facility in the world. Oregon is a leader in food processing with literally tons of local berries, hazelnuts, and wheat turned into countless products by hundreds of food processing firms and shipped all across the globe. A fast-growing aerospace and Unmanned Aerial Systems industry is also rising up. Business Oregon works with small- and medium-sized businesses to help them sell goods overseas and bring new revenue back home to Oregon. Oregon's ideal Pacific Coast location provides particularly easy access between U.S. and Asian markets.
Business Oregon offers help with: export counseling, market research, grants, evaluation of international partners, and other services to help companies develop and expand their products and services in key overseas markets.
Small Business Export Assistance
It's never fun to go at it alone! We work with Oregon small and medium-sized businesses, primarily on export market development strategies. With a bit of export grant funding, these businesses can accomplish different projects such as Virtual Trade Missions, attending in-person international events, updating websites so that traffic is directed to foreign distributors/business partners in the appropriate country or region, cybersecurity and privacy regulations in the USA and other countries that can bring more sales revenue to your business. As a Global Trade Team, we help promote Oregon and Oregon goods internationally at selected events targeting certain industry sectors.
Our international recruiters and in-country representatives also attract Foreign Direct Investment to the state. Hundreds of foreign-owned businesses in Oregon hire thousands of employees, and those investments are vital to our growing economy.
New STEP Grant requests will be accepted beginning October 1, 2023. Click on the Export Promotion Program link below for more information.
EB-5 Immigrant Investor Visa
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EB-5 Immigrant Investor Visa, administered by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS), is available to immigrants seeking to enter the United States in order to invest in a new commercial enterprise that will benefit the U.S. economy and create at least 10 full-time jobs. There are two ways to invest in a commercial enterprise within the EB-5 program: creating a new commercial enterprise or investing in a troubled business.