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Payment Methods and Financing

Payment Methods and Financing

Overview

Make global deals while protecting your cash flow. The U.S. government offers a variety of financing and insurance products to help you. Explore your options for pricing, methods of payment, and financing for your foreign buyers.

 

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Methods of Payment

Offer international customers attractive sales terms.

Choose Method of Payment
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Financing Options

Loans or financing help to start exporting.

Explore Financing Options
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Business Development

Financing programs to help you get or improve facilities.

Business Financing
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Export Working Capital

Programs are available from the Export-Import Bank and SBA.

Export Working Capital
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Export Credit Insurance

Explore EXIM’s export credit insurance protections.

Credit Insurance Options

Payment Options and Financing Resources Tools

Confidently offer competitive payment terms to international buyers.
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Trade Finance Guide
A quick reference guide with terminology, trade financing practices, and government assistance.
Read the Guide
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Foreign Exchange Risk
Reduce the risk associated with the uncertainty of future exchange rates. A good way is to quote prices and require payment in U.S. dollars.
Learn about your risk
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Financing For International Buyers
Turn business opportunities into real export sales with U.S. Government financing options that assist international buyers.
Explore Buyer Financing
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Exporting Grants from SBA
Tap into a grant program that helps small businesses overcome obstacles to exporting in your state through the State Trade Expansion Program (STEP).
Explore STEP
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Project Financing
U.S. businesses can acquire financing for large-scale projects that require large amounts of capital.
About Project Financing
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IC-DISC Program
Explore your business' potential for federal tax savings for exporting certain goods and services through the IC-DISC program.
Learn more about IC-DISC
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U.S. Commercial Service Counseling
Get counseling and referrals for trade financing through other agencies’ U.S. Government Services.
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Global Business Navigator Chatbot Beta

Welcome to the Global Business Navigator, an artificial intelligence (AI) Chatbot from the International Trade Administration (ITA). This tool, currently in beta version testing, is designed to provide general information on the exporting process and the resources available to assist new and experienced U.S. exporters. The Chatbot, developed using Microsoft’s Azure AI services, is trained on ITA’s export-related content and aims to quickly get users the information they need. The Chatbot is intended to make the benefits of exporting more accessible by understanding non-expert language, idiomatic expressions, and foreign languages.

Limitations

As a beta product, the Chatbot is currently being tested and its responses may occasionally produce inaccurate or incomplete information. The Chatbot is trained to decline out of scope or inappropriate requests. The Chatbot’s knowledge is limited to the public information on the Export Solutions web pages of Trade.gov, which covers a wide range of topics on exporting. While it cannot provide responses specific to a company’s product or a specific foreign market, its reference pages will guide you to other relevant government resources and market research. Always double-check the Chatbot’s responses using the provided references or by visiting the Export Solutions web pages on Trade.gov. Do not use its responses as legal or professional advice. Inaccurate advice from the Chatbot would not be a defense to violating any export rules or regulations.

Privacy

The Chatbot does not collect information about users and does not use the contents of users’ chat history to learn new information. All feedback is anonymous. Please do not enter personally identifiable information (PII), sensitive, or proprietary information into the Chatbot. Your conversations will not be connected to other interactions or accounts with ITA. Conversations with the Chatbot may be reviewed to help ITA improve the tool and address harmful, illegal, or otherwise inappropriate questions.

Translation

The Chatbot supports a wide range of languages. Because the Chatbot is trained in English and responses are translated, you should verify the translation. For example, the Chatbot may have difficulty with acronyms, abbreviations, and nuances in a language other than English.

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