Obtaining Finance

Payment Methods and Financing

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

Stay competitive in the global marketplace by offering your international customers attractive sales terms.

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Financing Options

Small businesses often need a loan or financing help to start exporting.

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Business Development

Business development financing programs can help you acquire, construct, renovate, modernize, improve or expand facilities in the United States to produce goods or services involved in international trade.

Business Development Financing

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Export Working Capital

Export Working Capital financing enables U.S. businesses to purchase the goods and services they need to support their export sales. Government Export Working Capital guarantee programs are available from both the Export-Import Bank and Small Business Administration.

Export Working Capital Financing

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Export Credit Insurance

Protect your export sales against nonpayment, offer open account credit terms to your buyers, and increase cash flow with EXIM’s export credit insurance.

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.

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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

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

Project Financing

U.S. businesses can acquire financing for large-scale projects that require large amounts of capital.

About Project Financing

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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