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The World Trade Center of New Orleans has launched 1st Stop
for International Business Services to help international
companies seeking trade and investment opportunities in June
2006 as part
of the rebuilding and economic recovery taking place in southern
Louisiana after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. 1st Stop provides
access to statewide business and economic development
information and contacts.
Local university student interns and WTC members from the
business community assist WTC staff in the operation of 1st
Stop, which is being undertaken in cooperation with
Louisiana Economic
Development and the
Louisiana International Trade Center/SBDC.
The 1st Stop program has
created this website to assist companies interested in doing
business in the state of Louisiana. The
Business Resources
link will take you to an interactive page displaying pertinent
information ranging from getting started or expanding business
in Louisiana to importing or exporting products through one of
the state’s many ports of entry. The
Categories Index link
features news articles, web resources and databases filed into
34 distinct categories.
1st Stop Services
As appropriate, 1st Stop interns provide
basic-market research and business contacts to international
visitors and companies. Additional assistance includes disseminating foreign trade opportunities
to Louisiana's international business community and referring WTC members and other Louisiana firms that supply the following
types of paid services:
Accounting
Appraisals
Architecture
Banking
Business Meetings & Matchmaking
Distribution Studies
Economic Development Incentives
Engineering
Freight Forwarding & Customs Brokering
Insurance
International Business Consulting
Legal
Real Estate
Tax Advice
Translating & Interpreting
Other
Contact
1st Stop
World Trade Center of New Orleans
Attention: 1st Stop
2 Canal Street, Suite 2932 West
New Orleans, Louisiana 70130-1507
United States
(504) 529-1601, ext. 226 (phone)
(504) 569-1557 (fax)
1ststop@wtcno.org
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