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 1^st 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