The 2020 Trade Americas program offers U.S. companies the opportunity to explore fourteen markets in the Caribbean Region: The Bahamas, Barbados and Eastern Caribbean, Dominican Republic, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago.

Hosted in Bridgetown, Barbados, the Trade Americas – Business Opportunities in the Caribbean Region Conference will focus on region-specific sessions, market entry strategies, export compliance, legal, logistics, disaster resilience and recovery and trade financing resources. You will also be able to have prearranged one-on-one consultations with U.S. & Foreign Commercial Service (US & FCS) commercial officers and/or Department of State economic/commercial officers with expertise in commercial markets throughout the region.

The Caribbean region as a whole represents a market of about 27 million people who collectively imported over $21 billion of U.S. goods in 2018. As a result, the region is the 3rd largest export market for U.S. manufactured goods in Latin America behind only Mexico and Brazil. The Caribbean region is a natural commercial partner of the United States, tied closely together by geography, history, and culture. There is a huge demand for U.S.-made products in the region.

What You Can Expect

The combination of the Trade Americas conference and business-to-business matchmaking appointments in ONE or TWO countries with pre-screened potential buyers, agents, distributors, or joint venture partners will provide participants with strategies for expanding their business across the region.

By attending this conference, U.S. companies will be able to:

All business-to-business appointments in the region will be with a pre-screened potential buyer, agent, distributor or joint venture partner.

If accepted on the Trade Mission, the costs are as follows:

Cost*:

Conference Only: $650 per participant

Conference plus B2B Meetings in One Country:

Conference plus B2B Meetings in Two Countries:

* Expenses for travel, transportation, lodging, most meals, and incidentals will be the responsibility of each mission participant.

** As a federal agency, the U.S. Department of Commerce must follow the Small Business Administration’s small business size standards per the Small Business Act of 2013.

Target Audience

The mission is open to U.S. companies with at least 51 percent U.S. content from a cross section of industries with growth potential in the Caribbean Region, but is focused on the following sectors:

Questions?  Contact:

Lesa Forbes at Lesa.Forbes@trade.gov or Delia Valdivia at Delia.Valdivia@trade.gov