| International Trade Administration | |
|---|---|
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | January 2, 1980 |
| Headquarters | Washington, D.C. |
| Employees | 1,433 (2006) |
| Annual budget | US$420 million (2009) US$446 million (est. 2010) US$534 million (est. 2011) |
| Agency executive | Francisco "Frank" Sánchez, Under Secretary for International Trade |
| Parent agency | Department of Commerce |
| Website | |
| www.trade.gov | |
The International Trade Administration (ITA) is an agency in the United States Department of Commerce that promotes United States exports of nonagricultural U.S. services and goods.
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The ITA's stated goals are to
ITA consists of four sub-units. These are: Import Administration (IA), Market Access and Compliance (MAC), Manufacturing and Services (MAS) and the US Commercial Service (USCS).
The U.S. Commercial Service, through its Strategic Corporate Partnership program,[1] has Public Private Partnership agreements with 17 private organizations, including several banks, legal and regulatory organizations, transportation and shipping organizations, event organizers, trade risk service companies and the publisher of Commercial News USA, the official export promotion magazine of the U.S. Department of Commerce, The ecommerce partner is the Federation of International Trade Associations under which the USCS contributes market research and other reports on GlobalTrade.net.[2]
The ITA was created on January 2, 1980 and is headed by the Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade. Persons who have held that office are listed below.