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Record Nr.

UNINA9910698960203321

Titolo

Export promotion [[electronic resource] ] : Commerce needs better information to evaluate its fee-based programs and customers : report to the Chairman, Committee on Finance, U.S. Senate

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington, D.C.] : , : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, , [2009]

Descrizione fisica

iii, 63 pages : digital, PDF file

Soggetti

Foreign trade promotion - United States - States

United States Commercial policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from cover screen (viewed on Apr. 15, 2009).

"March 2009."

"GAO-09-144."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

GAO was asked to determine (1) the relationship between the Department of Commerce's (Commerce) U.S. Commercial Service (CS) and states' trade offices' export promotion programs, (2) CS's methodology and practices for determining costs and establishing user fees for export promotion services, and (3) how CS's user fees affect SMEs' use of its programs.