Export Support

The Institute of Export & International Trade

MTA members can also access advice from the Institute of Export and International Trade. Full details are on their website and you can quote MTA membership number: 168586.

More Information

Department for Business & Trade

Department for Business & Trade helps businesses export, drives inward and outward investment, negotiates market access and trade deals, and champions free trade.

Visit great.gov.uk to find useful guidance and information on how you can get started with international trade.

Department of Business & Trade is responsible for promoting British trade across the world and ensuring the UK takes advantage of the huge opportunities open to us. We encourage and support businesses to export and grow into global markets. We have International Trade and e-commerce advisers who support businesses one-to-one with dedicated and impartial advice. By working with us you will have access to funding (for eligible companies only), live business opportunities, exclusive virtual trade missions and events which help businesses to develop and innovate their business.

Department of Business & Trade offers a number of services to help businesses take advantage of the opportunities selling overseas can bring.

These include:

• Tailored and sector specific events and virtual trade missions which can be found on events.great.gov.uk/
• The Export Academy which is aims to give small and micro-businesses the know-how to sell to customers around the world with confidence.
• Access to finance and insurance from UK Export Finance (UKEF), the UK’s export credit agency
• Advice on selling online via e-Marketplaces
• The ability to search thousands of current export opportunities available around the globe
• Funding for eligible businesses as part of the DIT Internationalisation Fund which can be accessed via your local DIT office.
• The Brexit Checker Tool which will help you to get a personalised list of actions for you, your business and your family.
• The Check How to Export Goods tool provides information for UK tool provides information for UK exporters about duties, rules of origin, customs procedures and the UK border for over 160 markets around the world.
• Step by steps
  • Importing – https://www.gov.uk/import-goods-into-uk
  • Exporting – https://www.gov.uk/export-goods
• Rules of Origin guidance has also been updated with an interactive re-exporting tool for traders https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hmrc-brexit-transition-communications-resources/importing-from-and-re-exporting-union-goods-to-the-eu-flowchart-accessible-version

To find out more and to book a meeting with an International Trade or e-Commerce Adviser, find contact details for your local trade office here or follow us on Twitter @tradegovuk.