U.S. Commercial Service
North Dakota
CS Office in this State
State Impact Sheet
- North Dakota (PDF)
Trade Events In This State
Success Stories for North Dakota Businesses
WCCO Belting Inc. is a Wahpeton manufacturer of belting for agricultural and industrial machinery. WCCO participated in a CS-supported ND Trade Mission to Russia, Kazakhstan, and Ukraine, which included market counseling, and meetings with potential buyers through the CS Gold Key matchmaking program. The CS provided advance research for crop production, tariff rates, financing options, and machinery market opportunities in all three countries. As a result, WCCO made a $300,000 newto-market sale to a Belarus company.
Cherrington Beachcleaners & Mobile Screeners, a Jamestown
manufacturer of beach-cleaning equipment, sought out the CS Fargo office
for assistance in finding a new distributor in Turkey. With help from the CS
Fargo and Turkey offices, Cherrington participated in the CS-supported ND
Trade Mission to Turkey, which included market counseling from CS staff,
and meetings with potential prescreened Turkish buyers through the CS
Gold Key matchmaking program. As a result, the company signed a wellestablished
dealer with an initial sale valued at $145,000.
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