4 Colorado Businesses Look To Boost Exports To Chile
DENVER (AP) - A delegation from Colorado is heading to Santiago, Chile, for a trade mission starting Saturday.
The Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade says the goal is to help four Colorado-based companies launch or increase their export business in Chile.
DFC Ceramics, Geotech Environmental Equipment, TEI Rock Drills, and Western Sling and Supply plan to attend Expomin 2012, a biennial event for the mining and construction industries.
An export-promotion grant from the U.S. Small Business Administration is paying for the trade mission.
Colorado exports to Chile have been increasing since the signing of the U.S.-Chile free trade agreement, which took effect in 2004. Colorado exports to Chile reached $42 million in 2011.
The trip comes less than a month after Gov. John Hickenlooper led a trade mission to Mexico.
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