Missouri Revised Statutes Title XL. Additional Executive Departments § 620.171. Export development office created, purpose--powers and duties

(1) Coordinate to the maximum extent possible the efforts of the office with programs and goals of the United States export-import bank, the foreign credit insurance association, and other private and public programs designed to provide export assistance and export-related financing;

(2) Establish a network of contacts between those public and private organizations which provide information, technical assistance, financial support of exporting, and other export trade activities;

(3) Assemble, publish and disseminate information to Missouri exporters on export opportunities, techniques of exporting, sources of public and private export assistance, and sources of export-related financing;

(4) Provide individual small and medium-sized businesses with information and technical assistance related to exporting and export financing;

(5) Participate with governments or private industry in programs for technical assistance, technology transfer or other export trade activities;

(6) Undertake or commission studies or methods to increase financial resources to expand the export of Missouri goods and services;

(7) Work in conjunction with the Missouri department of agriculture in the referral of potential exporters of agricultural commodities to the board for the securing of export-related financing;

(8) Issue an annual report explaining the program, its needs and recommended changes. The report shall include an evaluation of the following: