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South Dakota Trade

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Connecting South Dakota with a World of Opportunity

South Dakota Trade helps link South Dakota businesses with global prospects. As a non-profit association, we promote partnerships between foreign buyers or investors and South Dakota companies in key industries like agriculture, bioscience, manufacturing and more.

By fueling economic growth, creating jobs, and promoting South Dakota products and services, we are connecting our state with a world of opportunity. When your business joins South Dakota Trade, you receive access to consulting, export education seminars, strategic support and more.


South Dakota Exports at a Glance

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TOTAL EXPORTS
$6.7 Billion
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10-YEAR GROWTH IN EXPORTS
13.6%
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EXPORT SHARE OF GDP
10.9%
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JOBS SUPPORTED BY EXPORTS
27,075
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Memberships that Matter

When your business joins South Dakota Trade, you get access to free consulting, export education seminars, strategic support and more. We also organize trade missions to help you develop relationships with new markets and foreign buyers. Learn more about membership options for your company.

Apply for a STEP Grant

Through the State Trade Expansion Program (STEP), South Dakota businesses can apply for funds to help cover expenses related to growing overseas. South Dakota Trade helps manage and administer these grants so your business can benefit. See if you qualify and apply today.

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Gain Global Insights

See how South Dakota Trade is helping fuel global trade and read our strategies for the future.

real members. real results

South Dakota Trade’s mission to Mexico helped us secure new sales in a key market. We are expanding our infrastructure to meet the demand we generated from the trip. 
We are a powerhouse in exporting agriculture. But we also export machinery, biotechnology, arms, munitions, and much more. South Dakota is poised to grow and diversify our economy. 
Houdek ships two-thirds of our products to international countries. Working with South Dakota Trade is helping us access new markets that will build resiliency into our business. 

International trade is a large part of our success. We export all over the world. Israel, Germany, Australia, England, Japan…you name it, if we’re allowed to export there, we export there!

You think you have to do it all on your own. That’s how I started out. With South Dakota Trade, I now have the resources I need to be successful in exporting our kennels. 
South Dakota Trade made international trade feel possible. Their support and two trade missions have already paid off, and now we’re pursuing global opportunities that will make a big difference for Cole-TAC.

Key Export Industries

South Dakota’s Global Trade Experts

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