Organization
ITA consists of four sub-units. These are: Import Administration (IA), Market Access and Compliance (MAC), Manufacturing and Services (MAS) and the US Commercial Service (USCS).
- Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade
- Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Trade Promotion / Director General of the Commercial Service
- Office of International Operations
- Office of Domestic Operations
- Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Manufacturing and Services
- Office of Manufacturing
- Office of Services
- Office of Industrial Analysis
- Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Market Access and Compliance
- Office of Trade Agreements and Compliance
- Office of Europe
- Office of the Western Hemisphere
- Office of Asia
- Office of Africa, the Middle East and South Asia
- Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration
- Office of Duty Operations
- Office of Duty Policy and Negotiations
- Office of Textiles and Apparel
- Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Trade Promotion / Director General of the Commercial Service
The U.S. Commercial Service, through its Strategic Corporate Partnership program, has Public Private Partnership agreements with 17 private organizations, including several banks, legal and regulatory organizations, transportation and shipping organizations, event organizers, trade risk service companies and the publisher of Commercial News USA, the official export promotion magazine of the U.S. Department of Commerce, The ecommerce partner is the Federation of International Trade Associations under which the USCS contributes market research and other reports on GlobalTrade.net.
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