NEW PALTZ – Empire State Development continued its promotional tour across the state as representatives from its Global NY foreign offices in Canada, the Caribbean, Mexico, Europe, Africa, Israel, India and China highlighted how these continents and countries are valuable as export markets for the state.
“It’s internationally well known, and consumers all around the world recognize New York and the value our products have,” said Neel Nayak, Empire State Development’s international trade manager, at SUNY New Paltz Tuesday.
“We’re trying to connect with all the New York State companies that are focused on domestic trade, and we want them to export their products, and our services are to help them with that process.”
The tour started Monday, June 12 with stops in Long Island and New York City. There was a stop Tuesday afternoon in the Capital Region before scheduled stops in Syracuse Wednesday, June 14, Rochester, Thursday, June 15 and Buffalo, Friday, June 16.
“Our goal is to really spin the wheels of the economy here in New York,” said Nayak, “and get a lot of companies doing great work here and get their products out internationally.”
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