Business and Commerce 

General Interest

• A Basic Guide to Exporting
• Business Advisor
• Business Resource Center
• Country Commercial Guides available through Market Research Library on the U.S. Commercial Service website (select "Report Type: Country Commercial Guides). These guides present a comprehensive look at countries' commercial environments using economic, political, and market analysis.
• Export Portal from the U. S. Department of Commerce
• FedBizOpps Federal Business Opportunities
• U.S. Commercial Service

Consumer Safety

• Commodity Futures Trading Commission Consumer Protection
• Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Federal Grants & Welfare Programs

• Department of Commerce Grants
• Economic Development Administration Grant Process
• Market Development Cooperator Program
• Public Telecommunications Facilities Program assists, through matching grants, in the planning and construction of public telecommunications facilities
• Small Business Administration Federal Grant Resources

Laws, Regulations, & Court Decisions

• Commodity Futures Trading Commission Laws and Regulations
• Economic Development Administration Laws & Regulations
• Federal Trade Commission Legal Framework
• Securities and Exchange Commission Laws, Regulations, and Court Decisions

Research Databases & Publications

• Bureau of Economic Analysis
• CBDNet (Commerce Business Daily)
• Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
• EDGAR, Database of Corporate Information (SEC)
• Investor's Information Gateway (Overseas Private Investment Corporation)
• North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)
• Patent Full-Text & Full-Page Image Databases (USPTO)
• Survey of Current Business
• Trademark Database

Statistics

• Bureau of Economic Analysis
• CenStats
• County Business Patterns
• Current Industrial Reports: Manufacturing Profiles
• Economic Census includes mining, utilities, construction, manufacturing, retail, and wholesale trade, and more
• E-Stats: Measuring the Electronic Economy
• Export Statistics
• Economics Statistics and Research from the Small Business Administration
• Foreign Trade Highlights (International Trade Administration)
• Foreign Trade Statistics
• Industry Economic Accounts Data
• Manufacturing and Trade Inventory Sales
• Manufacturing, Mining, and Construction Statistics
• National Trade Bank via Stat-USA
• Office of Trade and Economic Analysis
• Retail and Wholesale Trade
• Statistics of U.S. Businesses
• Surveys of Minority- and Women-Owned Business Enterprises