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OFFICE OF FOREIGN TRADE

What We Do. The County of Riverside Office of Foreign Trade (OFT), which was created in 2009, connects businesses in the nation’s 10 th largest County tomarketers around the globe and provides export and import assistance. The Office has executed bilateral trade agreements with multiple cities, provinces, states and countries and works to attract foreign direct investment to our County. EB-5 Projects in FY17/18 The Riverside County Office of Foreign Trade supported 14 EB-5 projects in FY17/18 with an expected job creation of 13,589. The investment for these projects is expected to exceed $942 million. The projects range fromwineries in southwest Riverside County, residential development in Moreno Valley and Riverside and a senior living center in Calimesa. We continue to track dozens more projects, with a combined total estimated investment of more than $2 billion and an expected job creation of nearly 20,000.

14 EB-5 projects 13,589 projected job creation $942 Million projected investment

Foreign Delegations in FY17/18

259 delegates

20 international delegations

The Office of Foreign Trade welcomed 20 delegations in FY17/18 with a total of 259 delegates from India, Vietnam and China. The Office of Foreign Trade also hosted a diplomatic roundtable discussion with a delegation fromNinh Binh Province in Vietnam.

The delegation representing the Vietnamese Chamber of Commerce, as well as public and private entities in Ninh Binh Province, met with Riverside County representatives, including Riverside County Board Chairman ChuckWashington and CEOGeorge Johnson, to discuss potential trade opportunities between our two governments.

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