World Trade Week Awards

As a national observance since 1935, World Trade Week has a long standing tradition of celebrating international trade and promoting its importance.

In honor of this purpose, each year World Trade Week Southern California chooses to highlight a few select companies that have done an outstanding job in promoting global trade.

Learn more about last year's award recipients:

		EXPORT ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Recognizes companies in the five-county area that have demonstrated success in exporting or have provided significant export services to others over the past two years. DimEye Corp. Frazier Aviation
		FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT AWARD Recognizes foreign companies who have established U.S. operations in the five-county area and made significant contributions to the Southern California economy through financial investment in California companies or the establishment of local facilities. California Steel Industries, Inc. Turkish Airlines
		BOB KLEIST LEADERSHIP AWARD Recognizes and honors an organization or company that has demonstrated inspirational and visionary leadership in the development of world trade in Southern California. International Visitors Council of Los Angeles
		STANLEY T. OLAFSON BRONZE PLAQUE AWARD Originally presented by the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce in 1933, this award is one of the Chamber’s oldest and most prestigious awards. It is presented to an outstanding member of the global trade community in Southern California who has contributed to the advancement of world trade and international relations above and beyond job requirements. Dr. Jerrold D. Green, Pacific Council on International Policy