Export Ready - How It Works
Your All-In-One International Trade Readiness Tool.
ExportReady is a structured, data-driven Canadian export tool designed to help Canadian businesses and advisors evaluate international expansion readiness, identify risks, and prioritize actions before committing time and capital to new markets.
Detailed Diagnostic Assessment
ExportReady doesn’t just generate a score — it delivers a structured executive summary designed for decision-makers.
Export Readiness Assessment & Action Roadmap
“Know where you are at — what to do next and why.”
What You Walk Away With
A Clear Readiness Position
An objective assessment of your current export capability across critical business functions — not assumptions, but measurable insight.
Risk Visibility
Early identification of operational, financial, regulatory, and market-entry gaps that could delay or derail expansion.
A Prioritized Action Roadmap
Structured recommendations aligned to your score — helping you focus on what to strengthen first, rather than trying to fix everything at once.
Smarter Decision-Making
Clarity on whether to proceed, prepare further, or adjust your market strategy — protecting leadership time and capital investment.
Who ExportReady is for?
Whether you are exploring your first export market or refining an existing strategy, ExportReady provides clarity, structure, and next-step guidance. Export readiness is not a single decision—it is a sequence of informed choices for international expansion planning. This platform helps organizations make those choices with clarity, structure and confidence.
Small and Mid-Sized Businesses Considering International Expansion
Make informed export decisions before committing time or capital.
Gain a clear, structured view of your export readiness across strategy, operations, risk, and sustainability
Understand what to do first, what can wait, what may create risk if ignored and why
Access trusted Canadian trade resources aligned to your specific situation
Avoid costly missteps by focusing on foundational readiness before execution
Companies Already Exporting and Seeking to Scale Responsibly
Strengthen execution, manage risk, and scale with discipline.
Identify hidden gaps that may limit scalability or increase exposure
Prioritize actions that support sustainable growth across multiple markets
Align trade finance, compliance, and operational decisions to your strategy
Leverage advanced recommendations tailored to your stage and exposure
Track progress over time using reassessments and roadmap updates
Consultants Supporting Multiple Client Organizations
Deliver structured insight at scale without rebuilding tools for every client.
Manage multiple client assessments within a single professional workspace
Generate client-ready reports and roadmaps aligned to best practices
Add custom recommendations alongside system-generated insights
Maintain consistency while tailoring guidance to each client’s context
Reduce prep time while increasing the quality and credibility of deliverable
9 critical pillars of export readiness
ExportReady evaluates your organization across 9 critical pillars of export readiness, using a structured 45-question assessment (takes approximately 20–30 minutes).
Each pillar reflects a core capability required for sustainable international success.
The assessment is designed to be completed in one sitting and saved for future reference.
You benefit from:
Pillar-level readiness scores
Risk alerts where readiness is below threshold
Clear explanations of why gaps matter
Actionable recommendations prioritized by impact and effort
What you receive
Readiness Classification
Not Yet Ready
Early Readiness
Developing Readiness
Nearly Export Ready
Export Ready
Actionable Recommendations
Each recommendation includes:
Why it matters
Estimated effort level
What progress it unlocks next
Links to helpful resources - aligned to your readiness stage
Roadmap Builder
Each recommendation informs your roadmap:
Accept or defer recommendations
Automatically generate a phased export readiness roadmap
Track actions by priority and effort
Update decisions and refresh the roadmap over time
What else?
Downloadable PDF
Formatted, professional, shareable PDF report with assessment date
Summarized scores, risks, recommendations and priority
Contextualized into why this matters at the readiness stage you are in.
Ideal for internal planning, strategic discussions or advisor conversations.
Curated Calendar of Events
View industry-specific events highlighted for your sector, aligned with EDC industry categories
Discover trade missions, webinars, funding briefings, and market insight sessions relevant to your readiness stage
Save time by avoiding the need to consult multiple government, industry, and partner websites
Market Research Tools
Assess country risk with confidence using integrated data informed by EDC country insights, helping you evaluate political, economic, and trade stability before committing resources.
Pinpoint high-potential regional markets aligned to your industry, so you focus on opportunity — not assumption.
Save valuable time with consolidated research tools that pull from multiple trusted global data sources into one structured interface.
One-Time Assessment ideal for businesses seeking a single, structured readiness snapshot as a first step.
Annual Subscription best for companies and advisors committed to manage readiness over time.
