Export Documentation Seminar

05/14/2026
8:30 AM to 12:30 PM
(GMT-04:00) Eastern Time (US and Canada)
213 Court Street, 06457

About

In-Person Seminar
Please join the U.S. Commercial Service and the CT. District Export Council for this in-person seminar.

This seminar will assist Connecticut firms with how to prepare, process and navigate export documentation and compliance.

The seminar will cover:
• Export documents, their function and preparation; terminology; resources available to exporters
• Common problems with preparation and processing of export documents
• Export Compliance Overview
• Trade.gov resources

Space is limited so please register early! Registration deadline is May 7, 2026 and is on a first-come first serve basis.

For more information, please contact:
Jacqueline.Torcellini@trade.gov -(860)638-6953 or Anthony.Sargis@trade.gov - (860)638-6954

 

In-Person Seminar
Please join the U.S. Commercial Service and the CT. District Export Council for this in-person seminar.

This seminar will assist Connecticut firms with how to prepare, process and navigate export documentation and compliance.
The seminar will cover:
• Export documents, their function and preparation; terminology; resources available to exporters
• Common problems with preparation and processing of export documents
• Export Compliance Overview
• Trade.gov resources

Space is limited so please register early! Registration deadline is May 7, 2026 and is on a first-come first serve basis.

For more information, please contact:
Jacqueline.Torcellini@trade.gov -(860)638-6953 or Anthony.Sargis@trade.gov - (860)638-6954

 

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Speakers

Anthony Bacarrela- BTX Global- CT VP Sales Speaker image

Anthony Bacarrela- BTX Global- CT VP Sales

CT District Export Council

Anthony serves as Vice President of Sales fr BTX Global Logistics. Anthony is a 3rd generation owner. He understands the value of growing the business and takes innovative approaches to do so. Anthony has 18 years of freight forwarding experience, having worked in the warehouse; making pickups and deliveries, airdrops, routed doemstic and international cargo and now oversees sales. He is dedicated to serving the customers of BTX in domestic and international freight services.
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Anthony Sargis

Sr. International Trade Specialist

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Jacqueline Torcellini

Sr. International Trade Specialist

Jacqueline Torcellini is a Senior International Trade Specialist with the U.S. Commercial Service, Middletown, Connecticut Office, a division of the U.S. Department of Commerce International Trade Administration. She has been providing international business support for over a decade and has assisted scores of businesses to either start exporting or expand their existing international business.

Jacqueline
holds a Master’s Degree in Political Science, International Relations from Southern Connecticut State University. Her years of experience in business development, financial management, operations, training, and communications, turned out to be a great foundation from which to expand to the intricacies of conducting international business.
Jacqueline believes U.S. companies can strengthen their business by diversifying their client portfolio through expansion to appropriate international markets. She is excited to be able to support U.S. companies, by helping them identify top markets for their products, determine the best market entry strategy and how to harness the resources available to them on the federal and state level, so they can make exporting a part of their business growth strategy.

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Jose Abrantes

Senior Manager Global Trade Compliance

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Melissa Grosso

Director, U.S. Commercial Service Connecticut

Melissa Grosso is the Director of the U.S. Department of Commerce's Commercial Service office in Middletown, Connecticut.  In this capacity, Melissa leads the office’s efforts to assist Connecticut firms develop effective export strategies for entry into new markets.  During her time at Commerce, Melissa has led numerous trade missions of US companies to international markets and has been the operational point person for large international trade summits in Connecticut.  She has worked with clients from a variety of industry sectors, with a particular area of expertise in the aerospace/defense, healthcare technologies, and energy sectors.  From 2012-2015, Melissa served as the Global Aerospace and Defense Team Leader for the US Commercial Service.  In this role, Melissa coordinated efforts amongst the 200+ aerospace and defense specialists worldwide to support the US aerospace industry. 

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