diff --git a/plugin-designs/country-posters/countries-map.vue b/plugin-designs/country-posters/countries-map.vue
index d1599bd4f..809c35e32 100644
--- a/plugin-designs/country-posters/countries-map.vue
+++ b/plugin-designs/country-posters/countries-map.vue
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ import HamburgerButton   from '@map/components/map-controls/HamburgerButton.vue'
 import GeocoderComponent from '@map/components/map-controls/GeocoderComponent.vue'
 import { resolveMapProvider, setProjectionOn } from '@map/composables/useMapProvider.js'
 import ShareButton       from '@map/components/map-controls/ShareButton.vue'
+import MapControlButton  from '@map/components/map-controls/MapControlButton.vue'
 
 // PERF: SideMenuDrawer is unused in the current research-map template (the
 // ResearchMapSideMenu sibling renders the actual menu). Removed entirely from
@@ -2297,6 +2298,17 @@ onBeforeUnmount(() => {
         <LocationButton    :map="map"          :is-dark="isDark" />
         <FullscreenButton  :map-container="mapContainer" :is-dark="isDark" />
         <ThemeToggleButton :is-dark="isDark"    @toggle="handleToggleTheme" />
+        <!-- EXPORT, ALWAYS VISIBLE (KNOWN-BUGS NE-17). "Export poster…" lived only in the side drawer,
+             whose opener is off by default (hamburgerMenu:false), so no reader could reach it; the
+             legend's Export menu needs a row selected first. This is the same one-click toolbar control
+             Simple Research uses, opening the same poster dialog. -->
+        <MapControlButton  :is-dark="isDark" :title="t('controls.export_poster')" class="export-poster-btn"
+          @click="openPoster">
+          <svg width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2"
+            stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" aria-hidden="true">
+            <path d="M12 3v12M7 10l5 5 5-5M5 21h14" />
+          </svg>
+        </MapControlButton>
         <!-- ShareButton intentionally OMITTED; country-posters-mfe.vue's header owns
              sharing for this bundle, exactly as upg-100-mfe does for the 100-list.
              Rendering both gave the bundle TWO share affordances on one surface — the