diff --git a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-prometheus-remote-write/CHANGELOG.md b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-prometheus-remote-write/CHANGELOG.md
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+# Changelog
+
+## Unreleased
diff --git a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-prometheus-remote-write/README.rst b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-prometheus-remote-write/README.rst
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+OpenTelemetry Prometheus Remote Write Exporter
+==============================================
+
+This library allows exporting metric data to `Prometheus Write Integrated Backends
+<https://prometheus.io/docs/operating/integrations/>`_. Development is currently in progress.
+
+Installation
+------------
+
+::
+
+    pip install opentelemetry-exporter-prometheus-remote-write
+
+
+.. _Prometheus: https://prometheus.io/
+.. _OpenTelemetry: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/
+
+
+References
+----------
+
+* `Datadog <https://prometheus.io/>`_
+* `OpenTelemetry Project <https://opentelemetry.io/>`_
diff --git a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-prometheus-remote-write/setup.cfg b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-prometheus-remote-write/setup.cfg
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+# Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+[metadata]
+name = opentelemetry-exporter-prometheus-remote-write
+description = Prometheus Remote Write Metrics Exporter for OpenTelemetry
+long_description = file: README.rst
+long_description_content_type = text/x-rst
+author = OpenTelemetry Authors
+author_email = cncf-opentelemetry-contributors@lists.cncf.io
+url = https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-datadog
+platforms = any
+license = Apache-2.0
+classifiers =
+    Development Status :: 4 - Beta
+    Intended Audience :: Developers
+    License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License
+    Programming Language :: Python
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8
+
+[options]
+python_requires = >=3.5
+package_dir=
+    =src
+packages=find_namespace:
+install_requires =
+    ddtrace>=0.34.0
+    opentelemetry-api == 0.16.dev0
+    opentelemetry-sdk == 0.16.dev0
+
+[options.packages.find]
+where = src
+
+[options.extras_require]
+test =
diff --git a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-prometheus-remote-write/setup.py b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-prometheus-remote-write/setup.py
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+# Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+import os
+
+import setuptools
+
+BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(__file__)
+VERSION_FILENAME = os.path.join(
+    BASE_DIR,
+    "src",
+    "opentelemetry",
+    "exporter",
+    "prometheus_remote_write",
+    "version.py",
+)
+PACKAGE_INFO = {}
+with open(VERSION_FILENAME) as f:
+    exec(f.read(), PACKAGE_INFO)
+
+setuptools.setup(version=PACKAGE_INFO["__version__"])
diff --git a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-prometheus-remote-write/src/opentelemetry/exporter/prometheus_remote_write/__init__.py b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-prometheus-remote-write/src/opentelemetry/exporter/prometheus_remote_write/__init__.py
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+++ b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-prometheus-remote-write/src/opentelemetry/exporter/prometheus_remote_write/__init__.py
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+# Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+
+from typing import Dict, Sequence
+
+from opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.export import (
+    MetricRecord,
+    MetricsExporter,
+    MetricsExportResult,
+)
+
+
+class TimeSeries:
+    """
+    TimeSeries class used to store timeseries labels and samples that need to be sent
+    Args:
+        labels: timeseries labels
+        samples: timeseries samples
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        pass
+
+
+class Config:
+    """
+    Configuration containing all necessary information to make remote write requests
+
+    Args:
+        endpoint: url where data will be sent
+        basic_auth: username and password for authentication (Optional)
+        bearer_token: token used for authentication (Optional)
+        bearer_token_file: filepath to file containing authentication token (Optional)
+        headers: additional headers for remote write request (Optional)
+    """
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        endpoint: str,
+        basic_auth: Dict = None,
+        bearer_token: str = None,
+        bearer_token_file: str = None,
+        headers: Dict = None,
+    ):
+        pass
+
+    def validate(self):
+        pass
+
+
+class PrometheusRemoteWriteMetricsExporter(MetricsExporter):
+    """
+    Prometheus remote write metric exporter for OpenTelemetry.
+
+    Args:
+        config: configuration containing all necessary information to make remote write requests
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, config: Config):
+        pass
+
+    def export(
+        self, metric_records: Sequence[MetricRecord]
+    ) -> MetricsExportResult:
+        pass
+
+    def shutdown(self) -> None:
+        pass
+
+    def convert_to_timeseries(
+        self, metric_records: Sequence[MetricRecord]
+    ) -> Sequence[TimeSeries]:
+        pass
+
+    def convert_from_sum(self, sum_record: MetricRecord) -> TimeSeries:
+        pass
+
+    def convert_from_min_max_sum_count(
+        self, min_max_sum_count_record: MetricRecord
+    ) -> TimeSeries:
+        pass
+
+    def convert_from_histogram(
+        self, histogram_record: MetricRecord
+    ) -> TimeSeries:
+        pass
+
+    def convert_from_last_value(
+        self, last_value_record: MetricRecord
+    ) -> TimeSeries:
+        pass
+
+    def convert_from_value_observer(
+        self, value_observer_record: MetricRecord
+    ) -> TimeSeries:
+        pass
+
+    def convert_from_summary(self, summary_record: MetricRecord) -> TimeSeries:
+        pass
+
+    def sanitize_label(self, label: str) -> str:
+        pass
+
+    def build_message(self, data: Sequence[TimeSeries]) -> str:
+        pass
+
+    def get_headers(self) -> Dict:
+        pass
+
+    def send_message(self, message: str, headers: Dict) -> int:
+        pass
+
+
+def parse_config() -> Config:
+    """
+    Method that parses yaml file to generate a valid remote write exporter config
+
+    Args:
+        path: filepath to yaml configuration file
+    """
diff --git a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-prometheus-remote-write/src/opentelemetry/exporter/prometheus_remote_write/version.py b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-prometheus-remote-write/src/opentelemetry/exporter/prometheus_remote_write/version.py
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+++ b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-prometheus-remote-write/src/opentelemetry/exporter/prometheus_remote_write/version.py
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+# Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+__version__ = "0.16.dev0"
diff --git a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-prometheus-remote-write/tests/__init__.py b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-prometheus-remote-write/tests/__init__.py
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+# Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
diff --git a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-prometheus-remote-write/tests/test_config.py b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-prometheus-remote-write/tests/test_config.py
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+++ b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-prometheus-remote-write/tests/test_config.py
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+# Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+import unittest
+
+
+# Series of test cases to ensure config validation works as intended
+class TestConfig(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_valid_standard_config(self):
+        pass
+
+    def test_valid_basic_auth_config(self):
+        pass
+
+    def test_valid_bearer_token_config(self):
+        pass
+
+    def test_valid_quantiles_config(self):
+        pass
+
+    def test_valid_histogram_boundaries_config(self):
+        pass
+
+    def test_valid_tls_config(self):
+        pass
+
+    def test_invalid_no_url_config(self):
+        pass
+
+    def test_invalid_no_name_config(self):
+        pass
+
+    def test_invalid_no_remote_timeout_config(self):
+        pass
+
+    def test_invalid_no_username_config(self):
+        pass
+
+    def test_invalid_no_password_config(self):
+        pass
+
+    def test_invalid_conflicting_passwords_config(self):
+        pass
+
+    def test_invalid_conflicting_bearer_tokens_config(self):
+        pass
+
+    def test_invalid_conflicting_auth_config(self):
+        pass
+
+    def test_invalid_quantiles_config(self):
+        pass
+
+    def test_invalid_histogram_boundaries_config(self):
+        pass
+
+    # Verifies that valid yaml file is parsed correctly
+    def test_valid_yaml_file(self):
+        pass
+
+    # Ensures invalid filepath raises error when parsing
+    def test_invalid_yaml_file(self):
+        pass
diff --git a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-prometheus-remote-write/tests/test_prometheus_remote_write_exporter.py b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-prometheus-remote-write/tests/test_prometheus_remote_write_exporter.py
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+# Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+import unittest
+
+
+class TestPrometheusRemoteWriteMetricExporter(unittest.TestCase):
+    # Initializes test data that is reused across tests
+    def setUp(self):
+        pass
+
+    # Ensures export is successful with valid metric_records and config
+    def test_export(self):
+        pass
+
+    # Ensures sum aggregator is correctly converted to timeseries
+    def test_convert_from_sum(self):
+        pass
+
+    # Ensures sum min_max_count aggregator is correctly converted to timeseries
+    def test_convert_from_min_max_sum_count(self):
+        pass
+
+    # Ensures histogram aggregator is correctly converted to timeseries
+    def test_convert_from_histogram(self):
+        pass
+
+    # Ensures last value aggregator is correctly converted to timeseries
+    def test_convert_from_last_value(self):
+        pass
+
+    # Ensures value observer aggregator is correctly converted to timeseries
+    def test_convert_from_value_observer(self):
+        pass
+
+    # Ensures summary aggregator is correctly converted to timeseries
+    def test_convert_from_summary(self):
+        pass
+
+    # Ensures conversion to timeseries function as expected for different aggregation types
+    def test_convert_to_timeseries(self):
+        pass
+
+    # Verifies that build_message calls snappy.compress and returns SerializedString
+    def test_build_message(self, mock_compress):
+        pass
+
+    # Ensure correct headers are added when valid config is provided
+    def test_get_headers(self):
+        pass
+
+    # Ensures valid message gets sent succesfully
+    def test_send_message(self):
+        pass
+
+    # Ensures non alphanumberic label characters gets replaced with underscore
+    def test_sanitize_label(self):
+        pass