Building an importexport business

Kenneth D Weiss
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Main Author: Weiss, Kenneth D. (Kenneth Duane), 1940-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Hoboken, N.J. : J. Wiley & Sons, 2008.
Edition:4th ed.
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505 0 |a 1. Your big idea : is it any good? -- Importing handcrafts from Ecuador -- Exporting hardware -- Importing "world clocks" -- Exporting printer paper -- Brokering computer equipment -- 2. Is this business for you? -- Have you failed yet? -- How is your financial situation? -- Interest in and knowledge of the world -- Familiarity with foreign cultures and languages -- Persistence, patience and judgment -- Attention to detail -- Contacts with buyers or the ability to make them -- Twenty important questions -- Import merchant example -- Export agent example -- 3. Setting up your business -- Forms of organization -- Your trade name and logo -- Opening a bank account -- Setting up your office -- Stationery and printing needs -- Accounting and taxation -- Obtaining financing -- 4. Beginning with a buyer -- Why someone would buy from you -- What value means to your customers -- Attracting customers, some examples -- Finding buyers as an importer -- Finding buyers as an exporter -- 5. Choosing products and suppliers -- Finding products to import -- Getting product samples -- Testing products in the U.S. market -- Finding foreign suppliers -- Finding products to export -- Lining up suppliers -- The formal supply agreement -- Protecting your interest -- 
505 0 |a 6. Marketing in the United States and abroad -- What is marketing? -- Marketing imports -- Marketing exports -- 7. Money matters -- Credit decisions on suppliers and customers -- Methods of payment in international trade -- Export credit and credit insurance -- Foreign currency transactions -- Countertrade -- 8. Packing, shipping, and insurance -- Packing for international shipment -- International transportation -- Shipping terms -- Marine insurance -- Brokers and forwarders -- 9. Oh, those lovely documents -- Commercial documents -- Banking documents -- Transportation and insurance documents -- Government formalities documents -- A few more thoughts on documents -- 10. The regulation of foreign trade -- U.S. Customs and border protection -- Getting deeper into customs -- Other federal regulations -- State and local regulations -- Regulation of exports -- 11. NAFTA, GATT, and other trade pacts -- Trade agreements -- Preferential arrangements -- Appendix A. Sample market study outline -- Appendix B. Guidelines for business planning -- Appendix C. Possible sources of financing for your business -- Appendix D. Sample supply agreements -- Appendix E. U.S. export assistance centers -- Appendix F. Avoiding import/export scams -- Appendix G. Letters from store owners. 
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