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ArticlesGetting a Business Ready for International Trade If your company is not prepared to take risks, then participating in international trade would be a mistake. Trade Barriers As if there weren't enough hurdles in the way of importing and exporting goods, international trade also has to deal with the barriers imposed by governments. Governments the world over are keen to promote trade for the prosperity it can bring and to develop international stability, so their embassies and consulates are actively involved in helping companies do business abroad. World Trade Negotiations The body that meets to discuss and regulate world trade is the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Its members account for approximately 95% of all world trade. GATT The successor to the Havana Charter, the General Agreement of Tariffs and Trade (GATT) which came into being later in 1947, was never intended to fulfil the role it later took on. Marketing To An International Audience If you are planning to use the same marketing message and materials in another country as you use in your domestic market, sorry but it probably isn't going to work. Letter of Credit A Letter of Credit is actually an undertaking from one bank to provide a certain amount of money to another bank once the agreed conditions have been met. the International Chamber of Commerce based in Paris has drawn up a list of the commonly used terms to regulate shipment and avoid any confusion over who pays for what during the delivery of goods and who assumes which risks. Trade Leads As a way to test the water as far as getting involved in import/export, online trade leads take some beating. For the most part, they are free and offer a risk-free window onto a potentially huge market. Trade Shows For the effectiveness of getting the right people from the right business sectors together in one place with the (almost) sole aim of doing business, a trade show is hard to beat. Why Start an Import/Export Business? Shouldn't your company just concentrate on doing what it does best in its domestic market and leave the headaches associated with import and export to others? Why You Need B2B Trade Portals B2B portals on the internet have revolutionised world trade in a very short space of time. If your company isn't using them then you had better hope that your competitors aren't either! The Importance of Language Many companies across the world have realized the need to speak English if they want to do business but having access to someone who has learned at least the basics of another language could do your company a lot of good. Product Research for the Import/Export Business It's all very well to talk about globalisation but how in practice, can you find what you need if you're over here and the products you're after are over there? Packing, Shipping & Handling for Import/Export Getting the goods you are trading from A to B could cause a lot of logistical problems if you don't know your pallets from your bonded warehouses. Trade Leads Distribution With RSS Import-Export-Guide.com have used RSS to create a simple method of alerting their trade portal members about the latest trade leads posted on the site. |
