International Compliance Tools

International trade is complicated. In addition to locating a buyer or a seller for your goods, you have to arrange payment, move the goods from one country to another, and make sure you make money in the process.

On top of all that, you must make sure you are complying with both countries' import-export regulations. Forget to do that, and you could end up having your shipment seized and/or wind up paying tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines.

Sound difficult? It doesn't have to be. International Business Training offers a variety of easy and affordable compliance solutions for your company.

Online Export Compliance Screening

If your company is like most export companies, the biggest challenge to implementing proper export controls is finding an easy way to integrate them into your export process. If your export staff can’t easily check a customer against the Restricted Party lists, for example, it may not get done. That’s especially true if the export compliance process substantially delays the shipping process.

That’s why International Business Training has created a menu of online export compliance tools that make the compliance process as easy as visiting a website. And because your export compliance needs may differ from what other companies need, we’ve made our menu of tools à la carte, so you can subscribe to only those services you actually need.

Export Controls - Before you export your goods to another country, you need to determine whether or not you must first get an export license based on your product classification and the destination country. This online screening tool will tell you that plus provide assistance to help you apply for an export license or other export control document if required.

Product Classification - Our online Product Classification Tool makes it easier for you and your company to identify your products’ proper Schedule B or Harmonized Schedule (HS) numbers that are required on your export documents. In addition, this tool searches the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to see if the government identifies your product as a controlled item and helps you determine the proper Export Control Classification Number (ECCN) required for export license determination.

Trade Party Screening - The U.S. Export Administration Regulations (EAR) prohibit trade with specific individuals, companies, institutions and organizations. Instead of publishing all these names in a single list, each government department and agency with jurisdiction over exports publishes their own list, which means there are more than 10 lists to check!  By using our online screening tool, you can check all the U.S. lists—as well as the United Nations list, European Union list, Japanese list and Canadian list—at one time and in just seconds.

Online Import Compliance Screening

If your company is involved in importing in addition to exporting, International Business Training also provides online compliance tools that will help you comply with current U.S. import regulations.

Import Controls - The U.S. government’s import regulations impose import quotas, licenses and certificates on certain goods. Our Import Controls Tool identifies any import controls that may exist for your products and/or the countries from which they are originating and provides information concerning the support documentation needed to receive an import license or other control documents.

Landed Cost Calculator - Before you can accurately determine the best country to source a product, you need to know the final cost of delivering that product to your warehouse or other destination including all import duties, taxes and other government charges. In addition to providing that detail, our Landed Cost Calculator will also warn you if anti-dumping duties or countervailing duties may apply for a specific product.  Our Calculator even allows you to simultaneously compare products imported from up to four different countries so you can quickly compare costs.

Personalized Compliance Audits

Export Compliance Checkup - Our experienced consultants will analyze your current export procedures, grade your company on how well it complies with current export regulations, and present you and your colleagues with a plan for addressing any shortcomings.

Export Compliance Audit - Want a more in-depth review of your export program that examines your company’s procedures and performance using the same type of measures as the Office of Export Enforcement?  With our Export Compliance Audit one of our trained and experienced auditors will spend four days at your company diving into the details of your export compliance program and examine a sample of your completed exports.

Import Compliance Checkup - Want an overview of how your import procedures are working? Our Import Compliance Checkup will survey your import department, review the results, and prepare a scorecard of your program.

Import Compliance Audit - Want a more in-depth review of your import program that examines your company’s procedures and performance using the same type of measures as the CBP? With our Import Compliance Audit one of our trained and experienced auditors will spend four days at your company diving into the details of your import compliance program and examining a sample of your completed imports.

NAFTA Compliance Checkup - Don’t take chances with your NAFTA Certificates. International Business Training’s experienced NAFTA consultants can review your current NAFTA procedures, grade your efforts, and recommend any necessary improvements that will help ensure that your company remains in compliance.

NAFTA Compliance Audit - Do you know that your NAFTA procedures need help? With our NAFTA Compliance Audit one of our trained and experienced NAFTA auditors will spend four days at your company diving into the details of your NAFTA compliance program and examine a sample of your NAFTA Certificates and the supporting documentation.