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Export Assistance for Companies of All Sizes

Export AssistanceAccording to U.S. Census Bureau statistics, about 300,000 companies in the United States export their products.  It’s perfectly understandable why since there are so many potential customers around the world.

In order to reach these enormous new markets, however, you must learn to compete with other companies from around the world, make sure you understand the ins and outs of the export process, and ensure that you are meeting your export compliance responsibilities.  By doing so, you can tap into millions of dollars of new revenues and profits.  But failing to do so can put your business in jeopardy.

International Business Training (IBT) provides a variety of resources to help you and your company master the art of exporting. Just click on the title of the book, seminar or training tool that interests you for a more complete description of that product.

The following list of books, seminars, webinars, and compliance tools are all designed to make you and your company better exporters.

Reference Books & eBooks

Alternative Financing - Consider alternative ways to finance your exports, including counter track and switch trading, shifting interest rates, discounting drafts and more. This book explains how to use trade finance as a marketing tool. 

A Basic Guide to Exporting - The Official Government Resource for Small and Medium Sized Businesses NEW!- Looking for a comprehensive overview of how to export? For more than 70 years, A Basic Guide to Exporting has been the resource that businesses have turned to for answers to their questions about how to establish and grow overseas markets for their products and services. Whether your firm is new to exporting or in need of a refresher on the latest ideas and techniques, this comprehensive guide, now completely revised and updated, provides the nuts-and-bolts information you will need to meet the challenges of the world economy.

Drawback Made Easy - As an exporter, you may be exporting goods that you first imported into the United States. If you are, you may be eligible to receive a refund of the U.S. Customs duties you had to pay upon import. This book provides an overview of the process, who's eligible, and how a drawback is filed.

Doing Your Duty - Product Classification According to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States - If your company is going to succeed in international trade, one of the most basic—and important—requirements is identifying the correct classification for your products. This book will teach you how to develop those harmonized code classification skills.

Exploring International Trade Options - If you or your company are considering entering the international trade market, this basic reference book is just for you.

Export Documentation and Shipping - A step-by-step guide through the various layers of an international transaction beginning with the responsibilities and liabilities of the seller and the buyer.

Export Letters of Credit and Drafts - This manual will help you instruct your international customers in opening a letter of credit and guide you through the procedures to take when you can't comply with the stipulations of the credit or collect your money.

Export Marketing and Sales - This manual focuses on how to establish an export sales network of foreign sales agents or distributors, including step-by-step instructions for identifying, evaluating, selecting, training, motivating and managing foreign sales representatives.

Export Regulations, Documentation and Procedures - This is our most complete book on the export process including topics such as contract negotiation, Incoterms, pricing, customs and tariff planning, the Automated Export System (AES), and more.

Exporting to Canada: Documentation & Procedures - This book provides the documentation and procedures necessary to export goods to Canada.

Exporting to Mexico: Documentation & Procedures - This book provides information on the documentation and procedures necessary to export products to Mexico.

Incoterms® 2000 and Incoterms® 2010—A Practical Review NEW!- Written by one of the leading authorities in international trade, the book includes several exercises for determining the proper trade terms to use, a self-assessment of how the terms should be used at your company, several case studies, and examples of how the terms are legally enforced.

Incoterms® 2010 and the UCC: A Guide to International and Domestic Terms of Sale NEW! - This book introduces the difference between the trade terms commonly used in U.S. domestic trade under the Uniform Commercial Code Article 2 and those used in international trade developed by the International Chamber of Commerce called Incoterms. It also provides a common-sense explanation of the domestic and international terms and explains the distinct differences between the usage and application of domestic and international terms.

NAFTA: A Practical Guide to Regulation, Documentation & Procedures - This publication is intended as a teaching tool to help businesses understand the NAFTA and to develop practical business processes for participating in the free trade agreement. The book was designed predominantly with U.S. exporters and importers in mind.

NAFTA Documentation and Procedures - This book provides a complete overview of NAFTA regulations and their implications for trade with Mexico, Canada and the United States.

Transportation, Logistics and the Law - In the current state of the global economy, corporate personnel need a quick reference guide to the fundamental regulations and laws governing their business. Transportation, Logistics and the Law was designed to fill that need… and more!

Understanding the International Supply Chain: Air & Ocean Transportation - This book features sections on transportation costs, packing, working with freight forwarders, Incoterms 2010, ocean bills of lading, common carrier obligations to shippers, ocean transportation, air waybills of lading, air freight transportation, insurance and documentation.

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Seminars

Air & Ocean Transportation: Logistics Management for the International Supply Chain - This one-day seminar is the perfect overview of the transportation process—whether you're shipping by ocean or air.

Export Documentation and Procedures - This popular one-day seminar teaches you about all those “little details” that help you make money on your exports and helps you become an invaluable resource for your company.

Incoterms® 2010 - Terms of Sale Seminar - New International Commercial Terms (Incoterms) rules have been announced and will be effective January 1, 2011. Are you ready? This half-day seminar evaluates each of the new trade terms and the definitions and rules for each so you can decide which term or terms will work best for your company.

Letters of Credit and Alternative International Payment Methods - This one-day seminar teaches you how to make a sale that guarantees the seller gets paid and the buyer gets the help he or she needs to finance the deal.

Tariff Classification: Using the Harmonized Tariff Schedule - This one-day session explains the process and gives you the tools to classify your own company's products.

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Webinars

Export 101: The Basics of Exporting
If you are new to exporting or just looking for a good overview of the entire export process, this two-hour webinar is for you. We'll identify the key data elements required for export document preparation and AES filing, profile key parties to an export transaction, and review the entire export process from beginning to end. The instructor will also discuss export regulations including product classification, license determination and restricted party screening.

The New Incoterms® 2010 Rules and Definitions
If you and your company are engaged in international trade, it's important that you speak the same language as your customers and suppliers, or you may find that you're taking on more liabilities than you expected. This is now more true than ever with the newest set of international trade terms—the Incoterms® 2010 Rules—that went into effect on January 1, 2011. This two-hour webinar provides you with an overview of the 11 new Incoterms rules used in international trade, when the responsibilities and liabilities for the goods transfer from the buyer to the seller under each of the terms, and the advantages and disadvantages of each.

Product Classification Basics for Import & Export
One of the fundamental aspects of international trade is the proper classification of your products. It's the basis of U.S. trade statistics and for determining the correct duty rates and taxes (if any) on your goods. This two-hour webinar provides you with an overview of the U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) as it relates to imports, the HTS or Schedule B codes for exports, and the process you should follow to select the correct codes for your products.

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Export Compliance Tools

Export Controls - A relatively small number of products exported from the United States require an export license from either the U.S. Department of Commerce or another U.S. agency like the State Department. Do your products require an export license? It depends on their technical characteristics, the destination, the end-users and the end uses. Our Online Export Controls Tool helps you make that determination. And because this information is stored online on our secure web server, you can be sure that you are accessing the most current information available.

Product Classification Tool - Our Online Product Classification Tool provides several search methods for identifying ECCN numbers, Schedule B numbers, and Harmonized Tariff Schedule numbers. The online product classification process is faster and easier than the traditional method of pouring through volumes of printed books and regulations. And because this information is stored online on our secure web server, you can be sure that you are accessing the most current information available.

Trade Party Screening - No matter who you are, where you are located, and what you are exporting, governments prohibit you from exporting to certain people, companies, organizations and countries. In the United States, exporters must make sure they aren't shipping to anyone on one of several government lists of restricted parties or risk violating the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). Rather than checking each of these lists individually, our Trade Party Screening Tool makes it easy for you to check all these lists at one time right from your computer. And because this information is stored online on our secure web server, you can be sure that you are accessing the most current information available.

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