Import Export Articles

Business » Import Export | By Nir Dotan @ Thursday, 29th May 2008 @ 5:27 PM

Went I first considered the move from Europe to Hawaii, I was both excited and nervous. However, what most concerned me was my car. I had grown quite attached to my automobile and was not sure if it would be road legal in the United States or how international auto shipping worked. The first thing I did was contact Hawaii's Department of Motor Vehicles to see what I would need to do in order to drive my car on their roads. Contrary to stereotypes, they were quite helpful, letting me... more...

Business » Import Export | By Nir Dotan @ Thursday, 29th May 2008 @ 3:47 PM

If you have to move overseas, then there are a few things that can help you in simplifying the process. Some need to be done before and some during the move, but doing these things can definitely help lessen your stress level. Some of these measures are mentioned below. Get Rid Of Unwanted And Unused Items. Once your move is confirmed, then rummage through all your household items and isolate the things that are not needed in your new destination. Organize a garage sale to get rid of all ... more...

Business » Import Export | By Nir Dotan @ Thursday, 29th May 2008 @ 2:47 PM

Some people relocate to other countries for jobs and promotions while others relocate to create a better life. The latter generally do not have extensive budgets to cover their moving costs. In such a scenario, you have to look for affordable shipping methods. Ideally you should hire a professional relocation expert to help you with your international move. While all of us cannot afford to hire a relocation expert, you can still use the services of an international shipping company for s... more...

Business » Import Export | By Nir Dotan @ Thursday, 29th May 2008 @ 2:31 PM

Time to move, but this time it is not around the corner from mom and dad, it isn't across the country, it is across the ocean. The first thing you think about is how you are going to move your entire life to another country. You need to call an international moving company to gather rate information. You search the web, you call different companies. You find that it is going to be even more difficult to move overseas than you thought. Each international moving company has very differ... more...

Business » Import Export | By Nir Dotan @ Thursday, 29th May 2008 @ 1:19 PM

If you are planning to make an overseas move along with your household items, then you will require the services of a professional international shipping company to make your move as smooth as possible. A residential international shipping company is basically a moving company, which specializes in moving household items and has the full knowledge and expertise in not only transporting your items but should also be conversant with international laws and customs duties regarding the trans... more...

Business » Import Export | By Nir Dotan @ Tuesday, 27th May 2008 @ 10:04 AM

If you're moving a car to Africa, it is vital that you become familiar with the various laws and regulations in Africa. For example, some African countries restrict the import of vehicles from certain countries of manufacture. Other African nations have strict requirements and customs regulations. For example, international auto shipping into South Africa requires a letter of authority from the South African Bureau of Standards, whether the car is new or used, regardless of its coun... more...

Business » Import Export | By Luda Iazykova @ Friday, 14th December 2007 @ 1:03 AM

The tax amnesty in Russia started in March 1 of 2007 and ends in January 1 of 2008. Taxpayers pay a tax rate of 13% from all income that was not legalized but received before January 1 of 2006. I know from my experience, and it is not a secret, of the double-dealing accounting in Russian companies; one is the official and another one is under table, it calls in Russia (black accounting). If you doing business in Russia you better count on double-dealing accounting. Almost every co... more...

Business » Import Export | By Mike Collins @ Sunday, 2nd December 2007 @ 12:08 PM

running an import agency is a great money maker and you can even do it from the comfort of your own home on a part time basis. Obviously there are a few things you need to know before you can begin making money. You must fully understand the role of an import agent so you can truly decide if it's what you would like to do. An import agent acts as a go between, introducing foreign sellers and home based buyers to each other. They never get involved in the buying and sell... more...

Business » Import Export | By Ann Knapp @ Friday, 16th November 2007 @ 7:21 PM

In today's globalized environment, shipping and receiving has never been more crucial - or more complex. With Americans buying goods from, and selling goods to, the rest of the world, high-quality shipping and receiving professionals are among the most important links in the supply chain. The numbers tell the story: the US Post office handles over a billion packages a year, representing more than three billion pounds' worth of goods. FedEx delivers over six million every day, while, in... more...

Business » Import Export | By Jason Cox @ Wednesday, 10th October 2007 @ 10:57 AM

Canadian Diamond Traders is an extremely successful international diamond company located in Toronto, Canada. For the past two years, they effectively specialized in marketing diamonds to brokers and jewelers in Canada. A new direct marketing division was launched by C D T in December of 2004, which is designed to allow the company to effectively sell a very high volume of their first class diamonds at extremely low wholesale prices. This would enable anyone, which includes you if you are... more...

Business » Import Export | By Gaizka Pujana @ Friday, 31st August 2007 @ 4:04 PM

In figures recently published, the first three months of 2007 have been exceptionally profitable for Colombia, showing an increase in Colombias G.D.P by 8.09%, the highest growth the country has experienced in 29 years. Further to this, the country has also enjoyed the direct investment of USD 3.72 billion value so far this year. An increase of 3 times that which was invested last year. The countrys geographic location to the United states and to Europe, the increase in domestic... more...

Business » Import Export | By Ivanovich Cuxev @ Monday, 13th August 2007 @ 2:52 PM

The chinese economy has always been considered somehow as a sleeping dragon. In the past several decades, China has never been active in participating in global trades. But now the wholesale electronic sector in China is rapidly gaining pace. Now, mp4 players, digital cameras and other wholesale electronics are being robustly patronized not just by local consumers but also by importers. The underground economy of the country is reportedly not yet accounted for in the overall economic acc... more...

Business » Import Export | By Luda Iazykova @ Tuesday, 7th August 2007 @ 10:01 AM

Today doing business in Russia, provides daily noticeable results. According to www.buyusa.gov research in 2005 the Russian economy continued its sustained steady growth. GDP grew by an estimated 6.4% to $765.5 billion. Russia buys technologies and goods in order to support this growing. What does it means in every day life language? In 2000 I immigrated to the USA from St. Petersburg, Russia. At the time there were no cell phones or ATM's in Russia. When I returned to visit my fa... more...

Business » Import Export | By Arthur Stoller @ Thursday, 2nd August 2007 @ 12:08 PM

If you have an established source of sales that you are already selling into the market, and have a large volume, you might be thinking of trying to outsource your product. China offers a vast array of products and to track something down that is suitable, you are going to need someone who knows the country well.He or she can advise you very quickly if you are likely to find a company where you could place your order and thereby increase your margins. Here are some of the things th... more...

Business » Import Export | By Michael Stollery @ Tuesday, 17th July 2007 @ 1:28 PM

The big four ink cartridge manufacturers are Canon, Epson, Hewlett-Packard and Lexmark and the margins they are making on their ink cartridge products is a multi-billion dollar global industry. Many printer buyers fail to ask why the high technology hardware they are buying is relatively so cheap and that is usually because they do not take into account the total cost of ownership of the hardware. Ink cartridges are to printer users what cigarettes are to a nicotine addict and once you have be... more...

Business » Import Export | By Ivanovich Cuxev @ Thursday, 12th July 2007 @ 2:55 PM

Lots of business people still haven't woken up to China. They don't even consider doing business there and give excuses like - there's the language barrier, the strange customs or the very different rules and regulations concerning business in the middle Kingdom. Besides, lots of companies have tried and failed to do business in China or with Chinese companies - the risk is just too great. There might be billions of potential customers but the vast majority of Chinese consumers ar... more...

Business » Import Export | By Jason Cox @ Wednesday, 20th June 2007 @ 2:12 AM

Canadian Diamond Traders is an extremely successful international diamond company located in Toronto, Canada. For the past two years, they effectively specialized in marketing diamonds to brokers and jewelers in Canada. A new direct marketing division was launched by C D T in December of 2004, which is designed to allow the company to effectively sell a very high volume of their first class diamonds at extremely low wholesale prices. This would enable anyone, which includes you if you are... more...

Business » Import Export | By Mike Collins @ Monday, 18th June 2007 @ 11:12 PM

running an import agency is a great money maker and you can even do it from the comfort of your own home on a part time basis. Obviously there are a few things you need to know before you can begin making money. You must fully understand the role of an import agent so you can truly decide if it's what you would like to do. An import agent acts as a go between, introducing foreign sellers and home based buyers to each other. They never get involved in the buying and sell... more...

Business » Import Export | By Craig Rad @ Thursday, 14th June 2007 @ 1:35 PM

A wholesale seller could have the most awesome and exciting type of wholesale products, but if the consumer doesnt have any knowledge about them then theres no use for the stock that the wholesale seller has. The same concept is applicable to a large number of persons who are engaged in this wholesale business. The different type of brokers if they dont advertise their product nobody is going to know about them as theres a saying that the food wont walk into the lions mouth it is very imp... more...

Business » Import Export | By Mayoor Patel @ Wednesday, 6th June 2007 @ 10:54 AM

Just as it is a good idea to learn from the past, we can glean some lessons from looking at crude oil prices history. Here one key example of how understanding the trends involved with this history can help us to be prepared for future situations as oil prices rise and fall periodically. Many of us lived through the oil crisis of the early 1970s. Few of us were prepared for the sudden leap in oil prices that prompted some major changes in the way we looked at oil consumption and how depen... more...