Import Export Articles

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...

Business » Import Export | By Adrian Adams @ Thursday, 17th May 2007 @ 12:48 PM

Some of the most fashionable trends and popular technologies today involve products that have been imported from other countries. From exotic spices from Africa to electronics from Japan, the import industry is huge. The U.S. Department of Commerce reports that the industry is worth over 1.2 trillion USD. There's a big pie - the only challenge is getting a piece. Exporting is a huge business as well, with American manufacturers sending out merchandise to over 150 different countries... more...

Business » Import Export | By Karishma Roy @ Thursday, 25th January 2007 @ 1:58 PM

Jute a versatile fibre Jute is a truly versatile fibre gifted to man by nature .One of the most valuable natural resources of India. With the growing concern over the damage to the environment that plastic may cause in manier fields jute has served to be the best alternative. As a natural fibre, it has many advantages over synthetics. Jute handicrafts of India have created a niche the world over. Jute has been recognized as environment friendly as it is biodegradable which merge with the soil af... more...

Business » Import Export | By John Pawlett @ Thursday, 18th January 2007 @ 7:28 AM

As a board member in an international shipping company, I can tell you that boxes and packaging are more complicated than you might at first think. When many people think about boxes and packaging, they think first about the type of containers that are most common. I do not know off hand how high a percentage of the goods sent by mail are sent in plain cardboard boxes, but I know it is in the 80s or 90s. Things like books, clothing, and even comparatively fragile items like dishes are of... more...

Business » Import Export | By Ann Coveney @ Friday, 1st December 2006 @ 7:33 PM

There has been increasing concern in recent years about the spread of pests, such as the Asian longhorn beetle and the Pine Wood Nematode, since wood packaging material made of unprocessed raw wood provides a pathway for the introduction and spread of such pests. In order to protect worldwide stocks of trees and forests, the International Plant Protection Committee (IPPC) has taken regulatory action to control the global movement of wooden packaging in the form of ISPM15. Will it A... more...

Business » Import Export | By Brian Hawkins @ Wednesday, 13th September 2006 @ 9:16 AM

Whether you chose to move overseas for business or pleasure, you most likely left some friends and/or family behind. As an expat you realize the importance of companies who provide quality services for those of us living overseas. Some quality companies will find you but others you may have to seek out for yourself. Expats have several options for cheap overseas phone calls. One of the most popular is using an overseas pre paid phone card. The obvious advantages of using a phone card over... more...

Business » Import Export | By Jeffrey Solochek @ Sunday, 16th July 2006 @ 4:02 PM

I got into the computer industry back in the days when we used to make $1,000 profit on a new 286 computer system. A few years later when I started dealing in computer software I doubled my money at a minimum wholesale. When a product is first introduced in the marketplace profit margins are very good. Profits decrease when too many people start dealing with it. When researching other products to see how well they are selling, what they sell for and what they can be obtained for there ar... more...

Business » Import Export | By ian Williamson @ Thursday, 30th March 2006 @ 2:58 PM

The following article aims to assist would-be businessmen and beginners who intend to promote and sell their products or procure their stock in trade, capital assets, to or from the international market, respectively. IMPORTATION: 1. Register your business and ensure that all licenses and other legal requirements have been complied with. 2. Obtain a list of suppliers dealing in the products you wish to import and select the most dependable. Do a comprehensive research on ... more...

Business » Import Export | By Sigurd Helland @ Monday, 13th February 2006 @ 4:01 PM

If you're a small or medium-sized retail outlet, struggling to make a profit online or off, you have most certainly wondered to yourself from time to time about the kinds of prices your wholesalers or dropshippers must be getting from their sources in China and elsewhere. After all, they're making money, too, or they wouldn't be in the business. Wouldn't it be nice if you could get the same prices they're getting, expanding your profit margin that much more, without buyi... more...

Business » Import Export | By David Arnold Livingston @ Wednesday, 25th January 2006 @ 1:06 AM

Shipping has become a commercial enterprise for transferring or transporting of goods, cargoes and other materials from one location to the other through the sea by ships. Shipping is a vital part of the economy not only of certain countries but the whole world as well. Each country has its own standards and policies regarding shipping. For efficiency of shipping, some countries have special naval ships to make sure that the lawful goods will be successfully ... more...