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Business » Import Export | By Amanda Xia @ Monday, 26th July 2010

2010 Spring nature catastrophe affected the general sales of fertilizer, on the one hand delayed the spring planting season, about 20 days, killing off the urea market cost increases situation, followed by further floods affected the southern urea sales. In the second half year, the cost of urea is expected to rise, chiefly reasons as following: (1) taking in to account [more...]

Business » Import Export | By Jane Dawson @ Sunday, 18th July 2010

Did you know that approximately 5 percent of shipments arrive late, creating up to $5 billion in shipping refunds that go unclaimed each year? Problems that can result in a shipping refund include: - Packages that arrive after the guaranteed arrival time. - Shipments that have incorrectly been billed to your account. - Duplicate billing happens more than you might expect. - Orders that [more...]

Business » Import Export | By Richard Allenby @ Thursday, 10th June 2010

Many USA business owners don't know where to begin when they consider marketing outside of the USA. Many simply assume that everyone outside of the United States can speak English. It is simply not true. People want to communicate in their own language, even when they speak another language. This presents a challenge for anyone trying to market overseas markets. The [more...]

Business » Import Export | By Adriana Noton @ Wednesday, 9th June 2010

Anyone who has ever invented a product or sought to make a living by selling items either self made or in the retail market understands a basic need to move the product from place to place. Whether the need is a local endeavor, a nationwide event, or a global necessity, there are significant costs involved with getting the product from [more...]

Business » Import Export | By Richard Allenby @ Wednesday, 2nd June 2010

With the power and reach of the Internet, advertising to other countries is not only possible, it's not difficult if you know what you are doing. So, if your products or services could potentially be sold anywhere in the world -or at least, to certain countries and nationalities then think about how your profits could increase by expanding your international [more...]

Business » Import Export | By Adriana Noton @ Thursday, 13th May 2010

Have you ever used courier delivery services? It does not matter whether it is send a document or even parcel. If you send your important documents by normal, there could be a chance of losing them along the way. The incident of important letters missing has happened before. The safer way would be to send them by using courier delivery services. If [more...]

Business » Import Export | By Jenn Weesies @ Friday, 26th March 2010

Facility Managers are contacting material handling dealers and purchasing mezzanines for projects when in fact they should be purchasing work platforms. What is the difference you may ask? Mezzanines are elevated steel structures typically built between two main stories of a building. They are primarily used for storage of goods and have personnel walking on top of them frequently to access [more...]

Business » Import Export | By Christine Harrell @ Sunday, 21st March 2010

Global trade requires global communication and automation. In today's complex supply chains, it is important for manufacturers, vendors and everyone in between to be able to communicate quickly and effectively. This is difficult when companies are based in many different countries and time zones. New strides in software-as-a-service platforms and supply chain management services are breaking down the communication barriers [more...]

Business » Import Export | By Christine Harrell @ Tuesday, 16th February 2010

In global trade, the international chain of supply was historically slowed due to mountainous paperwork, time zone obstacles and communication barriers. Manual processes and paper often hampered the buying and selling of manufactured goods and raw materials across the world, regardless of how compatible the buyers and sellers might be. Today, technology and services are available to speed up processes [more...]

Business » Import Export | By Mark Walters @ Tuesday, 2nd February 2010

With a high level of freedom in business, trade and investment, Italy is a first class exporter of goods. Despite facing problems in recent years, Italy has managed to maintain its lead in most of the sectors that it is involved within. Although Italy doesn't have the natural resources or cheap labor force to make it a natural manufacturing center, it's [more...]

Business » Import Export | By Jenn Weesies @ Thursday, 21st January 2010

Many manufacturers doing business today rely on product from outside the borders of the United States. Since Sept. 11, 2001, the Customs Border Patrol (CBP) has instituted the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) on a voluntary basis to secure the international supply chain to the United States. C-TPAT is simply one of the government's initiatives to facilitate trade moving into [more...]

Business » Import Export | By Adriana Noton @ Monday, 11th January 2010

The modern age of technology and business has made life considerably easier. Courier delivery services are a good example of this. Delivering packages of all sizes and shapes, these delivery services have a definite advantage over traditional snail mail. The idea of a courier is not new. Back in the ages of ancient civilizations, it was very common to see homing [more...]

Business » Import Export | By kieran cassidy @ Thursday, 17th December 2009

Hopefully, October's report of an unexpected continued fall in UK economic output will be looked back on as the nadir of this great credit crunch related recession. Things should start getting better from around about here, economists seem to agree, and all industrial sectors are hoping for better things for 2010. The construction sector however looks like lagging behind others as [more...]

Business » Import Export | By Hendrik Pohl @ Thursday, 1st October 2009

Whether you are manufacturing your product down the street, or across the world, the 6 principles below will be helpful in ensuring your order is produced at the level of quality you need. Consumers are now well aware of the potential pitfalls when companies go chasing low costs without adequate attention or know-how to deliver quality. But for [more...]

Business » Import Export | By Alan Boyer @ Wednesday, 9th September 2009

You don't know how often these mistakes are made when a shipper is trying to save money. Especially for new shippers, it's usually because he doesn't understand where the gotcha's are in his shipments. Usually, the problem is not understanding who is responsible for what? Or how much the carrier is responsible for and how much you are responsible, as the [more...]

Business » Import Export | By Alan Boyer @ Friday, 28th August 2009

There is quite often a mistaken understanding about cargo insurance, freight insurance. The biggest misunderstanding is about who is responsible for what? And how much are they responsible for? As the shipper, the person who actually owns the products and wants to get them transferred safely somewhere on time, when we hand our products over to the carrier, the company who [more...]

Business » Import Export | By Jane Dawson @ Monday, 10th August 2009

As competition becomes fiercer in these days of online bargain hunters, one of the best ways to gain a competitive advantage is to lower the price of your product by lowering its manufacturing cost to you. More and more business owners are reaping the advantages of lower cost of living conditions in emerging economies by outsourcing manufacturing to those countries. But, [more...]

Business » Import Export | By John Chambers @ Tuesday, 21st July 2009

Knowing about options available to you will help in locating international freight services that are affordable and able to handle and ship cargo with care. Which carrier you choose depends on the type of package being sent and how soon you want it delivered. In this article, you will learn to spot decent suppliers and in what way they can [more...]

Business » Import Export | By John Chambers @ Thursday, 16th July 2009

The use of the right packaging materials can spell the difference between safe shipping of your items or not. To avoid dents and breaks, use the correct crates and boxes for your valuables. This article will let you know about certain criteria for choosing the right packing firm. Available Packaging Options Packaging supplies 101 is to select the right boxes [more...]

Business » Import Export | By Jane Dawson @ Monday, 13th July 2009

You are on the liability hook when importing goods. Any time you import goods from another country, you are required to assure that the goods meet your country's health and safety standards. If they do not, and there is a claim, you as the importer are likely to be held responsible. This situation is especially true when importing from China. In [more...]