Trade: Importing
and Exporting
Export/Import:
Procedures and Documentation
Author:Thomas E. Johnson
Paperback: 583 pages
Publisher: American Management Association
Copyright: 2002
ISBN: 081440734X
Who Will Find This Book Essential?
Contains some 100 samples of essential documents as well as instructions for starting and running an import/export business.
What's Inside
In the ever-changing world of complex international rules, laws, regulations, and customs, even seasoned export/import professionals may find themselves in unfamiliar situations.
Export/Import Procedures and Documentation puts reliable solutions to problems like wrong documents and procedural misunderstandings right at readers' fingertips. This comprehensive answer book supplies ready-to-use forms and provides a clear view of the entire export/import process. This new edition has been thoroughly revised to include:
Also featured are 37 updated forms as well as 12 all-new forms, a section on e-commerce in international marketing, Websites for 94 export and import agencies and information sources, and listings for export and import software.
Table of Contents
List of Figures
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
1 Organizing for Export and Import Operations
Export Department
Import Department
Combined Export and Import Department
Manuals of Procedures and Documentation
Record-Keeping Compliance
Software
Fedural, State, International, and Foreign Law
2 Exporting: Preliminary Considerations
Products
Volume
Country Market and Product Competitveness Research
Identification of Customers: End Users, Distributors, and Sales Agents
Compliance With Foreign Law
Export Controls
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3 Exporting: Sales Documentation
Isolated Sales Transactions
Ongoing Sales Transations
Export Distributor and Sales Agents Agreements
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Compliance
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4 Exporting: Other Export Documentation
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5 Export Controls and Licenses
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6 Importing: Prelimary Considerations
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7 Importing: Purchasing Documentation
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8 Import Process and Documentation
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9 Specialized Exporting and Importing
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