Hello there! Recently we had to deal with a lot of documentation, such as contacts, confidentiality agreements and other paperwork that requires signatures. Since we are an import/export company most of the documentation has to be sent via courier. Now, this is expensive and, from my point of view, it is absolutely ridiculous in our Internet era. So, I decided to search ...

This packing guide is solely for exporters, for those who are shipping their supplies and materials overseas. There are many things you need to consider before throwing your goods in regular boxes and let the shipping company do their job. Now, I’m not talking about a beautiful design of your bottle or a box. I’m talking about not so attractive ...

If you are already established your business or still looking for opportunities and trying to find your niche in Import/Export business. Here are some tools that will boost your business or give you a good kick-start in your “Exportreneureal” journey. 1. USA Trade Online is a terrific source for export market research brought by Foreign Trade Division of the U.S. Census ...

When you are going abroad you take you passport and a visa with you, and it doesn’t matter if it’s a business traveling or you’re going for a vocation. This is clear for everyone, if you want to be legal in any other country, those are the documents you take. Then, what should you do if you want to travel ...

In the article, Intermediate Level of Import/Export business, I briefly mentioned  the most common method of payment in international trade, letter of credit. Letter of Credit is considered to be the safest way to ensure payment. However, there are other methods of payment that you should know about so you have a better understanding of international transactions and actually have a choice when ...

Let’s talk about limits! I know, you probably think that global traders hardly know the meaning of the word limit. They travel all around the world and cross countries with foreign products not even in their backpack – in a 20 or 40 ft container and maybe not even one! However, every country of the world has it own limits and restrictions ...

Here is the video about How to Register on COLAs online. It was made by my husband for our company’s website.   Hello there!! I’m glad you are back to check the Part II of Importing Wine, Beer and Other Alcoholic Beverages into the US! However, if you didn’t read the first part yet, I would suggest you to do so! ...

I was checking my Google Analytic stats and found that many people who landed to my website through Google were looking for information on how to import alcoholic beverages into the United States. So decided to cover this topic.   PART I. Importing Alcoholic Beverages into the US In order to be an Alcoholic beverages importer in the US you will have ...

Let’s clarify misunderstanding! After I wrote the article “What is Freight In, Freight Out, and FOB,” I received many comments on LinkedIn and Twitter about specifying the terms for international trades. Freight In, Freight out are usually used by accountants, also those terms can apply to international or domestic transactions. Those are simple terms that make life easier for accountants that dealing with pure numbers.   ...

Speaking of accounting and terms that are related to export import business; even if you have a bookkeeper or an accountant that will take a good care of your books, there are some things and terms that you should know. Before starting to talk about terms, I want to tell you mt story. When my husband and I just started this ...