IMPORTING
The act of importing
manufactured goods, services, and/or raw materials can be done as a method
of obtaining products or commodities available overseas at better prices or
are just “available”—and do not exist in your country. Importing can also be
an integral part of overseas manufacturing or licensing of your own
products.
Whatever the reasons for
your desire to import, it is very easy to run afoul of your own country’s
restrictions. Whether it be the restriction of a certain product or class of
products; the importation of goods or services from a certain nation that
has been punished for supporting terror, nuclear proliferation, or hundreds
of other “no-no’s”; or tariffs and other taxes that along with
transportation costs; could individually or together make your first
shipment of imported goods a financial or legal disaster.
EXIM PARTNERS
INTERNATIONAL TRADE MISSIONS & CONSULTANTS
“Going beyond the
feel-good meetings, the hand shakes, and the best intentions to actually
getting business done”
“friend” in your own country is actually an opportunity by
contacting EXIM Partners first and letting us do
the spade work to uncover any
restrictions, laws, or tariffs that would affect your plans.
Unfair foreign pricing and
government subsidies often distort the free flow of goods and can adversely
affect your own country’s business in the global marketplace. When that happens,
whether you live in the
If you feel your USA-based
business has suffered from unfairly priced or subsidized products,
contact us for no-cost referrals to the appropriate
federal and/or state agencies which can look into your company’s situation to
determine if there is the possibility of enforcement action for anti-competitive
importing or “dumping.”