exporting and logistics: special issues for business
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Exporting and Logistics: Special
Issues for Business
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Exporting Process
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Determining Export Requirements
Chinese Officers Train in Command Center in Beijing
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Determining Export Requirements
Exporting Controlled Items to Various Countries
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Determining Export Requirements
Exporting Shotguns
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Determining Export Requirements
Exporters Have Many Duties
Bureau of Export Administration
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Examples of Violations/Penalties
Bureau of Industry and Security, April 2005
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ELAIN, STELA, ERIC, and SNAP
• ELAIN ( Export License Application and Information Network)• STELA (System for Tracking Export License Applications)• ERIC (Electronic Request for Item Classification)• SNAP (Simplified Network Application Process)
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Import Restrictions
• Tariffs• Exchange permits• Quotas• Import licenses• Standards• Boycotts• Voluntary agreements• Other restrictions
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Terms of Sale
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Getting Paid: Foreign Commercial Payments
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Export Documents
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Packing and Marking
• Export packaging must consider:- Protection against rough handling, climate, pilferage- Effect of gross weight on import fees
• All countries regulate the marking of imported goods and containers
- All markings must conform exactly to the data on the export documents
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Customs-Privileged Facilities
• Foreign trade zones (FTZs)- Drawback
• Offshore assembly (Maquiladoras)- Originated in Mexico in the early 1970’s- NAFTA
Customs-privileged facilities are areas where goods can be imported for storage and/or processing with tariffs and quota limits postponed until the products leave the designated areas.
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Interdependence of Physical Distribution Activities
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Comparison of Real Physical Distribution Costs
Shipping Electronic Components Singapore to US
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Export Shipping and Warehousing
The Panda Express Transports Le Le and Ya Ye to Memphis
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Terrorism and Logistics
Gamma Ray Scanning of Container at US Port