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This bestselling, up–to–date guide shows you how to start your own import/export business, from researching a raw idea to a successful launch to ongoing, profitable business operations. Complete with real–life examples from importers and exporters, it helps you every step of the way, from targeting a market and preparing a business plan to dealing with foreign currencies, shipping procedures, customs requirements, and more. It also shares tips to help you take advantage of NAFTA and other trade pacts, plus online resources to help you start and grow your business.
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The bestselling, up–to–date guide for starting your own import/export business
Do you dream of traveling to exotic places to buy or sell your lines of merchandise? Building an Import/Export Business shows you how to start your own business, from researching a raw idea to a successful launch to ongoing, profitable business operations. Author Kenneth Weiss objectively and accurately describes the difficulties and rewards of this kind of business.
This practical resource discusses new security procedures put into place since September 11, 2001, and predicts the response to problems with goods from China in mid–2007. Topics include:
Information on targeting a market, preparing a business plan, managing finances, dealing with foreign currencies, marketing, and more
Details of shipping procedures, customs requirements, and other government regulations
Samples of commercial, banking, transportation insurance, and government–mandated documents
Tips to help you take advantage of NAFTA, CAFTA, and other trade pacts
Real–life examples from importers and exporters
Online resources to help you start and grow your business
Whether you want to participate in the global marketplace or fine–tune an established import/export business, this book helps you every step of the way.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Some quite interesting anectodes and general information on shipping, but page after page after page with no relevence to anyone outside the US.
This book shouldn't be on the Amazon UK site at all.
This book shouldn't be on the Amazon UK site at all.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Learn from experience
9 July 2010
Format:Paperback
The author of this book is very experienced, and it shows. He also conveys the sheer excitement of owning an export or import business unlike any other other book I've read. And if you can't be excited about what you're doing, why are you doing it? Unlike other books, he also starts out with a self-examination (yours) about how you would fit into such a business. Understanding the personal side of the business, yours and your business contacts, is arguably more important to success than understanding the mechanics of the business. Thus this book is an exceptional preparation for the business as a whole. I also liked that many points are illustrated with vignettes, small stories from experience that make the points much easier to understand. But as is often true, I found some of the information simplistic, such as the financial forecasting which was back-of-the-envelope, nothing you could ever run a business on. I also found that a considerable portion of the references to online sources were obsolete, essentially useless. Online references, even government ones, are too dynamic to publish, and I wonder why anyone even does that. From the overall tone of the book, I suspect the author has experience as an ex/im broker, that aspect of the business that has the lowest overhead and investment. If attractive to you, you definitely want to have this book. If you are a merchant importer or exporter, you will also want this book as it contains all those bits of deep experience of the kind you cannot find anywhere else.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Some good information
14 Dec 2009
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
Some good information in this book. It was a little outdated, but I understand that this business is very fluid and canges all the time. Most of the business information was common-sense, practical stuff. I wish the authors had given more concrete examples of what to expect when you actually start exposting and importing goods, and which countries to avoid, and for what reason, etc.
Still a good book with basic information that is useful to someone trying to get into export-import.
Still a good book with basic information that is useful to someone trying to get into export-import.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Great book for people with just a bit of knowledge
29 July 2011
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
This book is easy to follow, well written and actually fun to read (if you are reading it, you probably find this interesting). I look forward to getting a business started soon. The people's comments about needing an update is correct. Some of the url's are out of date.
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