Freight
Forwarders and Customs Brokers play a vital role in transporting
goods overseas, and they can save traders time and money
by cutting through red tape, finding the quickest and most
cost-effective way to transport goods, complying with regulations
in a timely manner, and a myriad of other valuable services.
You can search for a licensed customs broker or freight
forwarder at the website of FITA member National Customs
Brokers & Forwarders Association of America ( http://www.ncbfaa.org
). Click on "Find a Broker/Forwarder" and you'll be able
to search the NCBFAA membership directory.
Order
McMaster-Carr and Grainger Catalogue products at a discount.
A Worldwide experienced Industrial Commodity Supplier. Since
1974, we have acted as an alternate source for the U.S.
Government, refineries, petro-chemical plants and industry
to obtain equipment, spare or replacement parts and supplies
listed in the McMaster-Carr® and Grainger® catalogues
at very competitive prices.
SMC
Data Systems reduced a multi-million dollar warehousing
and distribution business's quote generation process from
3 weeks to 3 hours, and their invoice cycle from months
to one day. Go to their Web site to find out how.
Yes,
the environment in Iraq is uncertain. However if you want
to get into the $18.4 billion reconstruction programs, check
out Iraq Investment and Reconstruction Task Force of the
U.S. Department of Commerce.
The
Name Says It All — Find franchises and opportunities
by country. Find details about a franchise. Find how to
own a franchise. They also tell you the pitfalls of owning.
Check out the "Franchise of the Week".
Russia:
All 89
Regions Trade and Investment Guide is the most
comprehensive compilation of data for all regions of Russia.
The Council for Trade and Economic Cooperation US-Russia/CIS
(CTEC) introduces American businesses to Russia. Founded
in 1992, CTEC is the successor to ASTEC (American-Soviet
Trade and Economic Council). Instrumental in bringing such
American multinational corporations as Coca Cola, Pepsi
Cola, General Motors, Occidental Petroleum, Philip Morris,
Procter & Gamble, Johnson & Johnson, and Hewlett-Packard
to the Russian marketplace, CTEC has also helped hundreds
of small and medium sized US companies to enter this burgeoning
market.
"The
National Association of Foreign-Trade Zones (NAFTZ) is a
non-profit organization . . . to facilitate and increase
the global competitiveness of U.S. based companies."
This
Web site offers a large collection of links to a select
country information. Portals to the World is an on-going
project from the Library of Congress, with content-rich
links to countries of the world. Area Specialists and other
Library staff selected the links so the sites are all useful
and reliablewith a broad range of categories (Business,
Culture, Genealogy, Media, National Security, Travel, etc.).
Want
to keep up-to-date with current affairs in Latin American
but your Spanish is not what it use to be. Try LatinAmerican
Post. It has articles, breaking news, current events
analysis, economic and financial data, feature stories,
an art gallery featuring Latin American artists, travel
profiles, sports, and plenty more—IN ENGLISH.
Looking
to do business
with Taiwan. This site has a database of over 100,000
products and services from China and Taiwan, and you can
search it for free once you register. You can search by
product, supplier, brand, product number, keyword, and other
parameters, and there's even a way to search for competitors
once you have a product number. Your search results will
include a company profile, contact information, Web address,
and other useful information.
How
to do business in sixty countries. Doing business with international
partners requires you to understand their customs, manners,
and dress codes. Become savvy by reading the articles on
this Web site.
Questions
and Answers about importing and exporting. You can submit
your specific question. Topics included NAFTA certification,
Incoterms, selling commissions and buying commissions, and
Foreign Trade Zones, among others.
Packages
and sells online banner advertising on newspaper Web sites
to national advertisers. The company has created the first
cyberlinked network of online newspaper Web sites in order
to bring national advertisers and leading newspapers together
on the Internet. The patented software system allows the
company to purchase advertising space and place online advertisements
on multiple newspaper web sites.
Global
Network Incorporated offers advertisers the opportunity
to market nationally but sell locally.
The
United States Customs Service is the primary enforcement
agency protecting the Nation’s borders. It is the only
border agency with an extensive air, land, and marine interdiction
force and with an investigative component supported by its
own intelligence branch.
FITA: The International Trade/Import-Export Portal,
the source for B2B leads, news, events and links to 4,000
international trade related Web sites. This site has to
be rated as one of the very best for anyone in international
trade. The databases are constantly updated. Membership
includes nearly all North American Associations.
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