From Book News, Inc.
Contains some 100 samples of essential documents as well as instructions for starting and running an import/export business. Topics include insurance, currency exchange, contracts, customs, and transportation. This second edition addresses the impact of NAFTA, the European Economic Community treaty, and changes in export controls in Russia and Eastern Europe. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.


Book Description
In the ever-changing world of complex international rules, laws, regulations, and customs, even seasoned export/import professionals may find themselves in unfamiliar situations. Export/Import Procedures and Documentation puts reliable solutions to problems like wrong documents and procedural misunderstandings right at readers' fingertips. This comprehensive answer book supplies ready-to-use forms and provides a clear view of the entire export/import process. This new edition has been thoroughly revised to include: * New Shipper's Export Declaration forms and instructions * U.S. Customs Service "Reasonable Care" checklists * New Automated Export System (AES) procedures and documentation * Updated Customs Audit Questionnaires. Also featured are 37 updated forms as well as 12 all-new forms, a section on e-commerce in international marketing, Websites for 94 export and import agencies and information sources, and listings for export and import software.


Book Info
This comprehensive guidebook will help anyone conduct international business by showing the ins and outs of importing and exporting, shipping, insurance, banks, currency exchange, contracts, customs, and transportation. Also covers the impact of NAFTA, the European Economic Community treaty, and political changes in Russia and other Eastern European countries.


About the Author
Thomas E. Johnson (Chicago, IL) is a partner in the international law firm of Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg LLC. He has been appointed five times by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce to the Illinois District Export Council, and is a past president of the International Trade Club of Chicago.

ANNOTATION

This comprehensive guidebook will help anyone conduct international business by showing the ins and outs of importing and exporting, shipping, insurance, banks, currency exchange, contracts, customs, and transportation. This guide also covers the impact of NAFTA, the European Economic Community treaty, and political changes in Russia and other Eastern European countries. Includes over 100 samples of essential documents with easy, step-by-step instructions.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Export/Import Procedures and Documentation is for the manufacturer importing raw materials or exporting products, distributors and agents, trading companies, bankers and attorneys, freight forwarders, customs brokers, transportation executives and employees, and many others working in this important segment of the business world. Virtually every piece of information you need is right here. With the help of this essential guidebook, your employees will gain confidence in dealing with difficult export/import situations - they'll always have tested, proven answers close at hand. Your company executives will know exactly what to do in such areas as pricing, solving disputes, dealing with officials, and more. Export/Import Procedures and Documentation can help you reduce export/import transaction costs by targeting and eliminating common problems. Its wealth of explanations and helpful suggestions is virtually guaranteed to save your company time and money in the competitive international arena. The second edition is the most complete, up-to-date resource you can get, covering vital new export/import developments, the impact of NAFTA, the many challenges wrought by the European Economic Community treaty, and the profound transformation in export controls in eastern Europe and Russia. Combining indispensable new information with tried and true standards, the second edition of Export/Import Procedures and Documentation is a resource that belongs on the desk of every export/import specialist.

FROM THE CRITICS

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This combination desktop reference, training manual, and resource for some 100 forms and documents pertinent to import/export business matters is updated (last edition, 1994) to cover new regulations and protocols. The volume's nine chapters are divided into four major sections: organizing for export and import operations; procedures and documentation for exporting; procedures and documentation for importing; and specialized exporting and importing. Abundant appendices list pertinent rules, agreements, and other documents. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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