by Andrea | Aug 15, 2014 | access to finance, CSME, international trade rules, tools for importers
How familiar are you, Mr. or Ms. Exporter, with the legal requirements for your product(s) to enter your destination market(s)? Or do you rely on your distributor/importer to handle it all? Sure, it’s the importer who is legally responsible for complying with the...
by Andrea | Jun 26, 2014 | CSME, international trade rules, Recent Trends in Trade, tools for importers, Trade and Development
In an earlier post, we reported on investigations to be conducted to support the increase in African exports using the African Growth & Opportunities Act (AGOA). In support of the commitment by the Obama Administration to renew AGOA the US International Trade...
by Andrea | May 14, 2014 | CSME, international trade rules, tools for importers
The month of May is widely celebrated across the United States as “World Trade Month”. National Small Business Week (May 12-16) seems an appropriate time to highlight some of the international trading resources that are available to support companies to do business...
by Andrea | May 8, 2014 | CSME, international trade rules, Recent Trends in Trade, tools for importers, Trade and Development
At a recent conference frequented by many food importers, one of the audience members shared, “Our food smells different and that causes problems with US Customs.” To avoid such problems, food importers — educate US Customs about your products! “Problems” can...
by Andrea | Mar 3, 2014 | access to finance, CSME, international trade rules, tools for importers
Case Study : Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Country Traders recently shared its story of getting ready for the requirements of the U.S. Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). The FSMA is aimed at securing the U.S. food supply. To ensure that imported food...
by Andrea | Feb 14, 2014 | access to finance, CSME, international trade rules, Recent Trends in Trade, tools for importers
Today, Valentine’s Day, is one day of the year when we most look forward to receiving emails and snail mail containing expressions of regard and even love. My “love letter” to you is to highlight some mail that, as an international trader, you don’t want to ever...
