Customs Chief Aguilar
Pledges to Build on Bersin's Success
R.G. Edmonson, Associate Editor |
Jan 9, 2012 The Journal of Commerce Online - News Story
Promises to expand anti-terrorism
efforts, improve clearance process
Customs and Border Protection Acting Commissioner David Aguilar
said he will build on the agency’s accomplishments of the last
two years and continue the innovations started by his
predecessor.
“I think it is an understatement to say that innovative efforts
have been undertaken over the last couple of years,” Aguilar
said. “We are setting a path forward to ensure that we do not
step back in any way. The foundation has been set, now we
continue to build on it.”
Aguilar last month succeeded Alan Bersin, who resigned last
month after Congress failed to confirm his appointment as
commissioner. Bersin steered the 58,000 employees agency toward
greater emphasis on facilitating trade and forged closer times
with the trade community that has been skeptical of Customs’
motives in years past.
Aguilar, who took the post Dec. 29, said the agency will
continue to expand Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism
to an “all-threats," ranging from narcotics to intellectual
property theft. In addition to moving forward on simplified
entry process work, Customs will keep developing the Automated
Commercial Environment and work toward decommissioning the older
Automated Commercial System.
“One thing has to be clear: we are the regulators,” Aguilar
said. “But at the same time we have a responsibility to build
toward efficiencies, toward identifying means to drive costs
down to the industry and trade community.”
Bersin was tapped as the assistant secretary for international
affairs at the Department of Homeland Security last week.
Aguilar said that Bersin’s broader portfolio precludes him from
taking an active role in Customs policy.
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Customs Looks to Allow Exporters
Into C-TPAT
R.G.
Edmonson, Associate Editor | Dec 21, 2011 The Journal of
Commerce Online - News Story
Agency also may allow trucking
companies operating in Canada, Mexico to join
Customs and Border Protection may allow exporters to join a
voluntary supply chain security program, and Japan, Colombia and
Costa Rica are onboard for a test run of the program.
Trucking companies operating in Mexico and Canada may also be
able share in tiered benefits through the
Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism. Participants in
the program, established in 2002, usually receive fewer cargo
inspections, which lowers import costs.
Sean Doherty, acting C-TPAT director, said the agency will work
to find ways to reward trucking companies that participate.
More than 10,000 importers, brokers and carrier participate in
C-TPAT, one of the foundations of Customs’ supply chain security
strategy. The Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations
proposed the changes to the program earlier this month.
CHANGES TO 2012
HARMONIZED TARIFF
Proposed changes to the Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) scheduled for
January 1, 2012 have been delayed. Changes to the HTSUS are now
effective on February 3rd, 2012.
The United States International
Trade Commission (ITC) has posted the unofficial changes to the
HTSA at
http://www.usitc.gov/tariff_affairs/hts_documents/1205-7FinalReport.pdf
.
While the proposed changes affect 54
chapters of the HTS, most are confined within the first quarter
of the Tariff, namely chapters 1 -21. These chapters deal with
live animals and food products.
Other changes of note are:
·
Non-food products
affected by the proposed tariff changes include tobacco,
bio-diesel fuel, wood pellets and certain hazardous chemicals
and pesticides in international trade.
·
As well, immunological
products currently classified in Chapter 29 of the HTS would be
classified under HTS heading 3002.
·
Various HTS
subheadings have been deleted or merged because of a low volume
of trade. For example, subheadings 8540.40 and 8540.50 for black
and white television monitors, cathode ray display tubes have
been merged into subheading 8540.40.
The proposed classification
amendments to the HTSUS should not impact an item’s duty rate.
However, the changes may affect an item’s eligibility for
preferential treatment under the various U.S. Free Trade
Agreements that are based in large part on tariff shift.
If you would like
to review your tariff classifications or check if a specific
classification will change, please contact the M.E. Dey Import
Division for further information.
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 EXPORT
FAQ
Should I insure my shipment?
If the terms of sale stipulate
that the exporter is responsible for insurance, the
exporting firm should either obtain its own policy or insure
the cargo under a freight forwarder's policy for a fee.
If the terms of sale make the
foreign buyer responsible for insurance, the exporter should
not assume (or even take the buyer's word) that adequate
insurance has been obtained. If the buyer neglects to obtain
adequate coverage, damage to the cargo may cause a major
financial loss to the exporter.
Shipments by sea are covered by
marine cargo insurance.
Air shipments may also be
covered by marine cargo insurance or insurance may be
purchased from the air carrier.
What does export insurance
usually cover?
Export shipments are usually
insured against loss, damage, and delay in transit by cargo
insurance. Carrier liability is frequently limited by
international agreements. Additionally, the coverage is
substantially different from domestic coverage.
Although sellers and buyers can
agree to different components, insurance coverage is usually
placed at 110 percent of the CIF (cost, insurance, freight)
or CIP (carriage and insurance paid to) value.
Exporters are advised to consult
with international insurance carriers or freight forwarders
for more information
If you would
like M.E. Dey to provide an insurance quote for your export
shipments, please contact our Export Division |
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Exports
Lead the Way
Peter T. Leach | Jan 9, 2012 The Journal of Commerce Magazine -
News Story
With the help of President
Obama’s National Export Initiative and the weak dollar, exports
are closing the gap in a trade marked by billion-dollar deficits
Housing can’t do it.
Technology is strong, but not strong enough to act as the
economic driver. And, with consumer demand weak, don’t count on
a big retail buying binge. So where is the U.S. economy to turn
for the push it needs to pull out of the doldrums? The answer:
overseas, where strong demand for everything the U.S. makes —
from agriculture to manufacturing — is driving an export renaissance.
Those who say the days of U.S.
manufacturing have been relegated to the history books overlook
one simple fact: The United States still has the world’s largest
manufacturing economy. It is a major supplier of grains,
soybeans and corn to the global marketplace. Its products help
power the industrial sectors of Europe, Japan and, increasingly,
the rapidly growing emerging markets of Asia and South America.
Its agricultural exports feed and clothe the growing middle
classes in those emerging markets.
“Orders for U.S. capital equipment
are strong, and orderbooks are filled out for the next two
years,” said Walter Kemmsies, chief economist of port design and
engineering consultant Moffatt & Nichol.
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Kemmsies thinks U.S. exports of
oilseeds and grains, already the largest export commodity to
China by value, also could act as the driver for the next U.S.
economic cycle. “As people move from rural to urban areas to
take higher-paying jobs,” he said, “their diets tend to become
more protein-oriented, in particular, beef, and they want better
clothing.”
Kemmsies forecasts the value of all
U.S. exports will grow at twice the rate of GDP next year, which
he estimates at 2.5 to 3 percent, meaning exports will grow 5 to
6 percent.
The strong U.S. export growth of the
last few years is misleading, however, because the country has a
long way to go before exports could swing more into balance with
imports and start to cut its huge trade deficit. The U.S.
incurred a $500 billion deficit in trade in goods and services
in 2010 and had racked up a $558 billion deficit in the first
three quarters of 2011. The last time the U.S. had a surplus in
its trade in goods and services was 1975, when it recorded a $12
billion surplus.
It’s that imbalance, of course, that
makes the inbound leg of the transportation market the
head-haul, with strong utilization rates among ocean carriers
clearly outpacing those on the outbound leg. Finding a balance,
be it through the National Export Initiative, further weakness
in the dollar or federal reform, while elusive, certainly isn’t
unattainable.
“The U.S. exports only 40 percent as
much of its manufacturing production as the world average,” said
Frank Vargo, vice president of international economic affairs at
the National Association of Manufacturers. U.S. manufactured
goods account for approximately 60 percent of all U.S. exports
of goods and services, but in relation to the size of its
economy, the U.S. lags, ranking 13th among manufacturing
countries in terms of the proportion of manufacturing production
it exports, just ahead of Russia and Brazil.
The U.S. share of the global market
for manufactured goods has dropped from just under 14 percent in
2000 to less than 10 percent in 2010, a share loss that now
costs the country $450 billion a year. “Our trade deficit is due
more to under-exporting than to over-importing,” Vargo said.
President Obama’s National Export
Initiative targets a doubling of U.S. exports in the five years
to 2015. It’s off to a good start, because exports have been
growing sharply since the 2008-09 downturn. Exports jumped 20.5
percent in 2010 and were up 17.1 percent in the first 10 months
of 2011 over the same period a year earlier, according to the
U.S. Commerce Department. The $1.2 trillion in exported goods in
the January-October period of 2011 was 42.3 percent ahead of the
same period in 2009.
Vargo worries the strong export
growth over the last two years will create a sense of
complacency that will slow further efforts to increase exports.
It might not be a bad thing, he said, if export growth slows
this year, because it might spur the government into making
greater efforts to dismantle barriers to exports.
U.S. export controls were last
updated in 1970 at the height of the Cold War. They need to be
adapted to current conditions, because they are barriers to a
lot of high-tech exports, Vargo said. The Obama administration,
as part of the NEI, has started reform efforts, but the highly
charged issue certainly could stall in this election year.
Other export barriers are the
various security measures installed at ports because of
terrorist threats, but Vargo said many of these measures should
not apply to export shipments.
The outlook for exports in 2012
depends on external factors beyond the control of the U.S. “If
Europe doesn’t get its act together, exports could actually
shrink because no one will be able to get letters of credit,”
Kemmsies said. “But if Europe does what it needs to do, export
growth could exceed 5 to 6 percent.”
Ironically, the growth of U.S.
exports of manufactured goods also depends on the health of the
U.S. economy, as well as Europe’s, because so much of the value
of U.S. exports to China, the third-largest U.S. export market
after its North American Free Trade Agreement partners and
Europe,
consists of engineering products and machine tools used in
Chinese factories that produce consumer goods for export back to
those developed markets.
The
second-largest U.S. export commodity to China by value after
oilseeds and grains is waste and scrap, shipped in containers
and also used in the production or packaging of consumer goods
for export. They, too, are vulnerable to consumer demand in
developed markets.
Semiconductors and other electronic components, the
third-largest U.S. export commodity to China by value, are
usually transported by air and used in the Chinese manufacturing
of computers and smartphones that are also bound for export.
Negotiating free trade agreements with major trading partners
was NAM’s No. 1 priority targeted in its “Blueprint to Double
Exports in Five Years,” which it issued in 2010. Since then,
however, other real-world events have intruded, namely the debt
crisis in several European countries, including Greece, Spain
and Ireland, and the lackluster growth in developed economies.
“Now
the biggest priority is to see that the financial instability in
Europe does not result in such a flood of money into the U.S.
that the dollar gets overvalued,” Vargo said.
NAM’s
No. 2 priority is for the U.S. to work closely with Europe and
Japan to orchestrate faster growth, because, Vargo said, “If
those economies don’t grow, our exports won’t grow.”
NAM
also puts major stock in free trade agreements and wants the
U.S. to negotiate more. It’s something the administration is
pushing, as well, as part of its NEI. “The U.S. runs a trade
surplus in manufactured goods with every one of the 14 countries
it has FTAs with, and that creates more jobs here,” Vargo said.
Excluding oil imports, the U.S. has an overall trade surplus
with its NAFTA partners, its single biggest export market. The
strongest interest among NAM members is for FTAs with Brazil and
India.
The
U.S. also should be prepared to undertake more bilateral trade
talks to overcome trade barriers with specific trading partners,
because the World Trade Organization, launched with the best
intentions in 1995 as the successor to the General Agreement on
Tariffs and Trade, has proved ineffective in mitigating trade
disputes, Vargo said. For example, although China has emerged as
the third-largest U.S. export market after NAFTA and Europe,
many U.S. companies are reluctant to start exporting to China
because they fear their technology will be copied and used to
manufacture competing products.
The
U.S. also needs to convince China to allow the yuan to revalue
instead of keeping its exchange rate artificially low to spur
exports. NAM has not taken a position on possible legislation
aimed at penalizing China for keeping the yuan’s value low. “Our
members are divided on this,” Vargo said. “Some think it could
only help, while others think it would start a trade war with
China.”
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Exporters Urge Congress to
Increase Ex-Im Bank Lending
R.G.
Edmonson, Associate Editor | Jan 6, 2012 The Journal of Commerce
Online - News Story
Bank can only lend up to $100
billion, has outstanding loans of about $93 billion
U.S. exporters say they
may have trouble financing projects unless Congress lifts the
lending cap of the Export-Import Bank of the United States.
Congress recently gave the bank a
six-month extension but failed to increase the financial
institution’s lending cap. The bank can only lend up to $100
billion and has outstanding loans of roughly $93 billion.
“The gap in the cap is getting
smaller,” said John Hardy, president of the Coalition for
Employment through Exports. “The bank may have to start
rationing its capacity.”
The sooner Congress acts, the
smaller the effect will be on the bank’s lending ability, he
said
The Ex-Im bank figures prominently
in the government’s drive to double exports in by 2015,
considering the bank underwrites up to 90 percent of a company’s
export transaction.
Handy said that lawmakers negotiated
Ex-Im reauthorization terms before the end of the session, and
it was expected to be included in a year-end omnibus
appropriations bill. But the full extension was dropped
unexpectedly and given a short-term continuation instead.
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The
U.S.—Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement:
New Opportunities for Wisconsin Exporters
The U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement (CTPA)
is an integral part of the President’s efforts to increase
opportunities for U.S. businesses, farmers, and workers through
improved access for their products and services in foreign
markets.
The U.S. International Trade Commission
estimates that the elimination of tariffs and related barriers
in Colombia will increase U.S. Gross Domestic Product by nearly
$2.5 billion and U.S. merchandise exports by $1.1 billion. The
agreement will support thousands of American jobs.
The CTPA would also open Colombia’s $134
billion services market to highly competitive American
companies, supporting jobs for American workers in sectors
ranging from delivery and telecommunications services to
education and health care services.
The CTPA was passed by the U.S. Congress in
October, along with new free trade agreements with South Korea
and Panama.
For additional information about the CTPA,
visit
http://www.trade.gov/fta/colombia and
http://www.ustr.gov/uscolombiatpa.
For details about the agreement’s specific
impact on Wisconsin:
http://trade.gov/fta/colombia/wisconsin.pdf.
For additional information about Colombia
from the U.S. Commercial Service:
http://export.gov/colombia/
Milwaukee Export Assistance Center Unveils Expanded Website
The Milwaukee Export Assistance Center has
recently expanded its local web portal for Wisconsin exporters.
The enhanced site features information of interest to exporters
that is easily accessible from the home page. In particular, be
sure to check out the Exporter’s Resource Database, which
provides a wide variety of links to additional subjects grouped
by topic areas. Access the site at
http://export.gov/wisconsin/ For additional information,
please contact the webmaster, Trade Specialist Koreen Grube, at
Koreen.grube@trade.gov or telephone 414-297-1853.
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Three Unions, Railroads Reach
Agreement
RailResource | Jan 6, 2012 The Journal of Commerce Online - News
Story
Only one union has not finalized
an agreement with major U.S. railroads
Three unions representing railroad workers this week ratified
contracts with major U.S. railroads, leaving only one union to
not have finalized an agreement over a dispute that nearly
resulted in a national labor action in early December.
The pacts reached by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers &
Trainmen, the National Conference of Firemen and Oilers and the
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers brings the
number of ratified contracts to seven. Five other unions have
reached tentative agreements that their members must ratify.
“The month-long ratification process has finally come to an end,
and our members have made a wise decision,” said IBEW President
Ed Hill. “This agreement, reached in record time, will provide
our members with a decent standard of living well into the
future.”
The Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees, the only union
that has not reached an agreement with the railroads, did agree
to an extension of the cooling-off period until Feb. 8. The
threat of a national labor action was averted amid the peak
holiday shipping season after two unions reached tentative
agreements before the Dec. 6 deadline.
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NAFTA Surface Trade Rose 12
Percent in October
Joseph
Bonney, Senior Editor | Jan 5, 2012 The Journal of Commerce Online -
News Story
U.S. trade up 28.7 percent
from two years ago, up 8.7 percent from 2008
The value of trade using surface transportation between the U.S. and
Canada and Mexico rose 12 percent to $79 billion in October, the
Transportation Department reported.
Totals were up for trade with both U.S. partners in the North
American Free Trade Agreement. U.S.-Canada trade posted a 14.1
percent year-over-year gain to $46.4 billion. U.S.-Mexico trade rose
9.1 percent to $32.6 billion.
The October total was up 28.7 percent from two years ago and up 8.7
percent from October 2008, at the start of the recession.
The statistics cover freight movements by truck, rail, pipeline,
mail, Foreign Trade Zones, and other modes. In October, 86.1 percent
of U.S. trade by value with Canada and Mexico moved via land, 9.6
percent moved by vessel, and 4.3 percent moved by air.
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Free Trade's Winners and Losers
Alan M.
Field | Jan 9, 2012 The Journal of Commerce Magazine - News Story
Which kinds of U.S. exports will enjoy the biggest boost from the
three new free trade agreements? Beyond its tariff provisions, the
Korean pact attempts to eliminate non-tariff barriers to U.S.
exports, such as regulatory practices that have made it hard for
many non-Korean products to enter that market.
As a result, U.S. pharmaceutical makers, in particular, will receive
stronger intellectual property protection, a change that seems
certain to lower the market share of Korean makers of generic drugs.
Exporters of U.S. agricultural products also are expected to
prosper. South Korea’s output of agricultural, farming and fishery
industries will decline $10.9 billion in the first 15 years after
implementation of the agreement, according to a report by the
country’s ministry of food and agriculture. Korean livestock
producers, who fought to kill the pact, are expected to lose $6.3
billion in production during that period.
Korea’s automakers, auto parts makers, consumer electronics and
machinery makers will be big winners after the U.S. lifts its
tariffs of 1.5 to 5 percent on Korean-made electronics goods, such
as big-screen televisions. The tariff cuts should benefit U.S.
importers and retailers such as Best Buy and Wal-Mart, which may cut
their retail prices — to attract more consumers — or improve their
margins by not lowering prices. U.S. importers of Korean textiles
also will benefit after the U.S. eliminates tariffs on Korean
products that have averaged approximately 13 percent.
U.S. exporters of a wide range of manufactured goods also will
benefit in Colombia, especially suppliers of heavy machinery and
construction equipment needed to implement the country’s
multibillion-dollar national plan to upgrade its transportation,
mining and energy infrastructure.
“For Caterpillar Corp., Colombia was in some ways more important
than the agreement with Korea,” said Shaun Donnelly, vice president
for investment and financial services at the U.S. Council for
International Business.
Colombia offers opportunities for U.S. suppliers of equipment used
to dredge Colombia’s rivers, upgrade its ports and provide vital
services for the Panama Canal expansion. Direct exports of related
equipment to Panama also will benefit from that expansion.
In Colombia, as in Korea, small-scale local farmers may be the
biggest losers. An association of small and midsize rice growers
implored the government in November for protection, arguing they
will be unable to “compete under unequal conditions” after Colombian
markets are opened to imports from the United States. Some 200,000
Colombian farm jobs in 211 townships are at stake.
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EVENTS/SEMINARS
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Trade Missions
Southeast Asia Trade Mission (Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia)
March 16-28, 2012
South America Trade Mission (Brazil, Chile, Colombia) April
14-24, 2012
India Trade
Mission, April 22 – May 1, 2012
The India Mission has a water focus; it will
include visits to New Delhi and Mumbai, and participation in
Aquatech India 2012, a leading international water technology
show.
MWTA’s International Business Series
presents:
February 2, 2012
7:30
am
- 9:00 am
Location: MMAC Offices - Wisconsin
Room, 756 N. Milwaukee St., Ste 400, Milwaukee, WI 53202
Contact: KATIE HENRYPhone: (414) 287.4123Email: khenry@mmac.org
$25 per person • $12.50 for
students
Register Online
Opportunities to use
technology in new ways abound – and need not be overwhelming in
cost or effort. Particularly in the global marketplace, there
are unique challenges involved in implementing successful
technology projects.
This program will
provide an overview of social media and other tools such as
online bulletin boards, focus groups and surveys. In addition,
we will address questions such as: How do you consider cultural
differences and language barriers when implementing new
technologies? How will your organization respond strategically
to the timing, staffing and other challenges, and react to image
management issues and user expectations?
Speakers:
Betsy Hoag,
Co-Founder, Kairos Consumers
Tiffany Weigand,
E-Business Marketing Manager, Rite-Hite
Corporation
(see
bios online)
Moderator:
Tracy Buss,
Center for International
Education/UW-Milwaukee
Program Team
Members: AJ Corner,
Center for International
Education/UW-Milwaukee;
Andrea Risch,
Rite-Hite Corporation;
Lauren Worthy,
ME Dey & Co.
MMAC China Business Council’s
Thursday, February 16, 2012,
5:00 – 7:00PM, Registration begins @ 4:30PM
Legacy M&I University – Institute
for Learning
401 N. Executive Drive, Brookfield WI
$15
MMAC members, $20
non-members.
Cocktails & appetizers
included.
Register Online
Whether you are
starting out or are seasoned pro when it comes to China, this is
a great opportunity to network with the area’s international
Chinese professionals. The year 2012 marks the year of the
dragon. Come & celebrate!
This event features a
brief presentation:
“Borrowing, Investing
& FX in China – Guidance for Companies with Chinese
Subsidiaries.”
by
Richard Waple
Director, China Business Development BMO
Capital Markets
(see
bio online)
2012: A Celebration of
International Business
Date:
Wed., Feb 15, 2012
Time: 5:00
pm - 8:00 pm
Wisconsin Club, 900 W. Wisconsin
Avenue, Milwaukee, WI
Brief Program at 6:00
P.M. Cocktails
and Hors D ‘Oeuvres
Business Casual Attire
Awards, Announcements,
New Initiatives, International Networking
Celebrating the International
Business Efforts of:
Event
Hosted By:
RSVP
by Wednesday, February 8, 2012 to
Annie Haseman at
a.haseman@bentleywp.com
New Webinar Programs
Scheduled for 2012
Learn how your company can tap into the
Global Marketplace. As part of the National Export Initiative,
the Commerce Department’s Trade Information Center is offering a
series of one-hour webinars on the basics of exporting.
These webinars have been specially designed
to meet the needs of new exporters, or provide transaction
specific guidance on more technical matters. Each webinar will
begin at 1:00 p.m. Central Time. A nominal fee of $15 will
cover slides, live audio, and question and answer session.
Content is delivered via your internet-connected desktop
computer and your telephone line and will be led by experts in
each field.
The schedule of topics for the first half of
2012 is as follows:
Selecting a Freight Forwarder (Feb 8):
Learn how a freight forwarder can help your business with
exporting costs, preparing and filing required export
documentation, reserving cargo space and ensuring that your
goods and documents comply with customs regulations.
Export Documentation (Feb 22): This
Webinar is designed for the entry level exporter. The webinar
will focus on basic export documentation with an overview of
export documents, guidance on how to complete them, and other
helpful info.
Understanding Free Trade Agreements (Mar
21): The U.S. has Free Trade Agreements with 17 countries.
FTAs can help your company be more competitive in these markets.
How to Determine HS Codes, Duties and
Taxes (Apr 4): Learn how to classify your products for
customs and to calculate the full landed cost for your buyers.
Understanding Export Controls (Apr 18):
Know the law controlling what you can export and to whom. Learn
the legal and practical aspects of dual-use items; and how to
comply.
Duty Drawbacks (May 2): Find out if
your Company may be able to recover up to 99% of all Customs
duties paid on imported materials contained in the manufacture
of your product retroactively for up to 3 years!
Taking Advantage of NAFTA (May 16):
Learn how the North American Free Trade Agreement can help you
sell products and services to Mexico and Canada. Topics covered
include benefits, determining and interpreting rules of origin,
common issues and problems, how to complete documentation.
Completing Certificates of Origin (FTA and
eCertification) (May 30): Know the nuances of this often
required export documentation, when country-specific forms are
required, and how to complete both the hard copy and electronic
certification.
Financing Your Exports & Getting Paid (Jun
13): No export deal can be considered successful until
payment reaches your account. Learn from trade finance experts
about the range of payment methods used in export transactions
and how to evaluate which is best for your business.
Temporary Exports – Carnets and Other
Tools (Jun 27): Learn how you can show your products in
foreign markets or bring tools of the trade into a foreign
country for a limited period of time.
To listen to recordings of previous programs,
please go to
http://export.gov/webinars/
REGISTER online at
http://www.export.gov/articles/eg_main_022213.asp
WCTC
International Education Committee
Global Trade
Webinars Ask the Export Expert!
Addressing the essentials for
success in global business today:
Business & Culture, NAFTA,
Trade Compliance.
Especially targeted to new
exporters.
Succeed in the global marketplace.
Reach new customers. Increase sales.
Lunch hour webinars - Fridays
(11:00am – 12noon)
Click for listing of all webinars
For further details contact: Aleda Bourassa,
Global Trade Solutions, Waukesha County Technical College,
telephone 262-691-5219 or e-mail
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