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Business » Import Export | By Amanda Xia @ Monday, 26th July 2010 @ 12:08 PM

2010 Spring nature catastrophe affected the general sales of fertilizer, on the one hand delayed the spring planting season, about 20 days, killing off the urea market cost increases situation, followed by further floods affected the southern urea sales. In the second half year, the cost of urea is expected to rise, chiefly reasons as following: (1) taking in to account the cost support, currently urea prices is fundamentally bottomed out; (2) urea new capacity reached 4.13 millio... more...

Business » Import Export | By Jane Dawson @ Sunday, 18th July 2010 @ 7:24 PM

Did you know that approximately 5 percent of shipments arrive late, creating up to $5 billion in shipping refunds that go unclaimed each year? Problems that can result in a shipping refund include: - Packages that arrive after the guaranteed arrival time. - Shipments that have incorrectly been billed to your account. - Duplicate billing happens more than you might expect. - Orders that are cancelled after a shipping label has been created. Unless you cancel the label ... more...

Business » Import Export | By Richard Allenby @ Thursday, 10th June 2010 @ 3:04 AM

Many USA business owners don't know where to begin when they consider marketing outside of the USA. Many simply assume that everyone outside of the United States can speak English. It is simply not true. People want to communicate in their own language, even when they speak another language. This presents a challenge for anyone trying to market overseas markets. The USA economy is so large that companies have difficulty justifying the investment to communicate in a foreign language. ... more...

Business » Import Export | By Adriana Noton @ Wednesday, 9th June 2010 @ 1:57 AM

Anyone who has ever invented a product or sought to make a living by selling items either self made or in the retail market understands a basic need to move the product from place to place. Whether the need is a local endeavor, a nationwide event, or a global necessity, there are significant costs involved with getting the product from where it is created to the consumer who will buy it. Shipping has become a major factor in business, and controlling or managing it has become a significant part ... more...

Business » Import Export | By Richard Allenby @ Wednesday, 2nd June 2010 @ 4:32 PM

With the power and reach of the Internet, advertising to other countries is not only possible, it's not difficult if you know what you are doing. So, if your products or services could potentially be sold anywhere in the world -or at least, to certain countries and nationalities then think about how your profits could increase by expanding your international customer base. One of the first things you need to think about is website localization, the process of making your website accessible ... more...

Business » Import Export | By Adriana Noton @ Thursday, 13th May 2010 @ 4:01 PM

Have you ever used courier delivery services? It does not matter whether it is send a document or even parcel. If you send your important documents by normal, there could be a chance of losing them along the way. The incident of important letters missing has happened before. The safer way would be to send them by using courier delivery services. If the person whom a letter is addressed has changed address, normally, the letter, which is sent by normal post, will be sent back to the... more...

Business » Import Export | By Jenn Weesies @ Friday, 26th March 2010 @ 7:52 PM

Facility Managers are contacting material handling dealers and purchasing mezzanines for projects when in fact they should be purchasing work platforms. What is the difference you may ask? Mezzanines are elevated steel structures typically built between two main stories of a building. They are primarily used for storage of goods and have personnel walking on top of them frequently to access the product. They support pallet racking, industrial shelving, cantilever racks, and generally any ... more...

Business » Import Export | By Christine Harrell @ Sunday, 21st March 2010 @ 4:14 PM

Global trade requires global communication and automation. In today's complex supply chains, it is important for manufacturers, vendors and everyone in between to be able to communicate quickly and effectively. This is difficult when companies are based in many different countries and time zones. New strides in software-as-a-service platforms and supply chain management services are breaking down the communication barriers by delivering automated software. As a result, the world of global t... more...

Business » Import Export | By Christine Harrell @ Tuesday, 16th February 2010 @ 5:38 PM

In global trade, the international chain of supply was historically slowed due to mountainous paperwork, time zone obstacles and communication barriers. Manual processes and paper often hampered the buying and selling of manufactured goods and raw materials across the world, regardless of how compatible the buyers and sellers might be. Today, technology and services are available to speed up processes and break down barriers. Automated systems that connect buyers, suppliers and service p... more...

Business » Import Export | By Mark Walters @ Tuesday, 2nd February 2010 @ 9:02 AM

With a high level of freedom in business, trade and investment, Italy is a first class exporter of goods. Despite facing problems in recent years, Italy has managed to maintain its lead in most of the sectors that it is involved within. Although Italy doesn't have the natural resources or cheap labor force to make it a natural manufacturing center, it's exports have performed well and is renowned for their quality. The backbone of the manufacturing sector is a few interna... more...