How to Find Valuable Stuff on Export.gov

Are you looking to grow your export business in 2012? Believe it or not, you can find valuable market research, trade leads, and duty calculations all on one website, export.gov. The U.S. Commercial Service has a 60-minute video tutorial on how to access every information rich resource on export.gov. Highlights include: A market research library…

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Keep on Trucking? Part I

As the new year begins to peek up over the horizon, many domestic shippers are struggling to come to terms with current trucking rates. According to industry experts, rates could go up by about 10 percent next year (Source: Journal of Commerce). So what’s going on here? What’s driving rates up and up, year after…

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7 Ways to Harness the Power of Foreign Trade Zones

More and more U.S. companies are using Foreign Trade Zones (FTZ) to better manage their global supply chain costs. Here are seven advantages that showcase FTZ as a competitive alternative to a domestic distribution center. 1. Duty Deferral. Duties are only paid when imported merchandise enters U.S. Customs territory. Goods may be held in an FTZ indefinitely and…

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