The US Commercial Service, Gannon SBDC and the Northwest Commission are offering an export basics seminar in Meadville "First Steps to Success". The seminar will discuss how to identify potential export markets and discuss logistics of exporting your product from the U.S.
Seminar Overview
This seminar will help to familiarize participants with exporting and will introduce the following topics.
- Identifying favorable export markets
- Due diligence (customer screening)
- Negotiating with foreign customers
- Payment terms
- INCOTERMS (terms of sale)
- Export documentation and recordkeeping
- Financing options for working capital and receivables
- Laws and regulations governing US exports.
The basics of exporting will benefit any company thinking about exporting and existing exporters with employees new to exporting including:
- Export compliance officers
- International sales reps
- Logistics coordinators
- Company owners
- Marketing managers
Details
- Date: Tuesday, April 29, 2008
- Time: 9:00 am - 12:30 pm
- Location: Bessemer Corporate Conference Training Center, 764 Bessemer St. , Meadville
- Cost: $40
Speakers:
- Steven Murray, Senior International Trade Specialist, US Commercial Service
- Dorte Heffernan, International Trade Specialist, Northwest Commission
- Adam Mook, International Business Consultant, Gannon University Small Business Development Center
Registration
To Register: Click Here
For more information contact: Janice Auerbach 814-871-5353 or janice.auerbach@mail.doc.gov
