How to Ship Live Animals to the US

Importing items can be difficult with the rules and regulations that are necessary for any item.  However, when one desires to import live animals to the United States, there are even more customs to clear.  While difficult, it is still possible to import any kind of animal to the United States as long as one [...]

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Sea Freight Services Overview

The need to have available transportation for a business is vital to its performance.  With regards to sea freight, not all companies have shipments that fill a full container, and commonly purchase a less than container load (LCL).  The benefits of these options are great for those who wish to pay for only the amount [...]

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Securing Quotes for Shipping Overseas

Even when a business has a product that people want, it is important to have that product readily available wherever there is a market for it.  Due to the global economy at the present, shipping overseas is common and can commonly be necessary.  However, when transporting a product, it is important to know the cost, [...]

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Liability and Trade Insurance for Valuable Cargo

Not all shipping desires by sea freight are standard orders that neatly fit into a full container load (FCL) or less than container load (LCL) of a common commercial product.  Some orders of shipping can be of unique or highly precious cargo, such as antiques, art, or jewelry.  For these orders, one should pay close [...]

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International Corporate Tax Rates

Many factors go into influencing where and how a business will operate.  One very important issue to companies is the different corporate tax rates that countries have.  This article will focus on the different international tax rates of countries considered to be technologically advanced, namely Germany, Japan, Russia and the United States. Germany Corporate Tax [...]

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The Benefits and Limits of CAFTA

Trade with South America is an important part of the US economy.  It offers both markets for American made goods and imports for American consumers.  Of more important regions the US has trade agreements with many are encompassed in the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement. CAFTA The Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade [...]

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Australia Free Trade Agreement

The trade relations of the United States are complex, each nation with its own rules for commerce regulation to and fro.  Every agreement or sanction with another nation changes the flow of goods internationally with great impact both domestically and abroad.  Of the myriad agreements, one of interest is the Australia Free Trade Agreement. The [...]

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Peru Trade Promotion Agreemnt

In an attempt to open up the global import-export markets to fairer competition, The US has been making many free trade agreements with foreign nations.  One that had a very positive impact is the Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA).  The PTPA was signed in On December 14, 2007, and entered into affect on February 1, [...]

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The TPP Trans Pacific Partnership for Asia Pacific Trade

The United States is continually expanding their goal of free trade into foreign markets with new agreements of various kinds.  One of the newer topics for free import export trade is the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) proposed by President Obama in 2009.  The main goal of this trade agreement is for the economic integration in the [...]

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World Trade Organization’s TRIPS Agreement

No matter what a foreign region can offer as much as far as products and markets, arguably nothing is more important to free import export trade and the flow of business than the sanctity of ideas and inventions.  In order to protect that, the World Trade Organization (WTO) has an agreement on Trade-Related aspects of [...]

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