How do you send meat packages to Canada?

Alfonso Llanes, Master Degree in International Development

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Canadian Food Inspection Agency

“Meat and meat products are regulated in Canada under the Meat Inspection Act. These regulations set standards of construction, operation and maintenance for registered establishments and must undergo a series of checks including inspection upon import, labeling compliance and audits through the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA).”

Step 1: Hire a Customs Brokers to inform the Canadian Border Services Agency of your intention to import at minimum 48 hours prior to importation.

Step 2: Obtain information on requirements for importing meat and meat products by visiting the designated section on the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) website.

Step 3: Forward documentation at minimum 48 hours prior to the goods arriving at the port of entry.

Documentation

· Canada Customs Commercial invoice

· Copy of the Original Meat Inspection Certificate.

· Notice of Intent to Import Meat Products into Canada

· Pre-cleared Meat Certificate Import Control Number

· Customs Brokers can documentation for customs clearance to Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA).

Procedure

“Prior to shipping to Canada, the importer must fulfill all CFIA requirements and must have arranged for the goods to arrive at a designated CFIA approved cold storage warehouse for inspection. After the goods clear customs, they travel in bond to cold storage warehousing facility where CFIA will inspect them, provided they receive the necessary CFIA mandated forms. Failure to present goods for inspection or to submit all necessary forms will result in mandatory and immediate exportation.”

Would 40 % tariff on imports from China create new manufacturing jobs somewhere or would it cause bigger problems?

Alfonso Llanes, Master Degree in International Development

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There is one real-world effect of tariffs that is unavoidable: Tariffs keep foreign companies from bringing foreign products into the U.S. market, but they also keep U.S. manufacturers from bringing in parts they need to build or finish their own products. It also, obstructs U.S. companies from bringing in finished products that are made mostly with U.S. parts.

· That means tariffs of the kind that Trump advocates have several implications but the most immediate effect would be felt by inflationary pressure. Tariffs not just affect Chinese and Mexican manufacturers, but American ones too. Prices go up across the board, even if one has been trying to "buy American.

· The money a consumer pays in higher prices gets redistributed very inefficiently. Tariffs work a lot like a tax, in the form of higher prices. The revenue from tariffs is divided up between the government as the tax collector, the worker, and a few U.S. companies that get shielded from foreign competition. The effect on the overall economy of Trump-style tariffs would make every person buying equipment in a given or industry pay more money to factory workers and the owners of such plant. The likelihood is that, on balance, consumers will pay hundreds of thousands of dollars extra for each job preserved in troubled industries, but there are many more efficient and cheaper ways of getting those people back to work.

Trump lacking understanding of the most basic economic principles of international trade proposes to lay taxes on American shoppers who buy Chinese-made goods. This is going in opposite direction to the rest of the world with unforeseen consequences for the U.S. economy.

What are the pros and cons of the EU having free-trade agreements with third-world countries?

Alfonso Llanes, Master Degree in International Development

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Economic Benefits from Exports and Imports

The most-direct economic benefits from international trade come from the fact that countries have different production capabilities. The variables include: natural resources, education of the workforce, physical capital, technical knowledge, etc. Without trade, each country must produce everything it needs; including manufactures that is not very efficient at producing. When trade is allowed, each country can concentrate its production on what it does best relative to other countries and export excess output in exchange for imports of products more expensive to produce at home which results in total world output increase. Other reasons for increases in world output is that it links greater use of economies of scale. A factory in one country can assist a market the size of two or more countries rather than just one. Trade also benefits a countries’ economics in other ways, such as expanding the variety of goods available to businesses and consumers, by competing and thereby reducing monopolistic pricing and the inefficiencies of a particular economy. Market forces in general, safeguard that all countries commercially connected share in the benefits from the increased in output.

Irrelevance of the Balance of Trade

Even when trade agreements increase the U.S. balance of trade with the world it would not undermine the benefits of the agreement. In general, trade deficits with the world are not necessarily damaging, and trade surpluses are not necessarily favorable.

The Benefits of Free-Trade Agreements

United States foreign policy is a fundacional second reason to seek FTAs. Proposed free-trade agreements brings substantial benefit to the economies of small developing countries while having little effect on the U.S. economy while at the same time, helping improve the economies of under developed countries.

Supporters of pursuing FTAs could argue that the European Union has already negotiated a number of such agreements with various trading partners. Consequently, the refusal by the United States to negotiate such agreements would not stop the current tendency toward the development of trading blocs. Instead, one could strongly argued that it only cuts out the opportunity of United States to have more trade in its own bloc and influence the setting of equitable rules.

How do I choose a product to export?

Alfonso Llanes, Master Degree in International Development

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Defining the right product to sell is the most critical stage in creating a successful trading company. Perhaps choosing a sub-product with a narrow niche but with a sufficient market size can spell success. For example, a product that caters to aircraft owners is probably good niche.

Research of products and markets should be about finding what achieves the most for a venture that accomplishes a vision. It is a challenge to find a trend or market need and be positioned in time to take advantage of it.

Every venture must begin with a thorough market research. The initial market research is usually the hardest because it's all unfamiliar landscape. But once the data is collected and analyzed this same data points can be applied to other products, markets or ideas.

Once a product is identified the next step is Identify the target markets in order to look and study opportunities and tap into them. This exercise provides the focus needed on the potential users-buyers that might be interested in what in what is being offer. This can save time and money and disappointments in an ever-changing society.

Just as there are different market segments for products or services, there are different methods used for segment markets and planning a good strategy that must contain competitive advantage and differentiation:

Geographic Segmentation

This market analysis requires the collection and study of data regarding transportation, logistics, credit, banking and compliance of regulations in the different sectors that overlap for a given activity.

Demographic Segmentation

Demographic segmentation consists of dividing the market into groups of potential buyers-users based age, gender family size, income, occupation, education, religion, race and nationality.

Psycho-graphic Segmentation

Psycho-graphic segmentation divides the market into groups based on social class, lifestyle and personality characteristics. It is based on the assumption that the types of products-services will reflect the person’s characteristics and patterns of activity. Opinions surveys are used more often than not for determining lifestyle and choices.

Behavioral Segmentation

Behavioral segmentation is based on the actual user likes and dislikes about particular products, and about how a product is used. For this exercise variables can be used that are closely related to the product itself.

Industrial Market Segmentation

This differs from the retail consumer market mainly on the variables, where industrial consumers can be segmented based on fewer characteristics. Industrial markets might be segmented on features such as location, company type and buying characteristics. Also, whether this market is for semi-manufacture manufacture or primary materials market such as dry bulk or liquid categories.

TRANSPORTATION SAMPLING

Whether the samples need to travel at ambient, frozen, or liquid nitrogen temperatures the logistics need to be coordinated for all manners of shipments. In addition, the TSA has to approve the method as a Certified Cargo Screening Facility (CCSF) enabling efficient sample transportation from origin to destination.

Standard guidelines are published by:

"Standard Specifications for Transportation Materials and Methods of Sampling and Testing Specifications (AASHTO)," American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, 444 North Capital Street, N.W., Suite 225, Washington, D.C.,2015

How can I import women’s clothing from Brazil and avoid the duty taxes?

Alfonso Llanes, Master Degree in International Development

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Custom brokers are licensed individuals or companies that clear US Customs for imported merchandise from any part the world at US ports of entry. They act as representatives of the importer to fulfill all legal obligations before the merchandise is released to the importer.

These individuals can also act as consultants for interpreting the US tariff codes and merchandise classification which can greatly reduce tariff amounts when importing merchandise. I.e., the quality of buttons on a blouse can make the difference of whether an item is classified as luxury or common garment. The interpretation of the tariff codes requires studying the Harmonized Tariff Schedule and developing the skills for merchandise classification for tariff application.

Here are the guidelines from the Unite States International Trade Commission:

https://www.usitc.gov/tata/hts/i...

2017 HTSA Preliminary Edition (effective 2017-01-01)

Section XI:

Textile and Textile Articles

Chapter 60 Knitted or crocheted fabrics

Chapter 61 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted

Chapter 62 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted

Chapter 63 Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags

How to export marble from India to Europe?

India is currently the fastest growing economy in the world and a strategic partner for the EU, representing a sizable and dynamic market of 1.25 billion people. For these reasons, the EU and India are committed to further a Free Trade Agreement.

At the present time several companies export the following stone quarry products to the EU countries: Indian Slate Stone, Indian Granite, Limestone, Indian Sandstone, Indian Quartzite, Indian Marble and Veneer & Mosaics.

India has been known for many years for its stone industry and it is one of the biggest exporters of natural stone in the world.  It is the second largest foreign exchange earner for India besides iron ore in minerals category.

The majority of factories are in Tamil Nadu. The main markets are the EU is the UK, Germany and France. China has emerged as the largest player in stone industry surpassing even Italy form the first position. Other countries with a threat to the Indian industry besides China are East European countries, like Poland, Romania, Hungary and South Africa and the latest Vietnam.