Guide to Export-Import Basics, 3rd Edition (Pub No. 685)

International trade, a key engine of economic growth, is valued at trillions of dollars each year. However, the techniques of how to export and import are often a mystery to business persons and enterprises. Guide to Export-Import Basics, now in its third revised edition, examines the trade resources developed by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) to help you make the most of international markets.

From the basics of how to develop a sale contract to the use of the Internet as a channel for sales, this Guide details the trading process:

-The legal foundation
-Resolving international disputes
-International contracts of sale
-Agency, distribution and franchising
-Incoterms & Documentary Credits
-Factoring and forfeiting
-Transport and e-commerce

This all-new edition of the Guide contains updated information on developments since the 2003 edition and practical tools to enhance the text:

-Details of the revised rules on documentary credits (UCP 600)
-New developments in forfeiting
-Samples of key documents
-New model contracts developed by ICC
-Easy to understand graphics
-A glossary of major export-import terms