Building an Import/Export Business |  | Author: Kenneth D. Weiss
Publisher: Wiley
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Edition: 4
Pages: 320
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This bestselling, up-to-date guide shows you how to start your own import/export business, from researching a raw idea to a successful launch to ongoing, profitable business operations. Complete with real-life examples from importers and exporters, it helps you every step of the way, from targeting a market and preparing a business plan to dealing with foreign currencies, shipping procedures, customs requirements, and more. It also shares tips to help you take advantage of NAFTA and other trade pacts, plus online resources to help you start and grow your business.
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 Well done March 3, 2010
Castellanos St. (New York, NY USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Full of information, this book help a lot to define what do you want to do or from where start your business.
The Best Book for Import/Export for 2009 and Beyond June 7, 2009
Sharron N. Dark (Washington, DC)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I used to see this book all the time in Barns and Noble and I will glance through the pages in amazement like this is the book I am searching for to help me start my business and others who I help promote their businesses. I recommend this book to anyone who need guidance on starting Import/Export Business.
Learn from experience July 9, 2010
Herbert Sloop Mellecium (USA)
The author of this book is very experienced, and it shows. He also conveys the sheer excitement of owning an export or import business unlike any other other book I've read. And if you can't be excited about what you're doing, why are you doing it? Unlike other books, he also starts out with a self-examination (yours) about how you would fit into such a business. Understanding the personal side of the business, yours and your business contacts, is arguably more important to success than understanding the mechanics of the business. Thus this book is an exceptional preparation for the business as a whole. I also liked that many points are illustrated with vignettes, small stories from experience that make the points much easier to understand. But as is often true, I found some of the information simplistic, such as the financial forecasting which was back-of-the-envelope, nothing you could ever run a business on. I also found that a considerable portion of the references to online sources were obsolete, essentially useless. Online references, even government ones, are too dynamic to publish, and I wonder why anyone even does that. From the overall tone of the book, I suspect the author has experience as an ex/im broker, that aspect of the business that has the lowest overhead and investment. If attractive to you, you definitely want to have this book. If you are a merchant importer or exporter, you will also want this book as it contains all those bits of deep experience of the kind you cannot find anywhere else.
 Some good information December 14, 2009
Tax Writer (Maui)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Some good information in this book. It was a little outdated, but I understand that this business is very fluid and canges all the time. Most of the business information was common-sense, practical stuff. I wish the authors had given more concrete examples of what to expect when you actually start exposting and importing goods, and which countries to avoid, and for what reason, etc.
Still a good book with basic information that is useful to someone trying to get into export-import.
 Good info but a little out dated. May 31, 2009
SURVIVAL,RANGER (Fort Bragg)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
A great working knowledge, which we all need. However with changing times need to keep updated.
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