Import/Export & International Trade
Move Goods Across Borders Without Getting Stuck at the Dock
About this course
Cross-border trade rewards precision and punishes guesswork: a single wrong HS code, a missing certificate of origin, or an Incoterm chosen by accident can mean weeks of detention, surprise duty bills, or a seized container. This course gives you the working system real importers and exporters use, from qualifying an overseas factory and reading an Incoterms 2020 chart, through classifying goods and claiming free-trade-agreement preference, to assembling a clean document set and clearing through a customs broker. By the end you can quote a defensible landed cost, prepare the paperwork a border agency expects, and move goods internationally with the numbers and compliance that hold up under inspection.
Curriculum
Module 1: Foundations of Cross-Border Trade
- How a Cross-Border Shipment Actually WorksPreview
- The Players: Forwarders, Brokers, and Agencies🔒
- Should You Import or Export? Opportunity and Reality Check🔒
Module 2: Sourcing Overseas Suppliers and Incoterms
- Finding and Vetting Overseas Suppliers🔒
- Negotiating Terms and the Pro Forma Invoice🔒
- Incoterms 2020: Who Pays, Who Bears the Risk🔒
Module 3: Customs Classification, Duties, and Documentation
- The Harmonized System and Classifying Your Goods🔒
- Calculating Duties, Tariffs, and Landed Cost🔒
- The Core Trade Document Set🔒
Module 4: Clearance, Compliance, and Scaling Your Trade
- Clearing Customs and Free Trade Agreements🔒
- Compliance, Restricted Goods, and the Agencies🔒
- Getting Paid, Managing Risk, and Scaling🔒