New to Exporting

A practical starting point for businesses beginning to trade internationally. This block sets out what exporting actually involves in operational terms - who does what, what has to be declared, what has to be evidenced, and where first-time exporters most often get caught out.

What you will learn

• What an export actually is, and where your responsibility starts and ends
• The documents a first shipment needs, and who produces each one
• How buyers, forwarders and customs brokers each fit into the movement
• The costs that are easy to miss when quoting an overseas customer
• The first controls to put in place before volume grows

Who should attend

• Businesses making their first international sales
• Owner-managers taking exporting in-house
• Sales teams being asked overseas questions for the first time
• Operations staff newly responsible for shipments
• Anyone supporting a business that is starting to export

Why this workshop matters

Most first-time export problems are not complicated - they are avoidable. Knowing the shape of the process before the first order lands is what stops a shipment sitting at a border.

Format

Live online workshop, 9:30-11:45 (2 hours). Certificate of attendance on completion.