Start Your Own Import or Export Business: Turn Global Opportunities into a Business Series-Part 1

Business Series – Part 1

Explore international business opportunities and learn how to turn global markets into a profitable business.

This workshop provides a practical introduction to the essential steps involved in starting and growing an import/export business.

What You’ll Learn

• Identify products with import or export potential and evaluate whether there is a viable market for them.
• Research and select promising international markets using market trends, demand, competition, and other key factors.
• Find and evaluate international business partners, including overseas suppliers, manufacturers, buyers, distributors, and agents.
• Start small and test your market before making significant investments, while building your international business step by step.
• Avoid common mistakes that can cost new importers and exporters time, money, and business opportunities.
• Understand the basics of international shipping and logistics, including freight forwarders, customs clearance, documentation, and transportation.
• Learn how Harmonized System (HS) codes work and why they are important for identifying and classifying products.
• Understand Incoterms® and how they determine responsibilities for transportation, insurance, costs, duties, and risk between buyers and sellers.

Who Should Attend?

This workshop is ideal for aspiring entrepreneurs, small business owners, manufacturers, retailers, and entrepreneurs interested in expanding into international markets—whether you are considering importing products, exporting your products, or exploring both opportunities.

Part 1 of the Business Series will give you the foundational knowledge and practical tools needed to evaluate international opportunities and take the first steps toward building an import/export business.

Join us and discover how to turn global opportunities into a business!

INSTRUTOR:
Esther Luongo Psarakis
Managing Partner
Foodpreneur