Export Resources

Below, you will find helpful links on various export mechanics topics.  For a list of local, state, and federal export service providers in North Carolina, please see below the export resource links.

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Export Readiness

• Is your company ready to export? 

• Learn how to export

• Strategic reasons to export

• Creating an export plan​

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Market Research

• U.S. Commercial Service Country Commercial Guides

• Foreign Agricultural Service GAIN Reports  

Export Documentation

• Common export documents

• ACE (Automated Commercial Environment) and Automated Systems

• Schedule B Search Engine  

• HTS Search Tool 

• Tutorial on HTS system

• Customs Info tariff tool

• Free Trade Agreements

• Rules of origin

• FTA Tariff Tool

• Incoterms

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Getting Paid

• Export pricing strategy

• Methods of payment

• Letters of credit

• Export credit insurance 

• Ex-Im Bank Country Limitation Schedule

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Export Regulations and Licensing

• U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) 

• U.S. Dept. of State, Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC)

• U.S. Dept. of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control - Sanctions List​

• Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)
   

Intellectual Property Rights

• Protecting Your Intellectual Property Overseas

• IPR Toolkits

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Our Export Partners

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• U.S. Commercial Service

• Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina (EDPNC)

• SBTDC

• Small Business Administration (SBA)

• The Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im)

• NC Ag

• NC Ports
   

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