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SUMMARY:Importing 101 (In Person)
DESCRIPTION:Learn the basics as well as the important details impacting your bottom line and avoid mistakes\, minimize costs/risks\, and maximize revenue.\n\n\nNote: This event page is for the in-person option of our hybrid model. Click here to go to the virtual event page.\nAbout this workshop: \nThis seminar will provide a broad outline of what you need to know to start importing goods from abroad: \n\nfinancial issues (Incoterms\, payments\, exchange rates\, insurance)\, Canadian import regulations\, labelling\, quotas.\npermits and licences\, logistics costs\, the documentation required for smooth customs clearance\, how duties and taxes work\,.\nFree Trade Agreements and their impact\, the role of the customs broker and other intermediaries.\nLearn the basics as well as the important details impacting your bottom line and avoid mistakes\, minimize costs/risks and maximize revenue.\n\nAbout the speaker: \nFollowing a + 30-year international logistics career\, Christian Sivière started a Montréal-based import-export consultancy in 2010\, Solimpex\, active in two areas: \n\nconsulting to help SMEs grow internationally; and\ntraining on the regulatory\, customs and logistics aspects of Importing and Exporting\, Free Trade Agreements and Supply Chain Optimization.\n\nChristian is a subject-matter expert and lectures for the Canadian International Freight Forwarders Association in Toronto\, gives seminars and webinars for various trade organizations like the Montreal Chamber of Commerce\, Export Québec\, Invest Ottawa\, Supply Chain Canada and similar\, and personalized training for importers and exporters. He publishes articles in Inside Logistics and Supply Professional.
URL:https://enterprisecentre.ca/events/importing-101-in-person-2/
LOCATION:Invest Ottawa\, 7 Bayview Station Road\, Ottawa\, ON\, K1Y 2C5\, Canada
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