Practical Exporting and Importing in Canada
Series: Heritage; Heritage
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 1961
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 135
ISBN-13: 9781442656369; 9781442651470
Subjects: Handbooks, manuals; Commerce
Description: The purpose of this book is to describe, not in broad economic terms, but in daily practical detail, the work of the exporter and importer.
Table of contents: title: Cover; title: CONTENTS; title: FOREWORD; title: 1. THE BUSINESS OF EXPORTING; title: METHODS OF OPERATION; title: The export merchant; title: Locating goods and customers; title: 2. YOUR BUSINESS RELATIONS; title: ORGANIZING YOUR FIRM; title: COMMUNICATIONS; title: Cables; title: Telephone; title: Letterheads and supplies; title: FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTS; title: Banking; title: Letters of credit; title: Drafts; title: Export Credit Insurance; title: Accountants; title: Other brokers and export agents; title: Currencies; title: MARINE INSURANCE; title: Types of policy; title: SHIPPING COMPANIES; title: Ocean carriers; title: Railroads; title: Trucks; title: Airlines; title: Parcel post; title: CUSTOMS BROKERS; title: 3. COSTS AND QUOTATIONS; title: TERMS AND TERMINOLOGY; title: Marking and strapping; title: Terminals; title: Weight or measure; title: Bills of lading; title: Misleading terms; title: CIF and others; title: Dock receipts and clean documents; title: Quotation terms; title: Minor allowances; title: OPTIONAL EXPENSES; title: Labels; title: Samples; title: 4. HANDLING SOME SHIPMENTS; title: HERRING FOR HONG KONG, I; title: Information necessary for costing; title: Mechanics of export costing; title: Recheck before cabling; title: Export costing sheet; title: FLOUR FOR GAMBIA, I; title: Assessing suppliers' quotations; title: Handling the counter-offer; title: HERRING FOR HONG KONG, II; title: The letter of credit; title: Ordering from supplier; title: Shipping space; title: FLOUR FOR GAMBIA, II; title: The unclean shipment; title: Hunting for a solution; title: HERRING FOR HONG KONG, III; title: Financing with buyer's letter of credit; title: Claiming against the letter of credit; title: Sight draft sales; title: FROZEN FISH FOR FRANCE: USING THE FREIGHT FORWARDER; title: Selecting the shipping route; title: Costing the shipment; title: Financing by back-to-back credit; title: 5. THE BUSINESS OF IMPORTING; title: KINDS OF ORGANIZATION; title: BRINGING IN THE GOODS; title: Finding a supplier; title: Checking with customs; title: Sampling the market; title: RESELLING THE GOODS; title: Price structure; title: Terms; title: CURRANTS FROM TASMANIA; title: Dealing with an insurance claim; title: APPENDIXES; title: TRADE TERMS.; title: EQUIVALENTS; title: INDEX; title: A; title: B; title: C; title: D; title: E; title: F; title: I; title: L; title: L; title: O; title: P; title: Q; title: R; title: S; title: T; title: U; title: W.