Where can I locate import–export rules and customs regulations for different countries?
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Faisal Khan
Answered 10/Mar/2012
Lets start with Exports (i.e. you will be importing).
Almost every country has an export promotion bureau or equivalent, that can assist you in answering your queries and helping exporters to export from their country to yours. Exports means income for the country, so they are generally very helpful in that. The problem is that each country uses its own nomenclature as to what it calls their trade or export promotion bureau, so Googling and finding it can be taxing at times.
Your best best is to call the Commercial Counsellor at the Embassy (or Consultate / High-Commission) of the country you want to import from. This is what commercial counsellors do best. They will assist you in every manner and aid you.
Now if you want to export from your country and import into another country, this can get very tricky. The issue here is of custom tariffs, import lists, and other ancillary duties and charges. If you are not experienced in this, even a simple profitable shipment can be a loss making one.
Each country's Customs Revenue department makes it their mission in life to make things as confusing and hard/difficult for an average person to comprehend.
Your best bet is to engage a logistics company (in the country of import) and perhaps customs tax consultant, who can tell you the exact landing cost of an item based on its HS Code (See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Har...).
Almost every country has an export promotion bureau or equivalent, that can assist you in answering your queries and helping exporters to export from their country to yours. Exports means income for the country, so they are generally very helpful in that. The problem is that each country uses its own nomenclature as to what it calls their trade or export promotion bureau, so Googling and finding it can be taxing at times.
Your best best is to call the Commercial Counsellor at the Embassy (or Consultate / High-Commission) of the country you want to import from. This is what commercial counsellors do best. They will assist you in every manner and aid you.
Now if you want to export from your country and import into another country, this can get very tricky. The issue here is of custom tariffs, import lists, and other ancillary duties and charges. If you are not experienced in this, even a simple profitable shipment can be a loss making one.
Each country's Customs Revenue department makes it their mission in life to make things as confusing and hard/difficult for an average person to comprehend.
Your best bet is to engage a logistics company (in the country of import) and perhaps customs tax consultant, who can tell you the exact landing cost of an item based on its HS Code (See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Har...).