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Basics of setting up an Import and Export Program for Beginners and Intermediate Companies.

Will discuss:

1. Basic Import requirements to get your business going: shipment

   & cargo procedures, recordkeeping and invoices, country of   

   origin/NAFTA requirements, HTS classification, and leveraging 

   Free-Trade-Agreements to reduce your import duties and

   compete internationally.

2. Meeting U.S. Customs "Reasonable Care" standards to ensure

   compliance and mitigate penalties; regulatory compliance with

   Customs Laws.

3. Basic Export requirements: know your export requirements and

   compliance with export regulations. Legal framework of exports,

   recordkeeping, documentation requirements, and classifying your

   product for "ECCN" designations.

4. Export risk management, freight forwarder guidance, export 

   compliance, and leveraging Free-Trade-Agreements to promote

   your exports and increase international sales.

Christos Linardakis is an attorney in our Chicago office. Mr. Linardakis holds two advanced law degrees (LL.M.) in International Trade Law & International Corporate Law. He has served as Global Trade Compliance & International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) Empowered Official (EO) as a trade regulatory attorney for electronics company, Molex ($3.7BUSD), a subsidiary of Koch Industries. He has also served in global trade positions for Fortune 25 Compaq Computers, as well as for a Fortune 500 telecommunications company ($2BUSD)

Bill Sanders has extensive knowledge in 19 CFR Import Regulations and has been a Licensed Customs Broker since 2005. He has extensive knowledge with hands on experience in classification, valuation, entry process, Foreign Trade Zones, prior disclosures, C-TPAT validations, and Free Trade Agreements (NAFTA, SG, US/Korea).  He is a proficient auditor with experience in export/import audits and record-keeping requirements, and has an extensive background in training team members, developing compliance programs, and writing working instructions and corporate policies as it relates to trade compliance with bottom line savings and transportation impact to supply-chain operations and trade savings.

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