Network with specialists at the American border - Fashion sector

Why take part in this trade mission?

• To understand the way U.S. Customs work, and to find concrete solutions to the challenges that moving your goods across the border can present.
• To establish valuable contacts with import sector specialists, such as customs brokers, and immigration, law, finance, and marketing experts from the Plattsburgh-North Country Chamber of Commerce
• For a chance to ask your questions directly to the people who check the textile products you export.
• To stay up to date on the development of security programs in effect at the border (C-TPAT, Nexus, etc.).
• To learn about the requirements for expanding your business into the U.S.

Day's schedule

• Tour of the Port of Champlain
• Introduction to legal importers, country of origin markings, what qualifies under NAFTA, and to certificates and rules of origin
• Presentation of the Customs – Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) and the Bioterrorism Act
• Introduction to the particularities of marketing, trade fairs, and samples
• Explanation of the types of work visas and labor laws
• Explanation of rules for incorporating your company in the United States
• Overview of tax rates and regulations, required types of insurance, and U.S. financing practices
• Peak to the textile compliance team

Who should take part in this trade mission?

Fashion sector only

• Entrepreneurs and business leaders
• Business Development and Export Directors
• Logistics and expedition specialists
• Importers

In short, anyone who wants to keep up to date on changes taking place at the border, or who is interested in developing a more concrete vision of customs procedures and the export process.