Network with specialists at the American border

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
• To meet experts from the U.S. Customs Service and the Food and Drug Administration.
• To stay up to date on the development of security programs in effect at the border (C-TPAT, Nexus, etc.).

Day's schedule

• Tour of the Port of Champlain
• Introduction to legal importers, country of origin markings, qualifications under trade agreements, 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 visas and the hiring of representatives
• Presentation of the rules of incorporation, taxation, and insurance

Who should take part in this trade mission?

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

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.

"A perfect day filled with relevant information. I'm blown away by the contributors' interest in us and desire to help. I left with a whole new perspective on doing business with the United States."