Essentials of Exporting and Importing

Harvey R. Shoemack is an international business and marketing specialist and adjunct faculty at three Chicago-area colleges. For more than 30 years, he has helped American firms access foreign markets, while also assisting international firms and organizations seeking business in the United States. Shoemack founded The International Marketing Center, Ltd. in 1976 and has represented or provided training for such major clients as: Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), Dai-Ichi Kangyo and Sanyo banks, Banque Nationale de Paris, Petersen Manufacturing Co., Inc., The China Exhibition Corp., The Trade, Technology and Transfer Corporation (Russia), PHH Fantus Corp., Mardel Laboratories, Inc., Val-Test Distributors and Komatsu-Dresser Co. He is active in many professional and international trade organizations. Patricia Mink Rath, MS, is a consultant in marketing education in Winnetka, Illinois. Her fashion merchandising experience includes work as a retail executive in the fashion departments of specialty and department stores in the Chicago area, Boston, and San Francisco. She has taught college level courses in fashion marketing and merchandising, consumer behavior, retail buying and management, French culture and language for over three decades. Fluent in French, she has led fashion merchandising classes in Paris and Provence. Mink Rath has traveled in Europe, Central America, and Asia and gives illustrated lectures on fashion in both English and French. She is a lifetime member of the Alliance Francaise du North Shore, Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE) and the Marketing Education Association (MEA). She is co-author of a number of texts and other educational materials for students and teachers. Mink Rath is co-author of Marketing Fashion: A Global Perspective (Fairchild Books, 2012), Essentials of Exporting and Importing: U.S.Trade Policies, Procedures and Practices (Fairchild Books, 2010) and The Why of the Buy: Consumer Behavior and Fashion (Fairchild Books, 2008).

Introduction
Acknowledgments
Part I: Globalization and the U.S. Export-Import Business
Chapter 1: An Overview of Global Business Today
Chapter 2: Globalization and Trade Liberalization
Chapter 3: The U.S. Role in Global Trade
Part II: U.S. Exporting Policies and Procedures
Chapter 4: Basics of Exporting
Chapter 5: U.S. Export Controls and Procedures
Part III: Importing into the United States
Chapter 6: Basics of Importing into the United States
Chapter 7: Entering the Import Business
Chapter 8: Navigating the Maze of Import Controls
Part IV: Rewards and Challenges of the Export-Import Trade
Chapter 9: Getting Paid or Paying for Exports or Imports
Chapter 10: Cases for Essentials of Exporting and Importing
Glossary
Credits
Index