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FAS		 Are You Ready to Export?
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spacerText bulletImage Exporting has become a lucrative activity for many U.S. companies, but all of them began by making the critical decisions necessary to expand their market outside the USA. The following brief questionnaire is designed to help you make those fundamental decisions, or if you are already exporting, to help you identify additional information so you may export more effectively.

This questionnaire highlights characteristics common to successful exporters. Many of these questions will guide you into areas of our homepage where you can obtain more information on food exporting. You will receive a score once you complete the questionnaire, which will help you to assess your export readiness, as well as an identification of areas your business needs to strengthen to improve its export activities.
1. My company has a product which has been successfully sold in the domestic market. Yes No
2. My company has or is preparing an international marketing plan with defined goals and strategies. Yes No
3. My company has sufficient production capacity that can be committed to the export market. Yes No
4. My company has the financial resources to actively support the marketing of our products in the targeted overseas markets. Yes No
5. My company is committed to developing export markets and is also willing and able to dedicate staff, time and resources to the process. Yes No
6. My company is committed to providing the same level of service given to our domestic customers. Yes No
7. My company has adequate knowledge in modifying product packaging and ingredients to meet foreign import regulations, food safety standards and cultural preferences. Yes No
8. My company has adequate knowledge in shipping its product overseas, such as identifying and selecting international freight forwarders, temperature management and freight costing. Yes No
9. My company has adequate knowledge of export payment mechanisms, such as developing and negotiating letters of credits Yes No

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This page last updated: Tuesday, September 06, 2005 01:19:54 PM		 newagx""