What this service is:

Get your products and materials where they're needed in more than 200 overseas markets, with help from the most comprehensive source of information on current laws, regulations, policies, and forms.

What it helps you do:

• Retrieve a wealth of market-specific data on more than 200 nations around the world instantly from Bloomberg BNA's exclusive Country Profiles.
• Familiarize yourself with important market characteristics, distribution channels, marketing laws, and intellectual property rights for virtually every country in the world.
• Know whom to contact to take care of business abroad with lists of key government and business offices overseas and in the U.S.
• Simplify compliance with foreign rules and regulations governing product standards, labeling, packing, and marking to save time and money.
• Know what documents are required to ensure your products clear overseas customs and import offices. Learn how to avoid costly delays, penalties, and violations.
• Utilize in-depth coverage of regional trade blocs to better access world markets.
• Consult and access the full text of important international agreements such as the WTO’s Customs Valuation Agreement and TRIPS Agreement.
• Access the full text of U.S. Export Administration Regulations (15 CFR Parts 730-774) and the Foreign Trade Statistics Regulations (15 CFR Part 30).
• Get plain-English explanations of exporting fundamentals including the policies, regulations, and procedures that govern international mail and shipping services.
• Know what you need to be successful working across borders with in-depth information on traveling abroad, utilizing U.S. foreign trade zones, and understanding U.S. government-financed exports.
• Streamline recordkeeping and filing tasks with access to interactive U.S. government forms and other commercial documents required for international commerce.
• Track and analyze your export products more easily with a direct link to the Census Bureau's Schedule B, containing approximately 8,000 unique export commodity classification codes.

Product Structure

Reference: analysis, guidance and primary source material

Formats and Frequency

Web and print materials are updated biweekly.

SEE ALSO International Trade Reporter for information on the Export Reference Manual in Print.

• Carnet system
• Customs rules
• Documentary requirements
• Economic data
• Foreign trade zones
• Free trade agreements
• Government procurement
• Import and exchange controls
• Insurance
• Intellectual property rights
• International trade-related agreements
• International shipping
• Labeling and marking
• Mail shipments
• Packaging and packing
• Payment terms
• Preshipment and destination inspection
• Product standards
• Tariff systems
• Trade blocs
• Travel information
• U.S. export regulations