As you grow into your global trade adventure it may become important that you bring in-house a lot of the services that the Global Trade Department can offer. To assist you on this part of your journey, we are pleased to offer a comprehensive training plan to build your internal skills. Not only can we help you with achieving those skill we are still available to help fill in the gaps where needed with our comprehensive consultancy and ‘Hands-on Support’ packages.
So, you want to export, but where to start? This full-day training course covers the essential aspects of exporting standard and non-standard goods. Covering export documentation, origin and acceptable proof, export licensing, SPS certification, Incoterms, and working with freight partners and fast parcel operators. This course if perfect for export sales, contracts, shipping, and financial staff and management.
So, you would like to access overseas suppliers to reduce costs and/or benefit from a wider range of products. This one-day training course covers the essential elements of importing both standard and non-standard goods. Focusing on import documentation, SPS certification, importing under preference, Incoterms, customs valuation, duty/VAT payment. This course is perfect for procurement, contracts, shipping, and financial staff and management.
Compliance in global trade is essential both with import and export. This one-day, deep dive training course covers comprehensive documentary requirements, customs entries and port/airport procedures and documentation, proof of export, payment methods and documentation, full customs compliance, and HMRC audits. This course is perfect for sales, contracts, financial, procurement staff, as well as management charged with company compliance.
As a services-based economy, the UK operates a services trade surplus and has significant unexploited opportunities across the globe. This one-day training course crucially explores the different modes of service delivery, establishing a commercial presence overseas, GATS provision and preferential trade, handling of tax (EU VAT, US nexus, etc.), contract jurisdiction, in-market regulation, recognition of professional qualifications, GDPR, Intellectual Property Rights, compliance, and much more.
Certain export goods have restrictions on them, amongst these are military and dual-use goods, and protected works of art. Dual-use goods cover a broad range of products so the need for export licenses is widespread. This full-day course explores export controls in detail, highlighting which products are impacted, the licenses required, how export controls vary globally, and a step-by-step guide to applying for an export license.
Often misunderstood and mis-used, these 3-letter acronyms are essential in the global trade of goods; the implications of using them incorrectly can be costly and lead to compliance risk and acrimony between buyer and seller. This one-day training course provides a deep dive and comprehensive overview of Incoterms® 2020, including how and when to use them and how to avoid common pitfalls.
HMRC offers a range of facilitations and simplifications to reduce the administrative, duty, and tax burden on global traders. This full-day course explores each one in detail, including Inward Processing (IP), Outward Processing (OP), Authorised use, Temporary admission, Customs warehousing, Returned Goods Relief (RGR), and ATR Carnets. Importantly, this content also includes the use of correct CPC codes on declarations and maintaining documentary evidence.
The Customs Declaration Service (CDS) is HMRC’s eagerly anticipated replacement for its longstanding CHIEF platform, managing import and export declaration data and integrating with other Government systems. This course delivers a detailed, step-by-step guide to completing import and export declarations via CDS, as well as how to derive value from the wider system, and how to validate data input on your behalf.
Trading globally poses many risks, not least due to different cultures, political, social, and economic environments as well as national and international regulations. This full-day training course explores carefully crafted strategies for mitigating risk with overseas market entry and international supply chains. This course also examines in detail the various financial instruments available to traders to de-risk procurement, supply, and getting paid.
There is tremendous call for UK products and services in emerging markets; where the label “Made in Britain” is perceived as “high quality” and commands up to a 7% price premium. However, significant barriers to entry and corruption can apply complexity and risk not prevalent in more developed economies. Focusing on the top 10 markets, this one-day training course is a masterclass in how to mitigate risk and capitalise on the opportunities on offer.
Obtain an impartial, outside-in assessment of your current global trading processes and practices, with practical recommendations of how you can incorporate sustainability values and targets to meet future regulatory requirements and drive long-term growth.
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