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REALLY USEFUL SITES
RUSSIA
Our Featured Country
www.usrussiatrade.org
Located at the far-eastern end of Europe and extending across all of northern Asia, Russia is a unique country because of its size. With more than 17 million square kilometers (6,592,800 sq mi), Russia is the largest country (in area) in the world. It is rich in natural resources, especially petroleum products, forest reserves and mineral resources. Natural resources are almost all products exported from the country.
Russia’s economic power was extremely diminished by the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991, the dissolution of the COMECON (an isolated trading area that comprised Russia, the CIS countries plus the Central and East European Countries, many of which are now members of the European Union) and the transition process to capitalism. And the recent worldwide economic crisis has made it yet somewhat worse.
With huge inequities in wealth distribution, the persistence of corruption, the nine time zones that cut up the territories and the difficulties of transportation logistics, the Russian market is not the easiest to access. But with more than 140 millions inhabitants, opportunities are always possible.
To help you to improve your competitiveness in trade with Russia, you can get assistance from the Coalition for US – Russia Trade. For updates on Russian laws and legal reforms, take a look at Russian Laws News. And read the latest news from Russia at Rian.ru.
And don't forget the website of the U.S. Commercial Service in Russia. The site offers extensive information about the market through news, guides and the Commercial Service programs conferences, trade missions and training sessions. If that's not enough, you'll also find plenty of good research at the FITA Russia Mini Portal (http://fita.org/countries/russia.html), a feature of the FITA Web site. The FITA Mini Portal has an overview of the country, with facts about the language, currency, climate, etc., plus more specific information about the economy, markets, taxes, labor market indicators, and tips on doing business in UK.
The Russia Mini Portal is one of many research gateways at the FITA site. To find Mini Portals for other countries, just click on "Country Profiles" from within a Mini Portal, or at the FITA home page.
FREIGHTBOOK
The freight forwarder directory
freightbook.net/
Based in the UK, Freightbook is an online freight directory. The online database of freight forwarders contains more than 400 companies in 120 countries. It is also a freight quote system, where users can get several quotes for their shipments from qualified freight forwarders in their markets. So...find your forwarder directly online, get quick and competitive shipments quotes or get registered if you are a forwarder.
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TAXANALYSTS
Master Worldwide Taxes
taxanalysts.com
Taxanalysts is an American nonprofit publisher that provides tax information worldwide, produced by a staff of more than 250 domestic and international correspondents. Although there is a fee to see most of the content, the website provides many “sample” editions that offer up-to-date reports. Taxanalysts provides several kinds of tools and databases such as Withholding Tax and Tax Directories worldwide and a database of more than 5,600 tax treaties. Taxanalysts also offers International Tax News bringing you updates on statutes, regulations, new rulings, and court decisions from around the world. The website also has training and technical support for tax issues.
GLOBESMART
Profit from Cultural Awareness
globesmart.com/
Globesmart is a cross cultural resource that helps improve teamwork, management, negotiation, perception of consumer habits, etc. through understanding of cultural differences and adaptation. The website offers cultural “generalizations” (defined as concepts that have “general application” and that can be changed with the presentation of new information) rather than “stereotypes” (defined as concepts that have “fixed, unvarying ideas” that cannot be adjusted with new information). This policy guaranties the quality of the information provided. The website charges a subscription fee but lets you look at 3 full services for free. The content will help you learn the typical styles and strategies that are commonly used by negotiators in different cultures, understand the different expectations of customers around the world, adapt training to domestic needs and prepare expatriates to modify behavior when moving abroad.
USEFUL SERVICE PROVIDERS
INTERNATIONAL TRADE SERVICE PROVIDERS
Service Providers who will be Listed in the GlobalTrade.net Directory of International Trade Service Providers
www.GlobalTrade.net
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SEENDICO Advisors. Poland based strategic and economic consulting.
- HAZGO SA. Belgium and South Africa based freight forwarder specialized in international dangerous goods logistics.
- Aggarwal Associates. India based law firm.
FITA CAREER HEADQUARTERS
Import/Export Specialist
www.fita.org/jobs
In the FITA Career Headquarters job seekers can now apply for jobs online and post their resume--free of charge--in an exclusive database that will be searched by hundreds of industry employers seeking employees with international degrees and/or related work experience. Featured this week is a listing for a International Logistics Manager at Old World Industries in Northbrook, IL. Click here to browse more than 700 other positions!
Employers - Click here to advertise your job openings on FITA's Career HQ.
Let the jobs come to you! Employers are looking for people with international skills. Post your resume TODAY and reap the rewards of the FITA Career HQ! And with a FITA Career HQ job agent, you can decide what kind of job you are looking for and let the system do the searching for you. Simply set up specific search parameters in a Job Agent, and whenever a job is posted that matches your criteria, you'll be notified automatically via email. It's that easy!
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE EVENTS
U.S. COMMERCIAL SERVICE EVENTS AND WEBINARS
Resources for Going Global
http://www.export.gov/eac/trade_events.asp
The U.S. Commercial Service, a division of the International Trade Administration of the U.S. Department of Commerce, sponsors and participates in many events and webinars that help U.S. exporters sell overseas and help overseas buyers learn about U.S. exports. The Commercial Service has a searchable database of these events worldwide at http://www.export.gov/each/trade_events.asp. Below are some upcoming events:
• HAITI RECONSTRUCTION: Accessing Opportunities in the Medium to Long-Term, Philadelphia, June 7.
• Finding Financing for Exporters Conference, June 8, Cleveland, OH.
• Terminating a Distributor, Webinar, June 8. final part of the Baker & McKenzie International Export Webinar Series
• Leveraging Your Website to Increase International Sales, Boston, MA June 9-10. Learn about simple tools and best practices to make your company's website work for you in attracting foreign buyers, distributors, and customers.
• A Basic Guide to Exporting: Taking Advantage of NAFTA. June 9, Washington, DC.
• Executive-Led Trade Mission to Baghdad, Iraq, October 2010.
U.S. DISTRICT EXPORT COUNCIL
Regional Public/Private Partnership for Export Promotion
districtexportcouncil.com
The District Export Councils contribute leadership and international trade expertise to complement the U.S. Commercial Service’s export promotion efforts through counseling businesses on the exporting process and conducting trade education and community outreach.
• The 2010 International District Export Council (DEC) Conference, "Capitalizing on America’s Export Advantages: Green & Innovation", October 24-27 at the Detroit Marriott Renaissance Center. Expected to be the premier international trade event in North America this year, the Conference is expected to draw approximately 500 attendees from government and business to network, listen to high level speakers from government and business, and share ideas related to increasing U.S. exports. The program will also include a private briefing in Windsor, Canada by the Canada Border Services Agency as well as visits to the Ford Rouge Factory and the Henry Ford Museum.
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