Import And Export Guidelines

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency is one of the Department of Homeland Security's largest and most complex divisions. This agency provides border security and facilitates international trade and travel.

Visit CBP.gov to review the U.S. import guidelines and documents detailing informed compliance, invoices, duty assessments, classification and value, and marking requirements.

Export Guidelines

Do you need to know the basic guidelines for exporting?  Are you ready to begin developing and implementing an export plan? The following web sites can help you prepare your company to make international sales. 

Bureau of Industry and Security - The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) aims to advance U.S. national security, foreign policy, and economic objectives by ensuring an effective export control and treaty compliance system and promoting continued U.S. strategic technology leadership. The BIS offers export training seminars online and on-site where you can learn from experienced U.S. government officials about export control practices, regulations, procedures, and more.

Export.gov - Export.gov offers the U.S. Commercial Service Market Research Library that houses more than 100,000 industry and country-specific market reports.

International Trade Administration - The International Trade Administration (ITA), governed by the U.S. Department of Commerce, provides exporters and importers with trade policy and trade barrier information, unfair trade practice support and in-depth market knowledge.

ITAR Export Compliance - ITAR Export Compliance is a free online resource devoted to the import and export compliance community. This web site provides the latest news, commentaries and information regarding export and import compliance regulations.

TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES

The U.S. Department of Commerce offers several opportunities for export training:

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