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Following a lifetime’s interest in buying and selling goods around the world, Murat’s career as a Foreign Trade Specialist has already taken him to three continents and involved major projects and responsibilities.
Commercial risk is on of the greatest financial risks facing exporters and importers alike. Fortunately there are a number of good sources of commercial risk information that businesses looking to go global can use to make their decisions.
The “Rules of Origin” under NAFTA are the criteria used to determine the country of origin of a product that is being imported or exported within the NAFTA region.
As part of NAFTA, the United States, Canada and Mexico (the “Parties”) have all agreed to reduce and/or eliminate tariffs on goods that originate from their respective territories. However, the Parties continue to apply significantly higher tariffs to goods that do not originate in one of the NAFTA countries.
In 2014, bilateral trade between Hong Kong and Canada was valued at US$4.6 billion, with exports reaching US$2.9 billion and imports worth US$1.68 billion last year. It turns out a lot of Canadians are doing business in Hong Kong.
Stephanie Kam, CITP|FIBP is a Senior Consultant Project Finance with CPCS Transcom Limited, where she specializes in project finance and legal issues surrounding international infrastructure projects. She is an ambitious, motivated individual who has a passion for experiencing the world through travel and working with people from different cultures. It is largely this attitude that is responsible for inspiring her career in international trade.
Leading a business in the local market is like swimming in a fishbowl, but global business leadership is more comparable to swimming in the ocean. What you learned while swimming in the bowl is not enough.
The Director, Supply Chain Finance will develop, implement and manage the Canadian Supply Chain Finance functions.
The primary responsibility of the Coordinator – Customs Compliance is to review, communicate, and implement regulatory requirements to ensure compliance with customs activity.
The U.S. imported $232.9 billion worth of goods $187.8 billion, while only exporting $187.8 billion, resulting in a U.S. trade deficit of $51.4 billion. This deficit marked an increase of $15.5 billion – or 43.1% – over February 2015 numbers.
Michelle is excited to channel her passion for both international trade and Oxford Frozen Foods, where she works as the Sea Freight and Customs Assistant, to continue to take on new challenges in her career.
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