Here are six steps you can follow to build a winning export/import business strategy and start exporting into previously unknown territory.

1. How to Become a Better
Exporter in 6 Steps

2. United States is currently the world’s largest
economy and the largest exporter and
importer of goods and services

3. 2011
$2.1
Trillion

5. Calculate Landed
Costs Upfront1

6. What Are Landed
Costs?
Landed costs are expenses that need to be
paid when you ship products from one
country to the doorstep of the customer in
another country
Landed costs can quickly
add up as hidden costs
“True” cost of purchasing
your goods
Marketplace competition means
maintaining profit margins is critical for
your customers

7. Add and manage all your landed costs easily in EMERGE App

8. Why Landed Costs
Matter for Exporters
Landed costs aren’t just a worry for
importers. Exporters need to know that
landed costs aren’t just simply cost +
insurance + freight

9. Assess Shipping Costs and
Avoid Customs Delays2

10. Accurate Calculation of Shipping Costs
Shippers typically charge the
higher of actual weight or
volumetric weight

11. How many products can fit in a standard shipping container?
Should you go for a Full Container Load (FCL) or Less than Container
Load (LCL)
Knowing your shipment’s CBM will
help you decide these

12. Enter your product’s packing dimensions in EMERGE App and it will
automatically calculate its CBM in your packing list

13. Avoid this by providing a clear listing of the shipment’s contents,
value and harmonised tariff codes
EMERGE App lets you download a convenient packing list for customs purposes
Customs Delays

14. Deal with International
Currencies3

15. FOREIGN EXCHANGE
MARKET IS
EXTREMELY VOLATILE

16. A price that you agree upon with your international customer
could rise or fall depending on the exchange rate afterwards
You could simply adopt a default currency for your
business, say US Dollars or the Euro, and then have
your customers bear the foreign exchange risk
themselves

18. Manage International
Taxes4

19. Keeping An Eye on
Tax Changes
India exempted exporters from
sales tax and other levies. With the
introduction of GST, exporters now
need to pay Integrated GST (IGST)
first and then seek a refund after
the goods are exported

20. How Software Can
Help You
EMERGE App allows you to enter and
define whatever taxes you need at the
national or state level. You’re covered for
current and future taxes as there’s no
restriction on the rate and description of
the taxes

21. Achieve Operations
Efficiency5

22. EMERGE App has a time-saving barcode scanning and dispatch feature for your order
fulfilment team. This allows you to reconcile the items in a shipment before shipping
them out
Dispatch Your Goods with Barcode
Reconciliation

23. EMERGE App allows you to add as many warehouse locations as you need. Like
international currency, you choose a default warehouse and then pick your overseas
warehouse locations when needed in your sales orders
Setup Multiple Warehouse Locations

24. Work Across Different
Countries and Time Zones6

25. EMERGE App supports all current web technologies and standards. While it performs
best on a desktop or notebook computer, it’s equally at home on a mobile tablet or
any thin and lightweight client device
Thin & Light Apps Are In

26. EMERGE App has a unique tasks and notes feature built-in just about everywhere.
You’ll find it in records for customers, suppliers, quotations, orders, shipments,
receive notes and invoices
Collaborate with Tasks & Notes

27. Finally, multiple users across different time zones mean having robust employee
access permissions. User management means that Tom from Sales shouldn’t be
peeking around Sally’s reports in Finance. EMERGE App has a robust inventory
management system for such scenarios
Manage Different Users

28. SO WHAT DOES
THIS ALL MEAN FOR
YOU?

29. But above some or all of them will help you
mitigate these risks and pain points and become a
better exporter
STEPS ARE NOT A QUICK CURE FOR ANY
EXPORT BUSINESS

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