Exporting can increase sales, market share, profit and lower per unit costs by expanding into foreign markets, but it also carries extra costs, financial risks and requires adapting products for other cultures with potentially less market information. Exporting allows companies to diversify and extend the life cycle of their products, but may require overcoming additional expenses, uncertainty and cultural adaptation challenges.

1. Export Import Practices Knowledge
Builder Minute
Exporting Advantages and Disadvantages
Tekle Sebhatu, Ph.D.
www.stcinternational.us

2. Exporting Advantages and
Disadvantages
•Increase sales, market
share and profit
•Lower per unit cost
•Diversification
•Expand life cycle of
the product
•Extra cost
•Financial risk
•Product adaptation
• Lack of market
information