Import and Internet

With the development of Internet, all commerce are about to change significantly. As well as those involved in the import business, it is important to think the impact of the Internet and to take advantage of it.
Many consumers have examined the price by using the Internet before they buy.
Many importers open webshops, making price competitions on the Internet.
There are also many helpful websites for importers, such as rankings of large shopping malls and big webshops, and consumers review sites.
By making a research in Internet before importing goods, importers can purchase competitive and selling goods.
Internet also make it easier to do import business.
You can check goods selling in overseas from your country.
The information of best selling goods, new products, or featured goods at overseas TV shoppings are quickly accessed by searching on PCs.
The goods on sale in overseas webshops can be obtained quickly. Many overseas websites do service to ship goods to our country. Once you buy using credit card or something, they will send you goods via air mail. Now we can check quickly about goods that are selling overseas.
You can take advantage of internet in various ways. Many importers expand sales by taking advantage of internet proactively.

*Return to Import Business in Actuality

Import and Charm

Import Formalities
Generally, import is to buy goods in foreign coountries to sell or use in the domestic country. Since we bring goods from abroad, we ust have procesures in accordance with the customs law etc.
Regulation of Imports
Every day, various things have been imported from abroad. Daily life goods, animals, industrial products and other wide-ranging goods are imported. Many things close to us and used in everyday life are imported goods.
Longing for Overseas
There are many people who feel the longing to overseas by the images in films, television or memories of travels. They would feel the overseas atmosphere in their everyday lives.
Import and Sale of Branded Goods
People like brands. Importing to sell branded goods will be such a profitable business model that could meet the needs who love brands.
Cost Reduction
There are a lot of inexpensive goods sold in abroad than those manufactured in our country. There is a variety of features depending on countries, such as low-labor-cost, rich in resources, with plenty of water, a valt land, etc.

Risk of Import

Quality Troubles
There are some variety of risks to import goods from overseas. Quality problems of imported goods is a big risk for the trader to import and sell the product. Reducing the risk of quality problems is a very important skill for the importers.
Infectious Diseases, Termites, and Insect Damage
When importing animls, furnitures, foods and plant seeds, they may suffer infectious diseases, termites or insect damages. Sometimes those can be stopped at customs, and thay become big problems after imported.
Stock, Supply Risk
If you import goods from abroad, the stock of the product can be big, and there sometimes could be supply shortage compared to domestic production goods. The importers should understand the supply risk and stok risk well, and take countermeasures in advance.
Foreign Exchange and Political Risks
Sales of products imported from overseas are affected by changes of foreign currency and political situation. When exchange rate changes rapidly and import prices are increased, the sales will affected. Imports can be stopped depending on the political situation.
Reputational Risk
Sometimes products imported from abroad and sold do not sell at all suddenly for rumors. Once imported foods became a problem, sales of other imported foods can drop significantly, or can affect unexpected fields.

Practice and Future

Parallel Imports and Authorized Agent
If you are to import foreign products and sell into domestic market, you have roughly two ways. One it make a regular agency contracts with suppliers that produce the goods. Another is purchase the goods in foreign country and sell by the parallel imports.
Local Subsidiary and Production
Importing products that are already in overseas is not only business. It is also be good business to go overseas, make local subsidiaries, purchase proactively, make manufacturing plants and do productsion.
Import and Internet
With the development of Internet, all commerce are about to change significantly. As well as those involved in the import business, it is important to think the impact of the Internet and to take advantage of it.
International Exchange
Import is the act to carry products in foreign countries because it is intended to be sold and used in domestic. So to speak, the import is the international exchange by products. Because this is international exchange, images and connection of people are very important.
Realization of Longing
By importing DVDs, novels, paintings, films and television dramas, foreign cultures are coming into the country. By touching many cultures, people feel longing for foreign countries. Longing generates consumer appetite of foreign goods.