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Step-by-Step Guide to Exporting
The Step-by-Step Guide to Exporting is intended to help you learn about the world marketplace and how your company can do business there. It concentrates on the overall principles of exporting and describes the processes that businesses commonly use to develop export strategies tailored to their needs. Among other things, the guide will help you to :
- assess your company’s export readiness
- build an export plan
- research and select your target market
- create an export marketing plan
- determine the best methods of delivering your product or service to your target market
- develop a sound financial plan
- understand the key legal aspects of international trade
If the following information is not accessible to you, please contact TCS-SDC.Web@international.gc.ca for assistance.
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