INTERNATIONAL TRADE LAW
International Trade Law Articles
Customs classification, export controls, sanctions, and the compliance work that keeps cross-border business moving.
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How to Comply with BIS Export Control Regulations
To comply with BIS regulations, classify your item, screen every party and destination, get any required license, and keep records — all under the Export …
How to Comply With ITAR: A Practical Guide
ITAR compliance starts with one question: is your product, service, or data on the U.S. Munitions List? The International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) …
How to Comply With OFAC Sanctions Regulations
To comply with OFAC regulations, build a risk-based sanctions compliance program around the five components OFAC itself publishes, screen every counterparty …
How to Comply with Re-Export Regulations
A re-export is the shipment of a U.S.-origin item from one foreign country to another, and U.S. export controls can require a license for it even though the …
How to Comply With U.S. Export Control Laws
Complying with U.S. export control laws comes down to four questions you answer before every shipment: what are you sending, where is it going, who will receive …
How to Export a Vehicle From the U.S. (CBP Rules)
To export a used vehicle from the U.S. legally, you must file the export through the Automated Export System (AES) and present the title and supporting …
How to Export Agricultural Products from the U.S.
Most U.S. agricultural exports need a phytosanitary certificate — an official USDA document certifying the shipment meets the destination country’s …
How to Export as a Small Business: Where to Start
A small business starts exporting by building a focused export plan, tapping the federal financing and market-research programs built for smaller firms, and …
How to Export Chemicals From the U.S. Legally
Exporting chemicals from the U.S. is unusual because a single shipment can trigger several agencies at once — the EPA, the Bureau of Industry and Security …
How to Export Clothing: U.S. Compliance Guide
Exporting clothing from the U.S. is legal and low-barrier, but every shipment still has to clear three compliance checkpoints: classify the goods correctly, …
How to Export Cosmetics: FDA and EU Rules
To export cosmetics, you satisfy two layers of rules: the U.S. requirements that apply where you manufacture, and the destination country’s requirements …
How to Export Electronics: A Compliance Guide
Exporting electronics requires classifying the item on the Commerce Control List, resolving any encryption or dual-use controls, screening the destination and …
How to Export Food Products: Certificates & Agencies
Exporting U.S. food usually comes down to two things: an export certificate the destination country will accept, and meeting that country’s own food rules …
How to Export Furniture: U.S. Compliance Guide
To export furniture from the United States, classify it under HTS/Schedule B Chapter 94, screen every party to the sale, file Electronic Export Information …
How to Export Goods for Personal Use
Exporting goods for personal use means taking or sending items out of the United States for your own use or as a gift, rather than to sell them — and even …
How to Export Goods for Resale
Exporting goods for resale means shipping commercial merchandise to a foreign buyer who will resell it — and it puts the full U.S. export-compliance framework …
How to Export Goods: A Step-by-Step Guide
To export goods from the United States, you classify the product, confirm whether it needs an export license, screen the destination and the parties, file the …
How to Export Live Animals from the U.S.
Exporting live animals from the United States means satisfying three layers of rules at the same time: U.S. export requirements, the destination country’s …
How to Export Machinery: A Compliance Guide
To export machinery, you classify the equipment on the Commerce Control List, check whether its capabilities or end use require a license, screen the parties, …
How to Export Medical Devices: FDA Requirements
A medical device that is legally marketed in the United States can generally be exported freely; the harder cases are devices not yet cleared or approved by the …
