Want to Be a Direct Importer

Takeaway tip: Aggregate as much of your business as possible with one or two trading companies to leverage your importance with them and ensure they comprehensively understand your business.

Logistics and Risk

Regardless of how you find the products to import, there are two big differences in directly importing items vs. simply selling imported items: managing the logistics and assuming the risk. Being an importer of record (i.e., your company name is on the shipment) requires you to get familiar with some key import and financial logistics.