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Global

Marketing
Warren J. Keegan Mark C. Green

Importing,
Exporting, and
Sourcing
Chapter 8
© 2015 by Pearson Education 8-1
Learning Objectives
• This chapter looks at:
– Export selling and export
marketing
– Organizational export activities
– National policies on imports
and exports
– Tariff systems
– Key export participants
– Export organizations
– Payment methods
– Sourcing decisions

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Export Selling vs. Export Marketing

• Export selling involves selling the same product,


at the same price, with the same promotional
tools in a different place

• Export marketing tailors the marketing mix to


international customers

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Requirements for
Export Marketing
• An understanding of the target market
environment
• The use of market research and identification
of market potential
• Decisions concerning product design, pricing,
distribution and channels, advertising, and
communications

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Organizational
Export Activities
1. The firm is unwilling to export; it will not even
fill an unsolicited export order.
2. The firm fills unsolicited export orders but
does not pursue unsolicited orders. Such a firm
is an export seller.
3. The firm explores the feasibility of exporting
(this stage may bypass Stage 2).
4. The firm exports to one or more markets on a
trial basis.
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Organizational
Export Activities (Cont.)
5. The firm is an experienced exporter to one or
more markets.
6. The firm pursues country- or region-focused
marketing based on certain criteria
7. The firm evaluates global market potential
for the “best” target markets.

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Potential Export Problems

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National Policies Governing
Exports and Imports
• Most nations
encourage exports
and restrict imports
• In 2011, the total was
$2.7 trillion
• European Union trade,
domestic and foreign,
is $3 trillion +

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Top 10 Clothing Exporters
2011 ($ billions)

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Government Programs that
Support Exports
• Tax incentives
• Subsidies
• Governmental
assistance
• Free trade zones
The Miami Free Trade Zone, near the airport
and port of Miami, manages transactions of
over $1 billion of trade a year.

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Governmental Actions to Discourage
Imports and Block Market Access
• Tariffs
• Import controls
• Nontariff barriers
– Quotas
– Discriminatory
procurement policies
– Restrictive customs
procedures
– Arbitrary monetary
policies
Portland, Oregon Customs Center
– Restrictive regulations
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Examples of Trade Barriers

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Tariff Systems
• Single-column tariff
– Simplest type of tariff
– Schedule of duties in which rate applies to imports
from all countries on the same basis

• Two-column tariff
– General duties plus special duties apply

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Tariff Systems

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Preferential Tariff
• Reduced tariff rate applied to imports from
certain countries
• GATT prohibits the use, with three exceptions:
– Historical preference arrangements already
existed
– Preference is part of formal economic integration
treaty
– Industrial countries are permitted to grant
preferential market access to LDCs
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Customs Duties
• Ad valorem duty
– Expressed as percentage of value of goods
• Specific duty
– Expressed as specific amount of currency per unit
of weight, volume, length, or other unit of
measurement
• Compound or mixed duties
– Apply

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Other Duties and
Import Charges
• Anti-dumping Duties
– Dumping is the sale of merchandise in export
markets at unfair prices
– Special import charges equal to the dumping
margin
• Countervailing Duties
• Variable Import Levies
• Temporary Surcharges

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Key Export Participants
• Foreign purchasing • Export distributor
agents • Export commission
• Export brokers representative
• Cooperative exporter
• Export merchants
• Freight forwarders
• Export management
• Manufacturer’s export
companies representatives

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Organizing for Exporting in
the Manufacturer’s Country
• Exports can be handled
– As a part-time activity performed by domestic
employees
– Through an export partner
– Through an export department
– Through an export department within an
international division
– For multi-divisional companies; each possibility
exists for each division

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Organizing for Exporting
in the Market Country
• Direct market representation
– Advantages: control and communications

• Representation by independent
intermediaries
– Advantages: best for situations with small sales
volume

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Trade Financing and
Methods of Payment
• Documentary credits (letter of credit)
• Documentary collections (bill of exchange)
• Cash in advance
• Sales on open account
• Sales on consignment basis

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Documentary Credit

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Documentary Credit (Con’t)

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Customs Trade Partnership
Against Terrorism
• The U.S. Customs and
Border Patrol inspects
cargo
• C-TPAT aims to have
businesses certify their
security and that of
their partners
• They get inspection
priority

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Duty Drawback
• Refunds of duties paid on imports that are
processed or incorporated into other goods AND
re-exported
• Reduce the price of imported production inputs
• Used in the U.S. to encourage exports
• After NAFTA, U.S. reduced drawbacks on exports
to Canada and Mexico
• China had to reduce drawbacks in order to join
the WTO

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Sourcing
• Must emphasize benefits of sourcing from
country other than home country
• Must assess vision and values of company
leadership
• Advantage can be gained by
– Concentrating some of the marketing activities in a
single location
– Leveraging company’s know-how
– Tapping opportunities for product development and
R&D

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Factors that Affect Sourcing
• Management vision
• Factor costs and conditions
• Customer needs
• Logistics
• Country infrastructure
• Political risk
• Exchange rate, availability,
and convertibility of local
money

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Looking Ahead to Chapter 9

Global Market Entry Strategies: Licensing,


Investment, and Strategic Alliances

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