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Monthly Archives: June 2010
GSA Schedules
QUESTION: Do you believe that the GSA option can limit your sales outside the government sector?
ANSWER: No, being listed on the GSA schedules can only enhance a company’s stature and offering. Getting a GSA Schedule tells customers (government or not) that you are a serious vendor and that the US government has done the due [...]
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ACT Exporters’ Network Achievements 2009/10
2009 ACT Chief Minister’s Export Awards
The six-month long 2009 ACT Chief Minister’s Export Awards Program culminated in a Presentation Lunch on Tuesday 22 September 2009. With a record 240 people in attendance, the ACT Chief Minister awarded environmental monitoring solutions company, Sentinel with the coveted ACT Exporter of the Year Award. Twenty-one finalists from across [...]
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Interesting export-related Articles from ‘Beyond Virginia’
16th June, 2010
Understanding the Importance of Incoterms when Exporting under Letters of Credit
Why are most US exporters still shipping “Freight Collect” when securing payment under a letter of credit (LC)? “We’ve always done it that way,” some will say. “We didn’t know it made a difference.” Or maybe it’s because they used these domestically, and [...]
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27th May Exporter’s Breakfast.
The Hon. Anthony Byrne
Parliamentary Secretary for Trade
Address to ACT Exporters’ Network Breakfast
27 May 2010
Canberra
Introduction
Whilst there’s been much discussion about the Australian mining sector in recent weeks, this has probably perpetuated common misconceptions that this and agriculture are virtually the only forms of exporting Australia undertakes.
Whilst these sectors are undoubtedly very important components of our economy, [...]
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The Hon Anthony Byrne MP, Parliamentary Secretary for Trade addresses the ACT Exporters’ Network
In a speech to the Australian Services Roundtable earlier in the year, the Hon Anthony Byrne MP, Parliamentary Secretary for Trade listed several ways in which the Australian Government was committed to helping service exporters.
He reiterated the Government’s commitment to the Doha Round of the World Trade Organisation and the General Agreement on Trade in [...]
ACT Exporters’ Networks 2009-2010 Achievements