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Hello Walter!
Thank you very much for sharing your expertise in this area with us. I have a question which is not about sourcing, but I strongly believe you are my best bet for a great answer. I am making my own product, which I want to sell in Western Europe and the US (my invention, manufactured in the EU). I am a citizen of the EU, so it's likely that selling within the EU will not be very problematic, as there are no internal customs fees, just VAT and then income tax. However, in terms of selling to US customers (directly, the product is new, as is my company, so I would like to bypass middlemen to have control over building a brand experience), the process seems a bit more complicated.
I was looking into Foreign Trade Zones as the solution. The intention is shipping, say 100 units there, paying for storage, and using a 3rd party logistics partner to ship units to individual customers. From what I gathered doing research online, this would allow me to put the freight and customs fees in the price without the customer knowing, offer them hassle-free domestic shipping on a premium imported product (e.g. by using an FTZ in Nebraska, which would allow similar shipping times and costs to customers on both Coasts); best of all, I would only pay custom fees once per week, and only for the units that have actually been shipped.
My question is, is this feasible? Are Foreign Trade Zones only for large companies and big shipments, not for small entrepreneurs such as myself? Perhaps you address this in your book, and I should buy it? Do you have any experience with Foreign Trade Zones?
Thanks in advance!
Thank you very much for sharing your expertise in this area with us. I have a question which is not about sourcing, but I strongly believe you are my best bet for a great answer. I am making my own product, which I want to sell in Western Europe and the US (my invention, manufactured in the EU). I am a citizen of the EU, so it's likely that selling within the EU will not be very problematic, as there are no internal customs fees, just VAT and then income tax. However, in terms of selling to US customers (directly, the product is new, as is my company, so I would like to bypass middlemen to have control over building a brand experience), the process seems a bit more complicated.
I was looking into Foreign Trade Zones as the solution. The intention is shipping, say 100 units there, paying for storage, and using a 3rd party logistics partner to ship units to individual customers. From what I gathered doing research online, this would allow me to put the freight and customs fees in the price without the customer knowing, offer them hassle-free domestic shipping on a premium imported product (e.g. by using an FTZ in Nebraska, which would allow similar shipping times and costs to customers on both Coasts); best of all, I would only pay custom fees once per week, and only for the units that have actually been shipped.
My question is, is this feasible? Are Foreign Trade Zones only for large companies and big shipments, not for small entrepreneurs such as myself? Perhaps you address this in your book, and I should buy it? Do you have any experience with Foreign Trade Zones?
Thanks in advance!
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