Topics covered include:

• The basic documentation requirements of exporting overseas
• The basic components of Customs compliance
• Who arranges and pays for freight, customs and similar costs (Incoterms®)
• Managing taxes at destination
• Packaging and labelling
• The different modes of transport and choosing a carrier
• Handling returns
• Marketplaces, fulfilment centers and 3PLs

Speaker Bio: Christian Sivière, Solimpex

Following a 30 year career in international logistics in Europe and in Canada, Christian Sivière started a Montréal-based import-export consultancy in 2010, Solimpex, active in two areas:

-consulting and coaching to help SMEs grow internationally; and

-training on the Logistics, Customs and Regulatory aspects of International Trade, Importing, Exporting, Free Trade Agreements, Supply Chain Management and related issues.

Christian lectures for CIFFA, the Canadian International Freight Forwarders Association in Toronto and FIATA, the World Federation of Freight Forwarders in Zurich, gives seminars and webinars for various trade organizations and provides personalized training for importers and exporters.

He also publishes articles in Inside Logistics and Supply Professional.