U.S. Imported $4.6 Billion in Goods From Argentina in 2005

Re: [spiers] U.S. Imported $4.6 Billion in Goods From Argentina in 2005

Why not pound the payment first, since all depends on that? Walk into the
stores you expect
to sell your items, you would be pleased to see carrying your items, and show
them what you
have. Make no attempt to get any orders, just say "I am thinking about
importing and selling
such items to stores such as yours. Would you be buying this kind of product
from me if I
started an import company. They will say either yes or no. either way, you
then know what
to do. Right now the website and all the other work is pure specualtion, and
may be of no
use to you in business.

Go into those stores not trying to sell, but to get info, so people are more
open...go into the
stores on say a tuesday morning when things are slow so you are not such an
imposition ...
(some argue go on saturday afternoon when they are working a mile a minute and
they give
you quick sharp and useful answers...)

John
On Mon, 13 Mar 2006 13:47:31 -0800, Edite wrote :

> On we go!
>
> I am working with suppliers in Argentina to set up my Import company
> here in the US. I hope I am not too late. I have the products
> (samples) and suppliers, and I am working on the website catalog
> which is a lot. I hope to be ready before the Summer to start
> pounding the pavement.
>
> Any ideas, questions, references, suggestions...? All welcome. As my
> experience is with design advertising and marketing here in the US,
> but I have "nada" experience in sales. I do speak the language, I
> grew up in Buenos Aires, and I have connections there. Anybody
> interested to lend anything, I'll be all ears. My niche is
> furnishings, rugs, and accessories made of genuine materials. The
> environment and the local artisans are a big one in my company's
> philosophy.
>
> Thanks!
> Edite
>
>
> On Mar 13, 2006, at 11:41 AM, John Spiers wrote:
>
> > Hot off the press from US Census...
> >
> > The United States imported goods from Argentina totaling $4.6
> > billion in
> > value in 2005. Petroleum products were a big portion of these
> > imports:
> > over $1.0 billion was for crude oil; $276 million was for fuel
> > oil; $768
> > million was for other petroleum products; and $124 million was for
> > liquefied petroleum gases.
> >
> > On the export side, the U.S. sent $4.1 billion in goods to Argentina.
> > Organic chemicals ($408 million) and computer accessories ($348
> > million)
> > led the way. You can access information on imports and exports by
> > end-use
> > codes for all of our trading partners by coming to the Census
> > Bureau web
> > site and clicking on "Foreign Trade." Then click on "End-Use" and
> > then on
> > the country of interest. The tables show 2001-2005 data.
> >
> > http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/statistics/product/enduse/
> >
> > John
> >
> >
> > Compete on Design!
> >
> > www.johnspiers.com

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