The difference between a foreign trade company and an import and export agency.
One, foreign trade companies and import and export agency companies are defined differently:
Foreign trade company:
1, is a foreign trade business qualification of the trading company, its business dealings focus on foreign countries, through the research of the market, foreign goods imported into the country for sale, or the acquisition of domestic goods for sale abroad, and earn the difference in price.
2, foreign trade companies do not have the right to import and export units of the import and export agency, collecting agency fees. This series of trade activities first of all in the premise of import and export rights can be carried out, the whole process to pass through the links are generally customs, commodity inspection, banks, foreign exchange bureaus, tax rebate section, the national tax, the government authorities and so on.
Import and export agency:
1, belongs to the business services company, mainly for small and medium-sized enterprises and individuals in trade transactions, due to lack of understanding or unfamiliarity with the trade operation process in business transactions subject to a variety of constraints and in the signing of foreign trade contracts due to a lack of understanding of the trade rules and trade risks and the need for a professional company to assist in the completion of foreign trade and other related business activities to help the client to be able to pass smoothly in trade. The company that can pass smoothly in the trade.
2, the usual business includes the following categories: agent inspection, agent warehousing, agent customs declaration or customs clearance, agent international transportation, agent to receive and pay foreign exchange, agent international insurance, export tax rebate advances.
Two, foreign trade companies and import and export agencies with different business scope:
Foreign trade companies:
1, the overall scope of business is divided into trade in goods, trade in technology and trade in services. As an individual or a small company, it is generally not appropriate to engage in technology trade, and the import and export trade of goods in some commodities such as food, is franchised by some designated companies, individuals are not allowed to operate. And for furniture, home appliances and other capital-intensive, complex after-sales service business, for individuals is also not appropriate.
Import and export agency:
1, professional import and export agency in the improvement of the whole system of work, vigorously carry out the agency products for internal and external sales and agents of international procurement and other work. This kind of company not only need to understand the foreign trade activities in the law and rules, but also in the coordination of a number of parties on the basis of maintaining good communication with the relevant departments, but also to keep abreast of the international trade trends and the country's foreign trade policy on temporary changes.
2, each of the actual work is not very difficult but requires the operator to have a comprehensive knowledge structure and excellent coordination skills, a good import and export agency can help customers greatly reduce unnecessary costs or get more orders, but an unprofessional import and export agency will also make the client to bear huge losses.
3, the integrity of the import and export agency and reputation is naturally very critical, not only does it mean that the client can not pass smoothly in foreign trade activities, but also involves the safety of goods and funds.
Extended information:
Import and export agency fees are generally with reference to the following aspects:
2, charges: the agency will charge an agency fee, generally one-thousandth to five or so of the value of the goods, but there are a few exceptions higher than this price, there are less than one-thousandth of the specific import and export agency according to the product and determine.
Related matters:
1, import agents need to pay most attention to the ownership of goods, the owner of the goods in the import agent to talk to the agreement must be signed after the import agency, the ownership of goods, in order to avoid the resulting disputes. The import agent should also be timely maintenance of their own rights and interests, due to the release of goods to the customer and not get the benefits of the disputes arising from the lawsuit case.
Reference:
Baidu Encyclopedia-Import and Export Rights