1. Viability analysis on exporting, importing and international alliances
2. Ranking identification of importing countries
3. Survey of potential importers
4. International Marketing Planning
5. Search of import-related international suppliers
6. Survey of Brazilian companies for foreign companies
7. Outsourced foreign trade consultancy
8. Foreign trade department build-up or rearrangement
9. Training programs held in company or outside venues on topics related to foreign trade
10. Commercial agency in Brazil of foreign company products.
11. Import and export via Trading Company
12. Import operations with tax-base reduction
13. Tax Planning
14. File organization assistance

Module 1

1. Situational Diagnosis

Focus: Getting to know the company in depth and identifying its internal condition for entering the international market (feasibility for export, import and alliances).

Target audience: Small and medium-sized companies willing to get to know their capacity for entering the foreign market.

Module 2

2. Assessment of International Markets

Focus: Providing advice in the ASSESSMENT OF INTERNATIONAL MARKETS by identifying the nations with the largest import volume for the relevant product and the respective requirements to be met by the exporter.

Target audience: Small and medium-sized companies willing to get to know the ranking of markets (countries) where is demand for importing their products.

Module 3 

3. Assessment of International Markets and Potential Importers

Focus: Providing advice in the ASSESSMENT OF INTERNATIONAL MARKETS AND POTENTIAL IMPORTERS, as follows:

• Identifying the countries with the largest import volume or demand for the relevant product and the respective requirements to be met by the exporter;
• Providing the client with an assessment of potential importers with up-to-date data;

Target audience: Small and medium-sized companies willing to get to know the list of markets (countries) where there is demand or import of their products, as well as identifying potential importers for their products.

Módulo 4

4. Market Survey and Institutional Marketing Planning

Focus: Identifying potential international markets and their respective characteristics and requirements, as well as providing international marketing and budgetary planning for investment in the relevant markets.

Target audience: Small and medium-sized Brazilian companies willing to start exporting or expand in the foreign market.

Module 5

5. Advice in the search of international import suppliers

Focus: Providing consultancy and advice in the SEARCH OF INTERNATIONAL SUPPLIERS: 

• Contacting foreign suppliers;
• Requesting estimates;
• Conducting studies on requirements (tariff and non-tariff barriers)
• Estimates of import costs
• Technical report

Target audience: Small and medium-sized companies willing to import products or raw material.

Module 6

6. Assessment of potential Brazilian clients for foreign companies

Focus: Providing information on industries and potential importers for foreign companies interested in exporting to Brazil.

Target audience: Foreign companies interested in exporting to Brazil.

Módulo 7

7. Third-party foreign trade Advice

Focus: Providing advice in the processes of export, import and foreign exchange. 

Target audience: Companies willing to outsource their foreign trade department.

LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT:

A) EXPORT:

• Computerised operating control to issue documents (invoice, packing list, origin certificate etc), create records and manage reports;
• Estimates and commissioning of international transport and insurance;
• External customer service;

B) IMPORT:

• Cost estimate and feasibility;
• Order monitoring with foreign suppliers;
• Estimates and commissioning of international transport and insurance;
• Shipping follow-up;
• Document control for customs clearance;
• Follow-up on customs clearance.

C) FOREIGN EXCHANGE:

• Managing the foreign exchange department by means of a computerised system that allows controlling the settlement of exports and imports, remittances of interest on capital, dividends, commissions, courses and other operations.

D) INACTIVE FILE:

• Organisation and maintenance of processes of export, import and foreign exchange complying with ABNT standards.

Module 8

8. Advice in structuring or re-structuring the foreign Trade sector

Focus: Providing consultancy in advice in STRUCTURING OR RE-STRUCTURING THE FOREIGN TRADE SECTOR of the company so as to: 

• Implementing department; or
• Evaluating the logical sequence of the processes of export, import and currency exchange in the existing foreign department;
• Suggesting procedures for optimising processes;
• Reducing costs.

Target audience: Companies willing to structure or re-structure their foreign trade department.

Module 9

9. In company – out company  Foreign Trade Training

Focus: Providing training on foreign trade topics (foreign trade procedures, cost reduction, international marketing etc) within the client companies, at the MTC head office or somewhere else.

Target audience: Companies willing to provide training to their employees; people, entities or institutions interested in foreign trade topics.

Module 10

10. Representation of foreign products

Focus: Representing in Brazil a few products of foreign companies.

Target audience: Foreign companies interested in representatives in Brazil.

Module 11

11. Import and export via Trading Company

Focus: To enable companies to indirectly carry out import or export operations through trading companies (companies created for this specific purpose).

Target audience: companies interested in indirectly importing or exporting, either because they do not wish or are not authorized for registration with the Federal Revenue Service's Radar system.

Module 12

12. Import operations with tax-base reduction

Focus: To enable companies to carry out import operations under the "third-party accountability and order (IN 225 2002 RF)” mode, through the utilization of different ports, aimed at special state tax regimes, with positive economic returns, thus contributing towards cash flow improvement.

Target audience: companies interested in importing via third-party accountability and order, so as to obtain a reduction in the tax calculation basis and final import costs.

Module 13

13. Tax Planning  

Focus: In import and export operations, tax planning is the administrative procedure prior to the formation of fiscal obligation, whose goal is to save on taxes incurring on foreign trade. Therefore, the purpose is to decrease the tax burden by selecting the least onerous alternative before conducting the import or export operation. 

Target audience: companies in general and companies wishing to import and export.

Module 14

14. File organization assistance

Focus: to provide assistance regarding document control and organization of current, interim and permanent files, making it easier to locate them with speed and accuracy.

Target audience: companies looking for excellence in information control, history records and visual communications, already certified or seeking certification seal.

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