We undertake the following activities to help you toward export readiness:
Company registration:
- Identification of type of registration
- Supply application forms and guide
- Assistance in completion of documents
- Advise on lodgment of application
Customs processes:
(i) Exporters registration
- Advise clients on exporter registration
- Supply application forms and guidelines
- Assistance in completion of documents
- Advise on lodgment of application
(ii) Export processes
- Customs tariff classification of goods for export
- Export permit requirements where applicable
- F178 - banking requirements
- Stoppage and examination of cargo by customs
- VAT for zero rating of export suppliers
Export Intermediary Services Providers:
- Clearing and forwarding
- Transporter
- Groupage agents
- Shipping agents
- Export agents
Export incentives:
- EMIA
- Provision of information on industry specific assistance
- Clothing and textile (duty credit certificate)
- Motor industry development (MIDP)
- Manufacturing rebate
- Advise clients on applications process and refer to entity concerned
International transacting:
- Advise on pre-shipment finance
- Advise and provide information on incoterms
Business opportunities:
- Identify opportunities from DTI trade leads, chambers, TIKZN missions, tender bulletins
- Franchising, joint ventures, primary and secondary opportunities
- Advise client on how to compile business plan
Financial assistance:
- Assisting clients with information requests
- Provision of financial / commercial banks details
- Providing clients with information on government incentives e.g. SMEDP etc.
Marketing intelligence:
- Client requests specific market intelligence information
- Refer to internal sources (market intelligence, desk top)
- Refer to external sources (FER's, chambers)
- Information of export councils / industry
Trade Agreements:
- Provide information on trade agreements
- Provide clients with information on the benefits of the trade agreements
- Provide information on the requirement for participation
- Refer clients to DTI and SARS
Export Training:
- Co-ordination with SEDA activities
- TIKZN specific seminars
- TIKZN workshops
- TIKZN road shows
Specific initiatives:
- Trade Point
- Specific committee (BOSS, Rural Development of Women, Ethekwini forum, Art and Craft steering committee)
- Local exhibitions for intra trade (Ethekwini SMME, KZN ITE, etc)