International Trade Advisory

AGG can provide subject matter experts that can identify the key issues associated with the lack of an actual infrastructure on trade to export products from anywhere in the world.AGG can determine important contributing factors that are impeding manufacturing and assist in expanding trade by looking for avenues by which to export products beyond its neighboring borders. Establish purchasing procedures between buyers and sellers, banking transactions, Letters of Credit, Terms of Payment, Freight on Board (FOB), Cost Insurance and Freight(CIF), shipping procedures for logistics, customs requirements for both existing from the country of origin and products entering countries of destination. Additionally, AGG will aid in establishing and review of documentation regarding Bills of Lading, Commercial Invoicing, Packing Lists, and other types of requirements such as the Certificate of Origin.

AGG can identify other deficits and provide the necessary educational materials when needed for initiating exports out of a country. We will use our private contacts and networks to improve and bridge the gap that will establish a country as a competitor of commerce beyond that of the bordering countries and actively participate in world trade.

Our expertise has provided specialized, unique, and differentiated services to support the DoD DIME (diplomacy, information, military, and economics) mission. The Office of the Secretary of Defense Policy engaged AGG to advise and mentor a range of Afghanistan small and medium enterprises to help them sell their good to the world market.

Afghanistan’s products lack exposure in the international market, but AGG was able to assist in test exports of Afghan products in the Asian market which had the potential to expand to other areas of the world. Products such as handmade carpets directly impact the cottage industry, and AGG saw potential where demand for these products will directly impact a supplier to produce more which in turn creates jobs for potentially more weavers, washers, and harvesters of wool.

AGG’s work overcame compliance hurdles, laid the necessary logistical groundwork, and found buyers for Afghan good not only in the United States but in East Asia, the Middle East, and Europe.