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- ARE YOU READY TO EXPORT TO JAPAN?
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- Before your first sale, you should be prepared for all
- facets of your export business. How would you answer the
- following questions?
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- (1) Have you selected a team of qualified export advisors?
- (accounting, tax and customs advisor, attorney,
- freight forwarder, banker)
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- (2) Have you developed a master international marketing
- plan?
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- (3) Do you have long-term commitment by top management to
- overcome the initial difficulties and financial
- requirements of exporting?
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- (4) Have you carefully selected your Japanese distribution
- channel?
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- (5) Have you researched the markets in one or two
- geographic areas in which to concentrate your initial
- export efforts?
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- (6) Have you considered the international market potential
- for each of your products?
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- (7) Do you intend to treat your Japanese distributors on
- an equal basis with their domestic counterparts?
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- (8) Have you considered the Japanese market separately in
- designing your marketplace techniques?
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- (9) Are you willing to modify products to meet Japanese
- regulations and/or cultural preferences?
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- (10) Will you print service, sale, and warranty messages in
- the Japanese language?
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- (11) Are you prepared to provide readily available
- after-sales service for the product?
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- (12) Do you understand Japanese laws, culture, and business
- practices?
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- (13) Are you prepared to file your patent and trademark
- applications in Japan?
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- If you answered "yes" to each of these questions, you
- should avoid the most common mistakes of potential
- exporters.
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