About Kenn Morris, CrossborderBusiness.com Expertise Kenn Morris is an bilingual expert in Mexico and US-Mexico business issues and crossborder markets. His areas of expertise include Mexico`s maquiladora (manufacturing) and technology industries; US-Mexico market research, border business and consumer markets, Mexican culture and business etiquette; and strategic analysis of Mexico business and political situations. Kenn has over 14 years experience working in various capacities in California-Baja California border region and in key business regions in Mexico (including Nuevo Leon, Jalisco, Mexico City and others). His firm provides border market research, industrial marketing, consulting, and governmental relations services.
Experience Kenn started Crossborder Business Associates in 1996 while living in Mexico, with the goal of providing market research, analysis, and consulting support to both US and Mexican firms interested in business across the border. Since that time, CBA has evolved into Crossborder Group Inc. (www.CrossborderBusiness.com), serving a wide range of clients -- from smaller firms, to Fortune 100 companies, to government agencies and universities -- in such areas as maquiladora research and siting studies, crossborder technology research, border crossing studies, analysis of crossborder economic relationships, marketing strategies and more. In addition to his work for Crossborder Group, he is also the past-coordinator for US-Mexico Business program at the University of California at San Diego (UCSD) Extension; and directed UCSD San Diego Dialogue's Crossborder Innovation & Competitiveness Initiative.
i need your experience to answer me the following if you mind ;
i m planning to make an export business my question is ;
where can i find ? or how can i obtain ? the following information
A study & research of required & missed products abroad in all world countries or msot of them
A study & research of available products in my countery (with percentage + quantity)
is that any organization can i get this information from it ?
wish to hear from you soon
thanks
Answer Jackie:
Studies like you are asking for (to the best of my knowledge) don't exist -- they would be extremely costly to compile all data from all countries and make any sense out of it. In other words, if such a study existed, you would have to pay millions of dollars to just look at it (because it would be such valueable information).
As a company, this would be too much information anyway -- unless you are a lot bigger than I guess, you can't be involved with so many markets and still be effective. If you are in the process of starting an export business, you have to focus on key markets that make sense for YOU.
In other words, if you live in a region or country that is good at producing shoes (for instance), and some of those shoe companies aren't exporting to Europe (for instance), then maybe it makes sense to specialize in exporting shoes to Europe (since it's a niche that nobody else is dominant in).
If you are starting an "export" company, you have to decide what part of the export value chain you want to be part of -- do you want to "represent" some local or regional manufacturers that aren't currently exporting (or that you can do a better job exporting than they are currently doing); do you want to be an "export service" where you just handle export/import documentation (a customs broker); do you want to warehouse goods that are waiting to be exported (a "third party logistics" provider); or do you want to help individuals that are already IN the export markets find a source for products that they are already demanding (in other words, be a "sourcing agent" that connects people looking for products with manufacturers that can make those products).
So...getting back to your original, "big" broad question -- such data is probably not easily available (or affordable). Every REGION (like a Country, or a State) will typically have a World Trade Center or a government agency that is promoting exports for their specific region. Once you decide what part of the export value chain you want to be part of, then you have to consider what geography you want to focus on, then you can figure out (from government or trade groups) what types of supplies or demand exists for various products in those region.
Our company does market studies in Mexico, Central America, and the US-Mexico border region. We charge clients anywhere from $5,000-$30,000 for most market studies -- and these are usually focused just on one type of product. That's why I say that finding one study that outlines "all or most" types of products current in demand in markets probably isn't available.
Again, you can do your own digging into Census data or industry data, but each source probably only covers a region or country, and will likely focus on general consumer or industry product categories....
