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MKT529 : Export Marketing

Course Overview

Course Synopsis

Export marketing deals with marketing goods and services in international market. This course deals with in depth understanding of various export marketing concepts including decision making and planning for exports.Market segmentation and targeting are important not only in national market but for exports as well. This concept will also be thoroughly discussed in this course. Packaging, labeling and financing issues for export goods will be critically analyzed. There are several international organizations that deal with trade related issues. Students will also go through in depth knowledge about these organizations and their procedures.

Course Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes

  • • To emphasize the importance of export marketing as an international business activity which contributes in a country’s GDP and helps in bridging the balance of payment gap
  • • To emphasize the importance of export marketing as an international business activity which contributes in a country’s GDP and helps in bridging the balance of payment gap
  • • Enhance knowledge based decision making in international marketing arena.
  • • It will equip students with skills required for efficient and effective export management
  • • This course will serve as capacity building exercise for potential exporters/export executives.


Course Calendar

1 Introduction to Export Marketing
2 Decision making for exports
3 Export Process

4 Export Planning
5 Export planning part 2
6 Sources of Information for Marketing Research and Planning

7 Trade exhibitions and Fairs
8 Export Marketing-Help from Commercial attaches and foreign missions
9 Understanding Country Markets

10 Ways to enter Export Markets
11 Display Centers
12 GSP (Generalized Scheme of Preferences)

13 Quotas in Export Marketing
14 Targetting
15 Targeting Part 2

16 Use of Internet in exports
17 Dynamics contributing to Buyer Decision Making
18 Business Etiquettes

19 Agents and Distributors
20 Agents and Distributors part 2
21 Export Contracts

22 Export Contracts Part 2
23 Documents for export shipment
24 Documents for export shipment part 2

25 Quality issues regarding export
26 Quality issues regarding export part 2
27 ISO-14000

28 CE Mark
29 Export Pricing
30 Issues of Inflation and currency fluctuation

31 Rebates on exports
32 Letter of Credit
33 Documents against acceptance

34 Export Financing
35 Export financing part 2
36 L/C as tool of trade finance

37 International disputes
38 Export Credit insurance
39 Packaging and labeling and intellectual property rights

40 Packaging and Labeling and intellectual property rights Part 2
41 Packaging and Labeling and intellectual property rights Part 3
42 Insurance of export goods

43 Clearing and forwarding agents
44 Best modes of transportation for export products
45 Government schemes for importing inputs for exports