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Direct or Indirect Exporting: A Guide to International Channels of Distribution

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Event Date
August 20, 2025
Location
Online
Registration Deadline
Aug 20, 2025

Leverage the expertise of our Guest Presenter

1:00 PM CDT / 2:00 PM EDT

All companies who are either actively exporting or planning to be need to consider how they will introduce their foods into a new market, or revise a strategy in an existing one. Join us as we examine the various entry modes for export, including costs, risks, control and title. A glossary of the various players you would either export to or export through will be presented as well as real life examples. In addition key points on evaluating export

intermediaries, what to include in a contract, evaluation of distributors and advice on how you need to be a good partner too will be discussed. Topics include:

  • Foreign Market Entry: Mode Selection Considerations
  • Variety of Export Distribution Channels
  • Direct Vs. Indirect Exporting
  • The Question of “Taking Title” (Or Not)
  • Export Management and Trading Companies
  • Evaluating Export Intermediaries
  • What to Look for in an Importer/Distributor
  • Are You a Good Partner too?
  • Q & A Session with presenter

Don’t have time to sit down and attend the live webinar? All registrants will receive access to a recording of the event, be sure to register so you can access the recording.

Important Registration Note: Individuals who register should receive an email with the link and information you need to participate one day prior to the webinar. If you don’t receive this information and/or have any questions, please contact us at webinars@foodexport.org.

Meeting Foreign Buyers

Dennis Lynch, Export Education Coordinator

Dennis Lynch, M.I.B.A., is a 40-year veteran of international trade who has held a variety of positions in the public and private sectors. He has been directly involved in monitoring, troubleshooting and facilitating export transactions for more than 32 years. Dennis managed the Food Export Helpline™ desk for 25 years, since its inception back in 1997. During that time, he has counseled nearly 4,000 U.S. suppliers of food and agricultural products with customized one-on-one technical export experience.

He has led the majority of the Food Export-Midwest and Food Export-Northeast seminars and webinars over the last few decades, as well as contributed hundreds of articles to the Global Food Marketer Newsletter and the e-Bulletin. He was awarded a master’s degree in International Business by West Coast University in California and has won numerous awards for the instruction of international business to various Southern California Colleges at all levels.

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