About GISTnet^® Country Guides

GISTnet Country Guides provide the practical, detailed, country-by-country information needed by exporters and freight forwarders to meet customs documentation, packaging, marking and other export and import requirements.

Our guide is written by and for shipping professionals. In addition to what is required, we provide a variety of how-to information on the preparation of shipping documents, plus a variety of contacts where additional shipment-specific information and assistance can be obtained. Visit our sample pages for a preview of the information we provide.

As an on-line service, there are several further advantages to the GISTnet Country Guides over traditional paper-based or CD-ROM publications:

• Continuous Updating—Our country pages are immediately revised as changes occur or we become aware of additional useful information about a country.
• Convenience—Our users never have to spend time inserting revision pages into traditional books or sharing physical books or CD-ROMs. All staff who have need for destination country export information have it continuously available via their Internet browser.
• Interactivity—Every page in our Country Guides has an email link to the GISTnet person responsible for maintaining the particular page. We also provide a help-desk phone number for immediate assistance. We will promptly respond to your questions or concerns, and will aggressively investigate new issues which arise. Subscriber interaction is one way in which we keep our information current in-between scheduled review intervals.
• Cost Effectiveness—GISTnet Country Guides provide real value at a very affordable price. You get what you need in a convenient manner, with a variety of links to additional general and technical information for each country to which you ship. If you don't find what you need, or you need help with shipment-specific concerns, you also have direct access to people who can provide further assistance.
• Global Trade Scope—Since a given county's import and/or export documentation and other requirements may vary based on the country with which they are trading (e.g., due to preferential trade relationships, restrictions and/or embargoes), the GISTnet Country Guides list information for any pair of export and import countries, not just what's applicable when going from or to the U.S.

The GISTnet Country Guides are included in all GISTnet subscriptions (see Subscription Information).

Questions? Please contact staff@gistnet.com, or call +1.310.376.3888.