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International Trade Compliance Training and Services Defence Systems Equipment International visitors at Excel, London, September 2009 voted SO Direct's International Trade Compliance Training the 'best ever'. The new simple "FIVE Steps to Successful Tagging" course from SO Direct aimed at supply chain providers in the Technology, Defence and Aerospace procurement industry, was launched to critical acclaim from defence industry analysts. Although a complex procedure, where 100 per cent accuracy is paramount, the course creators, International Trade Compliance Training specialists, SO Direct, said it was aimed to demystify the process and enable Small to Medium sized enterprises enter and stay in the supply chain successfully.

International Trade Compliance Officers can call local specialists in International Trade Compliance Training SO Direct on Tel: +44 (0)1908 303695 to benefit from SO Direct International Trade Compliance training courses that result in the assigned 'gatekeepers' within an organisation becoming proficient at making export assessment of documents, drawings, models and hardware/software being exported and at assigning export tags to these items.

SO Direct provides fully trained, experienced, senior Technical Compliance Officers to deliver training courses for engineering, procurement and operational managers in mixed groups at selected venues, and tailored courses at a client company's own facilities. Follow up refresher sessions and additional consultancy services can be provided on request.

Typically, SO Direct courses cover areas such as what to watch out for, for example: Exports - links to the military that seem inappropriate to the stated business or transaction. Transactions involving an embargoed country, a citizen, or representative of an embargoed country, or an individual or entity subject to Government sanction.

Imports - any payment to the exporter or benefiting the exporter that is not included in the invoice price or otherwise reported to customs officials. Inaccurate identification of country of origin of the imported goods. Use of an import tariff classification that does not appear to be an accurate description of the imported goods.

SO Direct "pre audit heath checks". If your business holds export licences (OGEL or OSEL etc.) you will be audited periodically by the Department of Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) formally DBERR)) to ensure that your records are robust prior to these audits SO Direct will undertake a pre audit heath check to ensure that your documentation is as robust as possible.

International Trade Compliance Training which is SO Doable and SO Global from SO Direct services include bespoke systems, maintenance and training for Open General Export Licence (OGEL), Standard Individual Export Licence (SIEL), Open Individual Export Licence (OIEL), Global Project Licence (GPL), Trade Control Licence, and Transshipment Licence.

SO Direct "turn key export control service" where an organisation is not geared up with the resource - dedicated Training Compliance Officers (TCO) and Authorised Export Tagger (AET) to maintain compliance SO Direct will do it all, set up a bespoke system, identify where you need licences, apply for your licences maintain your records for audit purposes, in short take the burden away from you and let your staff get on with their day job.