Bringing a new product overseas

[Rusty Mendoza]

Hello fellow 4HWW members,

I'd like to bring a product to Australia that is very popular in US but is not sold over here. Anyone know how I get started? Specific areas I need help in are:

1) Is this a licensing agreement? If so what's the best way to contact the company who's product I'd like to bring over here?
2) What GOV agency in AU would I contact for food product distribution?
3) Everyone I know in AU would BUY the product right then and there if I had a case of it to sell -- so -- can I just take it to the grocery stores and sell to them or does it work a different way than that?

Thanks in advance for your time,
Rusty

[Sven]

This seems very specific. I'd say, go to the chamber of commerce as a first stop, they should be able to point you in the right direction.

[scholty]

Hello fellow 4HWW members,

I'd like to bring a product to Australia that is very popular in US but is not sold over here. Anyone know how I get started? Specific areas I need help in are:

1) Is this a licensing agreement? If so what's the best way to contact the company who's product I'd like to bring over here?
2) What GOV agency in AU would I contact for food product distribution?
3) Everyone I know in AU would BUY the product right then and there if I had a case of it to sell -- so -- can I just take it to the grocery stores and sell to them or does it work a different way than that?

Thanks in advance for your time,
Rusty

1) Contact the company for an exclusive licensing agreement.
2) Local Chamber can help
3) AFTER you have a agreement in place with the original vendor approach the biggest distributors for that sort of food product. They will get a cut BUT have instant distribution channels and will do most of the work FOR you.

Just my 2 cents.