StretchLearn Course

Move Goods Across Borders Without Getting Stuck at the Dock

Source overseas suppliers, classify goods correctly, choose the right Incoterm, prepare the documents customs expects, and quote a landed cost that is actually right.

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Beginner9 hrSelf PacedRegistered

Course Overview

What this course is designed to develop

Cross-border trade rewards precision and punishes guesswork: a single wrong HS code, a missing certificate of origin, or an Incoterm chosen by accident can mean weeks of detention, surprise duty bills, or a seized container. This course gives you the working system real importers and exporters use, from qualifying an overseas factory and reading an Incoterms 2020 chart, through classifying goods and claiming free-trade-agreement preference, to assembling a clean document set and clearing through a customs broker. By the end you can quote a defensible landed cost, prepare the paperwork a border agency expects, and move goods internationally with the numbers and compliance that hold up under inspection.

Learning Outcomes

What the learner should be able to understand, build, or execute.

Find, vet, and qualify overseas suppliers and confirm you are dealing with a factory rather than a middleman

Classify products under the Harmonized System and find the duty rate and any controls that apply

Select the correct Incoterm 2020 so cost, risk, and customs duties are allocated the way you intend

Assemble the core export and import document set, including the commercial invoice, packing list, and bill of lading

Calculate total landed cost including duties, brokerage, freight, and fees so your pricing is accurate

Clear shipments through customs and a broker while staying compliant with tariffs, origin rules, and agency requirements

Curriculum Preview

Inside the curriculum: a structured path from fundamentals to execution.

Preview the course structure, see how the modules build on one another, and understand the path this program is designed to take you through.

Module 1

Module 1: Foundations of Cross-Border Trade

International trade has its own language, players, and rules, and most costly mistakes come from not knowing them before the first shipment. This module maps how goods and money actually move across a border, the agencies and intermediaries involved, and the threshold question of whether you should import or export at all.

3 lessons

How a Cross-Border Shipment Actually WorksContent · 45 min

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The Players: Forwarders, Brokers, and AgenciesContent · 45 min

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Should You Import or Export? Opportunity and Reality CheckContent · 45 min

LMS Access

Module 2

Module 2: Sourcing Overseas Suppliers and Incoterms

The supplier you choose and the trade term you agree decide most of your cost and risk before a box is ever packed. This module shows you how to find and vet overseas factories, negotiate without losing leverage, and read Incoterms 2020 so you know exactly who pays for what and where risk transfers.

3 lessons

Finding and Vetting Overseas SuppliersContent · 45 min

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Negotiating Terms and the Pro Forma InvoiceContent · 45 min

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Incoterms 2020: Who Pays, Who Bears the RiskContent · 45 min

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Module 3

Module 3: Customs Classification, Duties, and Documentation

Customs decides what you pay and whether you clear, and both turn on getting the code, the value, and the paperwork right. This module teaches Harmonized System classification, how duty and tariffs are calculated, the core document set, and how a free-trade agreement can drop your duty to zero.

3 lessons

The Harmonized System and Classifying Your GoodsContent · 45 min

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Calculating Duties, Tariffs, and Landed CostContent · 45 min

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The Core Trade Document SetContent · 45 min

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Module 4

Module 4: Clearance, Compliance, and Scaling Your Trade

Getting goods across the border cleanly, staying on the right side of the agencies that can stop you, and protecting your cash are what make trade sustainable. This module covers the clearance process, the compliance rules beyond duty, payment and risk protection, and how to scale without multiplying your exposure.

3 lessons

Clearing Customs and Free Trade AgreementsContent · 45 min

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Compliance, Restricted Goods, and the AgenciesContent · 45 min

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Getting Paid, Managing Risk, and ScalingContent · 45 min

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Built for Application

A complete learning path, not a one-off inspiration hit.

This program is designed around progression: focused lessons, structured modules, applied resources, assessments, and a course rhythm that turns information into usable capability.

Incoterms 2020customs clearanceHS classificationtariffs and dutiesoverseas sourcingcommercial invoicefree trade agreementslanded cost