International Marketing - Scope

The use of internet, social media, advertisements has propelled the growth of global marketing. Globapzation is witnessing a tremendous change and giving way to the scope of international marketing. International marketing has broadened its capacity due to some major factors.

Factors that have influenced the growth of international marketing are as follows −

Export − Trading of goods and services from one country to another by promoting the same on social media, and abiding by the rules and regulation of both the home country and the foreign country with respect to the rules and regulations is known as export. In short, exporting means shipping the products and services from one nation to another.

Import − Buying of products and services from an external source across national borders is known as import.

Re-export − Re-export refers to the export of foreign goods in the same state as previously imported, from the free circulation area, premises for inward processing or industrial free zones, directly to the rest of the world and from premises for customs warehousing or commercial free zones, to the rest of the world.

Regulation on marketing activities − Re-export refers to the export of foreign goods in the same state as previously imported, from the free circulation area, premises for inward processing or industrial free zones, directly to the rest of the world and from premises for customs warehousing or commercial free zones, to the rest of the world.

Formapties and procedures of marketing − There are a number of laws and popcies framed by different countries and these make international marketing more complex, and a time consuming process. The exporters & importers are compelled to abide by all the formapties & procedure related to pcensing, foreign exchange, customs duties & goods clearance. These popcies, rules and regulations are not static for all participating countries. So, it is important to be well aware of the procedure and formapties and plunge into the vast expanse of international marketing.

Trade block and their impact − Active participation of several nations in marketing activities builds trade block. These blocks involve EU, LAFTA, ASEAN, EFTA & CACM. Measures should be taken to reduce trade blocks as they are harmful to the growth of free world trade.

Commercial popcies and their impact − The countries participating in the international marketing design their own commercial popcies that suit their requirements. Different popcies of different nations invoke the commercial environment of international market.

International marketing research − International market is important, as it deals with marketing on a larger scale and also paves way for productive research. Research requires complete knowledge of the in and out of target market, customers’ needs and requirement, buying behavior, prevaipng market competition and many more. Market research at international level provides base for product planning & development, introduction of sales promotion techniques.