Ekimport - a Crowd Importing Platform | Import from India to Mexico
About Us
Winners at K-Startup Grand Challenge 2019
The idea of Crowd Importing (What is Crowd Importing?) via Ekimport.com was conceived in India and was accelerated in South Korea as a part of the K-startup Grand Challenge in 2019. As one of the top 4 winning startups, Ekimport promoted and exported products of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to the world.
Ekimport Team is a Crowd Curator
Ekimport team consists of professionals from international trade and logistics, market research and international marketing, business development and sales. Under the leadership of the founder and CEO Mr. Naveen Peter, the team is on a mission to curate crowds of credible exporters and international SME* buyers to make importing and international sourcing faster, cheaper and more reliable.
*SME: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise, where a small-sized enterprise typically employs less than 50 people and has a turnover of less than US $10M, while a medium-sized enterprise employs between 50 to 250 people and has a turnover between US$10M to US$50M.
Ekimport.com - a Crowd Importing Platform:
Ekimport.com is a crowd importing platform that curates two types of crowds:
- Crowd of Credible Exporters:
The crowd of credible exporters for a given product is curated specifically to quickly provide multiple competitive B2B quotes (quotations) to importers who buy in large quantities.
Such importers can send an RFQ (Request For Quote) to a crowd of credible exporters for a given product by going to the section “CROWD QUOTES” on Ekimport.com. The importers can then receive multiple competitive B2B quotes from the crowd of credible exporters quickly.
- Crowd of International SME (Small and Medium-sized Enterprise) Buyers:
The crowd of International SME buyers is curated specifically to help purchase of a product in small quantity at wholesale price and no MOQ (Minimum Order Quantity) by an international SME buyer who is interested in a few samples, placing small trial orders or whose purchase size is smaller than than a typical MOQ needed for receiving competitive wholesale pricing.
The international SME buyer can join a crowd of other international SME buyers for a given product by booking a Crowd Import Deal in the section “CROWD IMPORTS” on Ekimport.com. In this way, the international SME buyer can take advantage of the crowd of other international SME buyers curated by Ekimport.com to buy in small quantities and yet be able to get low wholesale prices!
RESOURCES RELATED TO IMPORTING IN Mexico
This office is in charge of controlling foreign trade operations, to register the international traffic of goods that are imported and exported from a foreign country.
COFEPRIS is a federal agency of the government of Mexico, and a department responsible for importing medical devices & licensing advertisements for those products.
Association for Standardization and Certification is a Mexican association that develops and certifies standards for electrical and electronic products and gas products.
Chile–Mexico Free Trade Agreement is a trade agreement between Chile and Mexico. It was signed in Chile in 1998. The goals of the agreement are to stimulate expansion and diversity of trade, eliminate barriers to trade, promote fair competition.
Free Trade Agreement between Mexico and the EU (FTA EU-MX), is a trade agreement between the European Union and Mexico. The goal of this trade agreement is to establish a framework to encourage the development of trade in goods and services.
In 1994, the United States, Mexico & Canada created largest free trade region in the world with North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), generating economic growth & helping to raise the standard of living for the people of all three countries.
The Mexico-Uruguay free trade agreement was signed during the XIII Iberoamerican Summit in 2003, Bolivia. On 29 December 1999 Mexico and Uruguay signed an Economic Complementation Agreement. This agreement entered into force on 1 March 2001.
In 1999, Japan created a Committee for Closer Economic Relations between Japan & Mexico within Japan External Trade Organization. This body released a report in 2000 concluding that a free trade agreement would be an effective means between two.
In 2011, the protocol modifying the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between United Mexican States and Republic of Colombia entered into force. The Free Trade Agreement (FTA) Mexico-Colombia includes a tariff reduction program over a period of ten years.
The Mexico-Israel free trade agreement was signed on March 2000. Trade negotiations between Mexico & Israel were initiated in April 1998. After ten rounds of negotiation the parties concluded an agreement aimed at the creation of a free trade area.
NOM certification is only granted by Mexican government to manufacturers, importers from countries that the government has a free trade treaty. First-time applicants must provide 2 original service agreement copies signed on each page & section.
A Mexican Standard (NMX) is a standard developed by governmetal agencies setting minimum requirements for safety and functionality of products. But when a NMX is referenced into a NOM, its compliance changes from voluntary to mandatory.