An increasing number of people and organizations are purchasing or importing goods from abroad. These include individuals considering business or sales startups, retailers eagerly scouring foreign markets for suitable products and small businesses searching for new business opportunities in importing products.
MIPRO advises retailers looking for such business opportunities to engage in small-lot imports. To promote small-lot imports, MIPRO provides small-scale wholesalers and retailers with business catalogs and other information. We have also established a comprehensive support system that covers all practical aspects from merchandise buying to sales. In addition, we offer wholesalers, retailers and private individuals consultation services and other information.
Conducting seminars throughout Japan, we provide in-depth information on the nitty-gritty of small-lot imports, business startup procedures, financing, product display, packaging, methods for selling on the Internet and much else besides. The buying missions that MIPRO dispatches to overseas trade shows to purchase products and conduct business negotiation are examples of the support we provide to create novel business opportunities.
Visitors to MIPRO can consult our advisors (reservation required) regarding small-lot import procedures and related matters.
We create and provide lists of wholesale catalogs, small-lot import handbooks, small-lot import guides, brimful with valuable information, reports by practitioners of small-lot imports and other useful information.
Thanks to support from the regional Bureaus of Economy,Trade and Industry, JETRO, the Chambers of Commerce, Trade and Industry, JETRO, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry and other organizations in Tokyo and around the country, we are able to hold small-lot import seminars for private individuals, small-scale wholesalers, retailers, specialty stores as well as offer assistance in founding and starting up businesses.
MIPRO yearly sends missions to Atlanta International Gift and Home Furnishings Market, New York International Gift Fair, Bangkok International Gift Fair and other selected trade shows around the world. The objective of these missions is to assist retailers, wholesalers, business startups and Web-shop owners, interested in foreign products, in purchasing products and conducting business meetings. MIPRO small-lot import advisers accompany these missions to provide advice on meetings, how to order products and other details. Prior to departure, MIPRO staff and advisors hold orientation talks on how to best utilize trade shows and how to conduct business meetings to facilitate the participation of first-time attendees.
