export operations of domestic companies that want to sell their products globally but don't possess the knowledge of the business.</p><p>Export trading company (ETC) - identifies what the types of products that foreign buyers want to purchase and then searches for domestic sources willing to export these needed products.</p><p>Import/export merchants - individuals who are free agent trade entrepreneurs that do not specialize in any one specific industry or product line and services directly from domestic or a foreign manufacturers in order to pack, ship, and resell them on their own.</p>" />