{"product_id":"the-accidental-importer","title":"The Accidental Importer","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\" data-sourcepos=\"43:1-43:196;2174-2369\"\u003eYou found the product. You wired the deposit. Three months later your 80% margin had quietly become break-even — eaten by freight, duties, port fees, and a customs system nobody warned you about.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\" data-sourcepos=\"45:1-45:418;2371-2788\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Accidental Importer\u003c\/em\u003e is the field guide for the founder who crossed that line without a map. In plain language and real numbers, it takes you from your first sample to your first container: what a product truly costs to land, how to classify it without triggering an audit, why the factory's 'all-in' quote can quietly cost you more than running your own freight, and how to clear the port with your cash intact.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\" data-sourcepos=\"47:1-47:408;2790-3197\"\u003eInside you'll learn why the factory invoice is the most expensive number in your spreadsheet, the classification slip that can bankrupt a growing brand years later, and how to turn customs from a cost center into working capital — plus the modern tariff stack, the end of the $800 de minimis loophole, and the advanced moves (FTZ deferral, duty drawback, nearshoring) that separate operators from hobbyists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\" data-sourcepos=\"49:1-49:233;3199-3431\"\u003eWritten by James R. Ferry II, CCS, CES, CIT — a customs and global trade consultant with 25 years in HTS classification and North American supply chain risk. The book you wish someone had handed you before that first purchase order.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Trade Underground Press","offers":[{"title":"Perfect Bound","offer_id":67389511500080,"sku":"9798951909022","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.thegreatbritishbookshop.co.uk\/products\/the-accidental-importer","provider":"The Great British Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}