How a channel is built

One counterparty from the producer to your port: we buy the cargo, hold the export position as principal, and issue the export documents. The structure first, then the five steps that run inside it.

The structure Principal on both sides

Origin Manufacturer Producers vetted and capacity confirmed in writing as a matter of process

Purchase →

Principal Bridgepathway LLC Exporter of record. We take title and carry the position.

Direct purchase Inspection Export documents Freight booking

Ship →

Transit POL or POD Direct to destination, or to a port of loading you nominate

Deliver →

Destination Importer One contract with us, one invoice, one party accountable

Title Passes producer → Bridgepathway → importer. We own the cargo in between.

Payment Settled on the contracted terms, on both sides of the channel.

Claims Raised with us and pursued by us with the producer and the carrier, under the contracted terms of sale.

The sequence

Begins when an importer names a product or category

01 We establish the export channel with the manufacturer or authorised entity by direct purchase — negotiating export rights first where no distribution agreement exists in that market.

02 We process your purchase orders on the contracted Incoterms.

03 We prepare the export documents with the manufacturer and agree them against your market’s documentary requirements before the cargo sails.

04 We ship direct to the port of destination, or to a port of loading you nominate.

05 We handle aftersales support, claims and repeat shipments under the contracted terms of sale — on a schedule rather than a negotiation.

Wherever you take delivery.

Name the port and we quote the cargo and the documents it must travel with. The process is the same everywhere — qualify, vet, contract, document, ship — only the documentary requirements differ, and we establish those with you as part of quoting.

Middle East Greater China Southeast Asia South Asia Africa Americas Europe

If your market is not listed, ask anyway. Send the product and the port of discharge and we will set out the documentary requirements as we understand them — whether or not you go on to buy from us.

Market access

Cited from official USDA FAS releases

We open a market by working it — importers, distributors and documentation agencies, met before we quote. The missions below document five of them; the same groundwork applies wherever you take delivery.

Each row links the official USDA release. Participation is ours; the releases are USDA’s and imply no endorsement of Bridgepathway.

Mexico · 2019 Secretary Perdue leads USDA trade mission to Mexico USDA FAS → Vietnam · 2019 USDA’s McKinney leads mission to tap trade opportunities in Vietnam USDA FAS → Taiwan · 2019 FAS Administrator Isley to lead Taiwan trade mission USDA FAS → South Korea · 2018 FAS Administrator Isley to lead South Korea trade mission USDA FAS → Southeast Asia · 2018 Under Secretary McKinney to lead Southeast Asia trade mission USDA FAS →

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