Export preparation and support system and method

A method of generating customs documentation for the export of goods or merchandise from a first country to a second country, the method comprising:

• accessing, via a computing device, a database populated with restrictions and/or prohibitions corresponding to a plurality of goods or merchandise;
• receiving, via a computing device, attributes of a good or merchandise;
• determining, via a computing device, an indicator for the good or merchandise;
• presenting, via a computing device, prohibitions and/or restrictions corresponding to the good or merchandise;
• determining, via a computing device, a governmental fee for the good or merchandise;
• accessing, via a computing device, a database with rules to determine a form needed based at least on the first country, the second country, and the attributes of the good or merchandise;
• and
• automatically populating, via a computing device, the determined form with at least the indicator for the good or merchandise and the governmental fee.

A system for generating customs documentation for the export of goods or merchandise from a first country to a second country, the system comprising:

• a first database of restrictions and/or prohibitions corresponding to a plurality of goods or merchandise;
• a second database with rules and forms for the export of a good or merchandise from the first country and import into the second country;
• a third database of thousands of goods or merchandise and corresponding codes;
• a computer system comprising one or more computing devices and being in data communication with the first database, the second database and the third database, the computer system programmed with executable instructions to at least:
• receive attributes of a particular good or merchandise;
• determine a code for the good or merchandise via access of the third database;
• present prohibitions and/or restrictions from the first database corresponding to the good or merchandise;
• determine a governmental fee for the good or merchandise;
• access the second database to determine a form needed based at least on the first country, the second country, and the attributes of the good or merchandise;
• and
• populate the determined form with at least the code for the good or merchandise and the governmental fee.

A non-transitory computer storage having stored thereon a computer program that instructs a computer system to generate customs documentation for the export of goods or merchandise from a first country to a second country by at least:

• receiving attributes of a good or merchandise;
• accessing a database of thousands of goods or merchandise;
• determining an indicator for the good or merchandise;
• accessing a database populated with restrictions and/or prohibitions corresponding to a plurality of goods or merchandise;
• presenting prohibitions and/or restrictions corresponding to the good or merchandise;
• determining a governmental fee for the good or merchandise;
• accessing a database with rules to determine a form needed based at least on the first country, the second country, and the attributes of the good or merchandise;
• and
• automatically populating the determined form with at least the indicator for the good or merchandise and the governmental fee.

A system for generating customs documentation for the export of goods or merchandise from a first country to a second country, the system comprising:

• first means for storing restrictions and/or prohibitions corresponding to a plurality of goods or merchandise;
• second means for storing rules and forms for the export of a good or merchandise from the first country and import into the second country;
• third means for storing information about thousands of goods or merchandise and corresponding codes;
• means for receiving attributes of a particular good or merchandise;
• means for determining a code for the good or merchandise via access of the third means;
• means for presenting prohibitions and/or restrictions from the first means corresponding to the good or merchandise;
• means for determining a governmental fee for the good or merchandise;
• means for accessing the second means to determine a form needed based at least on the first country, the second country, and the attributes of the good or merchandise;
• and
• means for populating the determined form with at least the code for the good or merchandise and the governmental fee.