import/export

i have a friend who is in the import/export biz in shanghai. he wants to employ me as a "leison" (i know i spelled it wrong). he wants me to attract foriegn importers from US and/or canada. i am sure there is no "catch" and that the biz is lagit. but as far as i understand is he just wants me to "dive right in" and start making contacts and selling his companies products. i just don't know where to begin.

i didn't say "i don't know how to do it". i am just unfamiliar with this field. back in the US i was involved in direct marketing with companies like "amsoil", "equinox int" & "cutco". this company mostly deals in fabric sales in large quantities. and i too was told i'd be working on comission. but anyhow i was told to "go out and find buyers". its not like my friends and family are going to want or need a ton of rayon, cashmere, silk, tafeda ect...


i do know retailers get their products from another source and that source gets what they need from yet another source and that source will get their stuff from me. but i don't know how to find that source (buyer).


and, i too am not going to quit my day job.