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SMAF- Export Activation

3.7.2025

OUR BUSINESS PLAN

A new era is coming; our company is developping new skills, avaling of our matue expertise. This is an introduction, we are actively searching partners and clients.

Business Name: “SMAF- Export Activation”
– Developed by SMAF Ltd, Society for Mediterranean Authentic Food –

Our aim is transforming the current export company into a new distinctive asset, scalable and customizable according to each client producer.

A. “Secure Export” Project – Integrated Food & Legal Offer. Its Objective:
– To provide Italian producers, whether Calabrian or from other regions, with comprehensive legal coverage, reducing risks and facilitating entry into new markets.

– Offer Structure (3 Modular Levels)

LevelContentTarget Segment
Basic– Legal export checklist- Support with customs codes- Labelling consultationSmall businesses just starting out
Advanced– Contract review and analysis- NDA, licensing, distribution, and agency support- Trademark registration in Italy/EUCompanies with active exports
Premium– Due diligence on foreign partners- Trademark registration in USA/Asia- Compliance monitoring + litigation supportProducers with established markets
meeting of team of business people

B. Included Legal Services
(Provided within SMAF Ltd by the partner law firm)

  1. Export Contracting
    • Distribution, licensing, and agency agreements
  2. Trademark Registration
    • Italy, EUIPO, WIPO (for USA, China, etc.)
  3. Due Diligence
    • Reliability and solvency checks on foreign distributors
  4. Legal Protection & Disputes
    • Assistance with international legal disputes
  5. Compliance
    • Food labeling in accordance with EU and non-EU regulations
    • Compliance with safety and traceability standards

C. Law Firm – Export Company Collaboration Model

AspectDetails
PartnershipLaw firm acting as outsourced legal partner
BrandingCo-branding of the mixed consultancy “SMAF Export-Activation”
Revenue SharingFixed fee or % for each activated service
TrainingWebinars and free introductory consultations for export clients
Ongoing SupportOn-demand legal service upon request

D. How to Present the Project to Producers

  • Dedicated landing page: “Export Safely with Our Legal Experts”
  • PDF informational brochure
  • Case Study: “How a Calabrian company registered its trademark in France and signed a deal with a French importer”
  • Project showcased at trade fairs or during meetings with buyers

E. How we help you

  • LOGISTICS: SMAF Associates LTD uses or searches conveyors to achieve the best shipping. In particular, SMAF Associates LTD organizes food transportation by air, sea, road and combined transport.
  • CUSTOMS: Practical customs clearance by means of competent shippers both via sea and land. SMAF Ltd is able to quickly customs clear your goods to and from abroad thanks to our customs service that takes care of all customs procedures:
  • Definitive export;
  • Definitive import;
  • Entry into free circulation;
  • Temporary exportation;
  • Temporary importation;
  • Introduction customs warehouse;
  • Introduction VAT deposit;
  • Assistance for the issue of an approved exporter certification.

Through the domiciled procedure and the AEO certification issued by the Customs and Monopoly Agency, customs clearance takes place in a rapid and direct manner. Our partners manage, on request, a private customs warehouse and an IVA deposit and are ready to provide you with an attentive advice on your customs practices thanks to the competence and the multi-year experience of our customs department which will give you the best way to customs operations of your business.

  • INSURANCE: Insurance coverage through insurance agencies established in the industry, in the following fields:
  • Civil Liability or contractual obligations incumbent upon the forwarder, Carrier, Logistic Operator, Depositary.
  • Rates and conditions are the best in the international market and are a real competitive advantage.

Our work allows you to outsource the burden of:

  • Identifying insurable risks and describe the insurance interest
  • Treating the insurance conditions and support the customer in evaluating the most appropriate proposal
  • Fulfilling contractual obligations
  • Acting to get the liquidation of the claim.

We also offer concrete help in correctly assessing and covering the liability risks assumed by law or by contract in respect of:

  • Errors / omissions committed during execution of the mandate
  • Loss or damage suffered by the goods taken for shipment / transport / storage
  • Insurance for account.
  • EXPERTISE: In order to carry out transport we may need insurance inquiries, our company uses authorized experts who also solves this specific problem.

Lamezia Wine: the Phoenician culture of wine

23.4.2021

Traditionally, a gastronomy like that of Calabria does not contain fragrances so intense and complex like Lamezia wine. This wine, with its dark notes of black cherry, plum, cocoa, tobacco, Indian ink and spices, must be considered an exception.

The taste of this wine is balanced and soft, showing dark and red fruits with a little spice. It is quite strange in the panorama of Mediterranean vines finding a cultivation (it is around the town of Lamezia Terme)  both so old, dating back to 2000 BC, when the Phoenicians introduced it along the coasts of Calabria, and at the same time so rich of different grapes. The blend (mentioning only the main presence) is made of approx. 40%Gaglioppo, 40% Greco Nero, and 20% Nerello Cappuccio, all coming from the DOC area of Lamezia Calabria. Namely, the red Lamezia account for the majority of production and is made also from Sicilian red varieties Nerello Mascalese and Nerello Capuccio, accompanied by local reds such as Gaglioppo, Greco Nero, Nocera and Calabrese (Nero d’Avola). The white Lamezia uses Greco Bianco, Malvasia Bianca and Ansonica grapes. Finally, the Lamezia “rosato” wine is made from the same varieties as the reds, but combined with some white grapes, which are relatively scarce, making up only a small percentage of the DOC’s output.

THE LAND

There is an interruption in the chain of southern Apennines, and here, after the mountains run almost unbroken for 150 miles between central Campania and Lamezia, there is a vast plain spanning less than 20 miles (30km) between the Tyrrhenian and Ionian coasts.

This area is relatively flat, when compared with the Sila plateau to the north, which rises to almost 6000ft (1830m), and the winds sweep from west to east, across the Mediterranean, and blow through the narrow gap in the mountains.

Here, the wines are made at vineyards which lie just south of Lamezia Terme, a town near the western Calabrian coast, and these wines, made under the Lamezia DOC, are red, white and rose (rosato).

The sea is near and the proximity of the seawaters of Mediterranean is important to the land, helping to temper the heat and reduce it to such a measure to soften the Calabrian climate and make grow vines in an optimal way.

Further, some Lamezia vineyards take advantage of the slightly increased altitude at the edges of the DOC area, where the hillsides between Maiolino extend up into the hills near Falerna.

Conclusively, despite the long history of Lamezia wines, coming, before the Greek era, from a Phoenician root, they remain relatively unknown, a problem from which other Calabria DOCs also suffer. Surely, Lamezia is a DOC, absolutely recognized in Italy since its introduction in December 1978 (a few months before the Melissa DOC), but its export is minimal.

FEATURES

Apart from a “Novello” (a young wine), only available in the category of “rosso” wines (an early-release, early-drinking style similar to that of Beaujolais Nouveau), Lamezia owns a large spectrum of white, red, “rosé” and reserve wines.

Normally, a “Lamezia rosso” is at least two years old before commercial release, and has spent at least six months of that time in barrel.

TABLE OF MAIN LAMEZIA LABELS

  • Lamezia Rosso is an Italian wine, rated DOC and classified as Red wine, since 1978. Alcohol: 12.0%. Color: cherry red more or less intense. Flavor: winey, fruity, dry, well-balanced, harmonic.
  • Lamezia Rosato is an Italian wine rated DOC and classified as Red wine, since 1978. Alcohol: 11.5%. Color: pink more or less intense. Flavor: soft, clear, dry.
  • Lamezia Rosso Reserve is an Italian wine, rated DOC and classified Red wine, since 1978. Alcohol: 12.0%. Color: cherry red more or less intense. Flavor: winey, sometimes fruity, dry, well-balanced, harmonic.
  • Lamezia Novello is an Italian wine, rated DOC and classified as Red wine, since 1978. Alcohol: 12.0%. Color: cherry red more or less intense. Flavor: winey, sometimes fruity, dry, well-balanced, harmonic.
  • Lamezia Bianco is an Italian wine, rated DOC and classified as White wine, since 1978. Alcohol: 11.0%. Color: straw yellow. Flavor: winey, pleasant, clear. Taste: dry, velvety, full. Main Grapes: Greco Bianco 0.0%-50.0%, Malvasia Bianca B. 0.0%-20.0%, Trebbiano Toscano B. 0.0%-40.0%.
  • Lamezia Greco is an Italian wine, rated DOC and classified White wine, since 1978. Alcohol: 11.0%. Color: straw yellow. Flavor: fresh, clear, dry, harmonic. Main Grapes: Greco Bianco 85.0%-100.0%.