Customs Clearance for your international transportation

Posted by samuelperth on March 10th, 2013

In order to successfully compete in the global market, business owners have to put their trust in logistic service providers. If your business involves shipping to other countries or overseas, at one point you will need to rely on the freight forwarding and customs clearance services of a logistic services provider that can deal with calculating the fees, duties, taxes and excises for each shipping. As a customs broker, their duties also involve mediating between national and international government agencies on behalf of both the importer and the exporter and eventually handling the formalities to clear the respective shipment.

The import and export of goods deals not only with the actual transport of the goods, but also with the packing of the product, the customs clearance and the insurance aspect. International freight forwarding is the service that takes care of all these aspects and makes possible the successful transportation of products from one country to another. International freight forwarders can arrange the transportation of your goods by way of road, rail, air or sea and will be responsible for getting them from your warehouse to their specified destination overseas. Several means of transportation can be used for one load, the goal being to take them from their origin to their ultimate destination.

These logistic specialists will also handle the customs broking services for each shipment by taking care of all the formalities involved and later on they will pass the taxes and duties onto you. In fact, this particular subject involves an established procedure to be followed, procedure which can vary from one country to another. This is why it is crucial to have a person who is aware of all legal procedures to be followed to handle this particular aspect of the shipping. Fortunately, logistic services providers work closely with customs agents or even customs brokers who have specialized in dealing with this particular aspect in different countries. It is important that they have a wide network of logistic specialists for each part of the shipping.

From insurance to the management of the inventory and the supply chain management, international freight forwarders have to deal with a considerable amount of paperwork required for each international shipment of goods. From the various types of documents used in the process, to the mediation with the banks you and your client deal with, not to mention the actual customs and the local authorities in each case,  the more they have to handle, the less you have to worry about.

Make sure that you handle the shipment of your goods with the attention it deserves and leave it to a high quality professional logistic services provider who can make sure that the freight forwarding and the customs clearance are dealt with in the most efficient manner and for an affordable cost. If you want to get an idea of the cost for your international shipping consignment, contact us and we will provide that for you for no obligation whatsoever. For a smooth exchange of your products between you and your overseas partner, call us today.