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Verex, located in Terneuzen, The Netherlands is an independent customs broker for all import, export, and cross-border deliveries or shipments. The Verex team has extensive experience in customs, VAT, and excise duty. As fiscal representative and customs agent, Verex provides all services that …

Improve Your Cash Flow When a foreign business conducts economic activities in the Netherlands, like importing goods , they need to adhere to the administrative obligations of the Dutch VAT laws.  This Value Added Tax (VAT), 21 per cent for most goods, needs to be paid when you import goods into …

How Musketier Started Musketier B.V. was originally founded in 2003 by Paul Giesen, Eddy Egging, and Vincent Smit, after working together at the same customs broker for twenty years. The name Musketier, the Dutch word for musketeer, represented the fact that the three of them started the company, …

What is “Union Status”? Goods have union status when they are obtained in the European Union, imported into the EU and released into free circulation, or produced wholly from goods which fit the aforementioned criteria. If your goods are not released into free circulation under these conditions, …

What is Origin?  Essentially there are two types of origin. There’s the origin determined by where the goods were in free circulation and the origin where the goods were manufactured. For example, a car manufactured in Japan has been imported to Germany and sold by a German car dealer to a customer …

Please be aware that the classification of your goods has an impact on: Duties Import- and export limitations Documentation requirements Licenses Commercial policy measures Security measures How are goods classified? Goods are classified according to the Harmonised System. The customs …

The benefits of going paperless   Reducing the amount of paper used in offices has been a concern for many businesses across the world due to climate change, despite it being a renewable resource.   However, reducing paper manufacturing isn’t the only global benefit to going paperless.  And, saving …

Customs Support Group continues to grow. Over 400 employees in more than 40 offices in 5 countries support businesses with customs & trade expertise. These numbers went up again on August 5. Expanding the family On August 5 we welcomed CPS France to the Customs Support family. The company, founded …

The Port of Hamburg The Port of Hamburg is situated on the River Elbe and is approximately 110km upstream from the North Sea. Despite being relatively far inland, Hamburg is the biggest port in Germany, the third busiest in Europe after Rotterdam and Antwerp , and is the 15th  largest port …

What is the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM)? The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) is an initiative in the European Union that is designed to combat “carbon leakage”. This is the term given to manufacturing emissions that are released outside of the European Union. Although the EU …