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11/8/2022
The Intent of the Brexit Freedoms Bill
The Bill intends to put over 1,500 pieces of EU legislation under review for amendment, cancellation, or keeping, by a date set in a “sunset clause” – optimistically within five years . Within this submission, the UK will review items of EU legislation that have been admitted to UK law without …
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13/3/2023
Why didn’t the peanut cross the ocean?
What health risks are there in transporting peanuts? Depending on where your peanuts are imported from, there is a risk of contamination by aflatoxins. These are a family of fungi that grow in warm and wet conditions, as is common in countries which grow peanuts. If your shipment of peanuts has …
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19/1/2022
Four Reasons Why You Should Get AEO Certified
AEO stands for Authorised Economic Operator and is an internationally recognised quality mark indicating that your role within the international supply chain is secure and your procedures and customs controls are compliant and efficient. The EU implemented the AEO program in 2008 to ensure supply …
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22/2/2022
What Is Inward Processing and What Are the Benefits?
What was the procedure before Inward Processing? Let's examine the former process based on an example of one of our clients. Our client is a company that calibrates and repairs precision measuring equipment in the Netherlands. They have customers worldwide who send their devices to the Netherlands …
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8/12/2019
What is a certificate of origin and when do I need one?
When you send a second shipment of the same product, you need to add a new certificate of origin. This can be the country it was shipped from, but that definitely isn’t always the case. Your local Chamber of Commerce can issue or certify a Certificate of Origin. Preferential or Non-Preferential? A …
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15/9/2022
Quick Scan: Improve the Efficiency of Your Customs Operation
Periodically Review Your Customs Operations To ensure that processes move along with the market, it is a good idea to regularly carry out a quick self-assessment or have an external expert do a Quick Scan. Our consultants are always up to speed on the latest customs rules and regulations and …
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23/11/2023
Classifications 101
What is an HS commodity code? The Harmonised Tariff System was developed by the World Customs Organisation (WCO) in 1988. The objective of introducing the HS tariff was to make customs easier by classifying goods in the same way across the WCO’s 200+ members, meaning that goods could be easily …
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3/3/2022
Containers to Russia Stuck in European Ports
Russia-bound Containers Stopped by Dutch Customs in Rotterdam This past weekend Dutch Customs has blocked all containers that were Russia-bound because of the sanctions the European Union implemented against Russia . The Dutch Customs Authority will start clearing containers and release them as …
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7/11/2023
Powered-Up Customs
What is meant by “traditional” and “alternative” energy? “Traditional fuels” refers to fossil fuels: coal, oil, and gas. “Alternative energy” refers to fuels that do not take up resources from the Earth or harm the environment. Examples of this are wind, solar, and tidal energy. Human-amplified …
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5/5/2021
The Benefits of a Customs Warehouse
Importing goods, for which you can’t prove the preferential origin, into the European Union means paying duties and VAT, or doesn’t it? Postpone paying import duties and VAT There are ways importers can postpone paying import duties and VAT. You have to pay import duties and VAT when importing …