If you experience any of the issues listed below, CustomsPlus can provide solutions.
These are the top 10 Customs-related problems experienced by a sample of importers, exporters, brokers, 3PL and 4PL companies.
- More Customs Declarations are required than ever before and this is a global issue, not only related to BREXIT.
- There are not enough qualified people available to do this work in a compliant manner.
- Product Classification Codes are incredibly complex and it is time-consuming and expensive to get them right.
- The rules on declaring Country of Origin are confusing and it requires significant research to be confident in your accuracy.
- The requirement to keep comprehensive, accessible records of every transaction is very onerous.
- Customs Regulations keep changing all around the World and it is difficult to keep up with them.
- Customs Audits throw up discrepancies more often than not and the penalties for mistakes are very harsh.
- Your vendors or suppliers provide inconsistent, incomplete or incorrect information and are slow to provide corrections.
- Goods are often delayed in port due to Customs Declaration errors and this affects the whole Supply Chain process.
- The cost of using Customs Agents to produce Declarations has increased and is eating into your margins.