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Our people enable our customers’ flow of goods coming into the European Union and leaving it. We work behind the scenes and often out of sight. We work from our offices and in customer locations. We can be found at seaports, airports, container terminals, and at any other location where the Customs …

You can read more about the most important changes compared to Incoterms 2010 in one of our earlier blogs in the Incoterms series. The Incoterms we explained until now have been terms that are applicable to all modalities, road, rail, water, and air. The Incoterm in this blog is one of the …

What is an advanced tariff ruling? An advanced tariff ruling is legal confirmation of your  goods classification . This means that customs authorities have verified your choice of commodity code for a particular piece of business. It can be obtained for both import and export business.  Once …

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 …

In this edition, we are excited to present Gianluca Schiavina, who is our IT Director in Italy. Join us as Gianluca shares his experience and insights in this article. Who are you? I am  Gianluca Schiavina, 50 years old, and I have worked with the team here since 1997 – originally with Sernav srl …

First, we’ll need some tools From angle grinders to wrenches, there are 1,000s of tools out there for builders. Many of these are in  HS chapter 82, with over 120 tools listed from HS heading 8201 through 8207. And, that’s just the hand tools. We need some bigger ones, too. Many of the machines and …

How Do You Bring Goods into Free Circulation? There is a standard process for releasing goods for Free Circulation in the EU: 1. Goods are shipped to the EU and taken off the vessel or aircraft. They can be stored temporarily until European Customs Authorities have completed import clearance . 2. …

Tell us about Schneider Transport  Schneider Transport is a Swiss-based company with headquarters in Basel, Switzerland. We have three branches in the Netherlands, over 60 branches across the world, and employ a little more than 1000 people.  We provide a full range of logistics services globally, …

The regulations were implemented by the European Commission to protect the metal industry in Europe against price drops after a strong rise in imports of metal products combined with a strong decrease in the export of metal products. Regulations Not Extended Surveillance documents are no longer …

What do we mean by “origin” when importing goods? When you are bringing in a shipment, the word “origin” can be used in many different contexts.  For shippers and freight companies, origin usually means the country or port which the goods are being shipped from. For example, a shipment of goods can …