CUSTOMS
BROKERAGE
Our
customs brokers are highly-trained import professionals,
licensed by the U.S. Department of the Treasury, possessing
a thorough knowledge of tariff schedules and Customs regulations.
For every shipment entering the United States there is an
official greeting: 500 pages of Customs regulations and
thousands of tariff items. Our customs brokers are well
versed in determining proper classifications and dutiable
value, and are fully aware of the vast number of commodities
subject to quotas.
Our customs brokers can help you choose modes of transportation
and appropriate carriers, which require analyses of a vast
body of data. They can also provide assistance to importers
in assigning shipments the best routes as well as estimates
for land based costs, payments of goods through draft, letters
of credit insurance, and re-delivery of cargo if there is
more than one port of destination.
Our
Licensed brokers perform such services as:
· Automated Entry Processing - Our direct links with
the Customs ABI program allows us to enjoy fast entry processing
and cargo releases. Automated entry filing also improves
compliance rates for importers through consistency of entry
data.
· Automated Clearinghouse - Electronic transfer of
funds for duty payments direct from the importer to Customs.
· Duty Drawback - Our drawback specialists handle
all aspects of drawback claims from recordkeeping to electronic
filing of claims and expedited refunds.
· Tariff Classification Services - Our vast knowledge
of the HTS can assist your product development while our
consulting services can assist and prepare for binding rulings
and protest assistance.
· Online Tracking & Tracing -US Express on-line
tracking & tracing via our Web Site, allows our customers
with valid passwords into a secure area of the site and
may quickly and efficiently obtain the most current shipment
status available.
· US Customs Bonds- We offer single transaction bonds
to companies that do not import on a regular basis and continuous
bonds, which renew annually for regular importers
· Maritime Cargo Insurance - As licensed insurance
brokers, we can provide All Risk insurance coverage at very
competitive rates from origin to destination under our open
cargo policy. We can also arrange individual special risk
coverage for your product shipped via ocean or air.
· Landed Duty Paid Reporting: This plus a vast variety
of other useful reports that are extracted out of our database
for our customers to review so that they can have the ability
to determine their exact costing structures.
· OGA Specialists- Within our company, we maintain
experts with complete knowledge of many other government
agency requirements, such as Food & Drug Administration
(FDA), US Department of Agriculture (USDA), Fish & Wildlife,
and many others.
SPECIAL
IMPORT PROGRAMS
Our U.S. Customs specialists we can also determine if there
are any special duty free programs such as section 321,
that may be available for imported cargo.
