Customs clearance

Where live entertainment meets customs compliance

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — On Tuesday, the master of ceremonies will use a pair of bejeweled microphones on stage at a major awards ceremony in London after logistics company Rock-it Cargo hand-carried them from New York with the help of the first electronic “passport for goods” ever issued in the United States.

The delivery kicks off the test phase of electronic ATA Carnet processing by the U.S. Council for International Business (USCIB), in collaboration with U.S. Customs and Border Protection and...

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Businesses still claim to be uninformed of change as Brexit endgame looms

There are mounting concerns over the lack of preparedness of businesses as the end of the final phase of the UK’s departure from the EU nears.
Since the end of the transition period, at the beginning of this year, importers have benefited from a six-month grace period on submitting customs declarations and paying associated tariffs – but from 1 January, this ends.
Chief economist at the Institute of Directors (IoD) Kitty Ussher …

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Brexit? No problem for thrice-prepared Davies Turner customs team

Davies Turner has expanded its customs services operation with the opening of a dedicated customs suite at its regional freight hub in Dartford (pictured above).
The move follows openings at its other UK hubs, including Avonmouth and Manchester, with director Alan Williams telling The Loadstar it will allow the company to address some of the “teething problems” associated with Brexit.
“I think we expected the paperwork from customers to be of a …

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Deal or no-deal, first quarter post-Brexit will be tricky for logistics

Businesses may be growing increasingly optimistic about a deal being reached in the protracted Brexit negotiations, but the dire supply chain outlook for the first quarter remains.
EU negotiator Michel Barnier reportedly said there had been a breakthrough on one of the main sticking points, regulatory standards, with the UK now open to unilateral measures such as tariffs being applied to counteract systemic divergences that would distort trade and investment.
While welcome …

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Brexit: ‘let’s get it done’ say companies ready for ‘short-term’ border delays

Companies that are ready for Brexit are increasingly concerned by the lack of preparation across the wider supply chain, and the knock-on effect on their businesses.
Morgan Cargo announced last week it had opened an office in Folkestone to manage communications between clients, trucking companies and its Calais customs partner “to ensure the smooth flow of UK imports and exports”.
UK MD Herman Bosman told The Loadstar: “We’ve spent a lot of …

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‘A handful of customs clerks is not enough to prevent post-Brexit traffic chaos’

The UK government has “seriously underestimated” the operability of post-Brexit customs, with the long-term effects being compared to “self-imposed sanctions”.
Forwarder John Shirley said there was a chronic level of understaffing in customs clerk roles, which he did not believe would become clear until the transition period ends on 31 December, he wrote on University College London’s Europe Blog.
“Just a minority of forwarders retain customs clerks in the EU, all of …

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Delays inevitable at UK ports, as inspection facilities won’t be Brexit-ready

UK trade can expect a “painful” exit from the European Union as ports requiring physical changes are left hanging on responses for government tenders to build new infrastructure.
CEO of the UK Major Ports Group Tim Morris told a parliamentary select committee this week he did not expect the responses until the end of the month, at the earliest.
“This means we will have six months to build it in time for the …

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UK should learn a lesson from ‘disastrous’ Australian customs switch

Australia’s “disastrous” implementation of a new customs system in 2005 bears marked similarities with the UK approach to post-Brexit customs, which could lead to months of delays, experts have warned.
A source familiar with Australian logistics history told The Loadstar that, just as the UK government has through the Brexit process, Australia chose to ignore industry and push ahead with “ill-informed” changes.
“What happened in 2005 was that, overnight, everything changed despite …

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Botched digital customs clearance no help to congestion-hit trade in India

A botched digitalisation programme has caused long customs clearance delays in India, exacerbating the country’s container shortage crisis.
The ‘faceless assessment’ initiative has been rolled out at ports across India since June, to implement contactless and paperless customs clearance.
However, according to the Mundra Custom Brokers’ Association (MCBA), clearance times have increased since the launch, with importers and exporters facing numerous “hidden costs”.
“Faceless assessment was...

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