Freight Forwarder Customs Clearance Process | Best Guide

According to the requirements or instructions of the consignee/consignor, the international freight forwarding company engages in the booking of goods, consignment, warehousing, packaging, sorting, delivery, freight forwarder customs clearance, inspection, inspection, freight insurance, the issuance of relevant documents, settlement of transportation and miscellaneous charges and other businesses on their behalf.

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Freight forwarder customs clearance

If the international freight forwarding company has been registered in the Customs and obtain “professional customs declaration” qualification, this international freight forwarding company has the nature of customs broker, belongs to the Customs regulations “customs declaration enterprise” one.

“Customs declaration enterprise” is divided into customs declaration as the main business of professional customs broker and has the qualification of agent customs declaration of freight forwarding enterprises or logistics companies.

This type of customs declaration enterprise is usually also called the agent customs declaration enterprise: it can accept the consignee or consignor of import and export goods to handle the customs declaration and tax payment of import and export goods on behalf of the consignee or consignor of import and export goods.

 

freight forwarder customs clearance

freight forwarder customs clearance

 

Specialized Customs Broker

We usually say that the customs broker, just a very general concept, as the owner or consignor, may not realize that there are two types of “customs broker” exists, just take it for granted that all the customs declaration for us, are customs brokers.

Or simply do not know, in fact, there are a lot of freight forwarders or logistics companies also have “professional customs broker” qualification, that is, both the nature of the customs broker, can be like those so-called customs broker as the main business of professional customs brokers.

In fact, many of the so-called professional customs brokers with the word “customs broker” in their names do not only do customs brokerage, but may also do other related businesses, such as towing, inspection, commodity inspection, animal and plant inspection, and so on.

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Differences between freight forwarder customs clearance and specialized customs broker

Some of the international freight forwarding companies with the qualification of “professional customs broker” can also act on behalf of customers to make customs declaration like professional customs brokers with the word “customs broker” in their names. There are some names with the word “customs” professional customs broker also engaged in some of the international freight forwarding company’s business.

There is no special clear boundary between the two, some business is a mixture of cross. Only, the international freight forwarding company is generally based on freight forwarding business, customs broker is usually based on customs business.

In practice, the customs broker, just a general term, generally will not be entangled is the kind of customs brokerage business, can not say which type of customs brokerage business is better, stronger – certain freight forwarding company customs brokerage business is very large, experienced, customs clearance ability is also very strong;

Some of the so-called professional customs broker specializing in customs declaration business is not necessarily very large, not necessarily very experienced, customs clearance capabilities are not necessarily very strong.

Understanding the difference between freight forwarders and customs brokers

While freight forwarder is a broad term, customs broker is very specific – among other requirements, U.S. customs brokers must be licensed.

 

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freight forwarder customs clearance

 

Many freight forwarders can also be customs brokers (or have access to brokerage services), but not every customs broker is a freight forwarder.
Customs brokers specialize in the import side of international transactions. For exporters, a customs broker is a foreign conversation. Exporters do not need a U.S. customs broker because they are shipping out of the United States.

An exporter’s freight forwarder can work with a customs broker to help with international shipments.

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