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22/11/2021
Meet Our People: Customs Support International Customs and Compliance Director Nicolas Collart
In this series, we will interview the people who are always ready to assist you with importing or exporting your goods without worries. Next up in this series is Nicolas Collart , International Customs and Compliance Director at Customs Support Group. Who are you? My name is Nicolas Collart, and I …

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31/12/2020
Preferential Treatment for Imports
Learn more how to import goods into the UK from the European Union, as well as how to claim preferential treatment for your imports and how to prove origin. This applies to companies in The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and Poland. Claiming Preferential Treatment According to the free trade …

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22/12/2023
Boxing Day sales – how your swag gets to you
Manufacture Before your items are assembled, all the raw materials and parts need to be collected at the manufacturing plant. If these are imported, then the manufacturer may use special processes such as Inward Processing Relief (IPR) to reduce duty spend – which reduces the cost to them and …

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31/1/2024
Meet Our People: Anis Rajhi
In this edition, we are excited to present Anis Rajhi, who is our operations director in France. Join us as Anis his experience and insights in this article. Who are you? I’m Anis Rajhi, 42 years old, working for Customs Support in France. I am married, have two young children, and live in Lyon – …

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4/7/2023
Empowering EU trade with the USA
There is bilateral trade strength The EU and USA trade relationship is one of the largest in the world, representing immense commercial activity across a range of industries. Trade of both goods and services flows both ways, strengthening the economies of both regions. Additionally, not all of the …

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13/4/2023
IUU Catch Certificates
Why do you need an IUU Catch Certificate? An Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) Catch Certificate is a document that is provided to health authorities to confirm the shipment is legal and safe to import. In the UK, an IUUCC must be presented to the Department for Environment, Food, and …

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10/9/2020
Cargo Moving Through Ports: Behind the scenes
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 …

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23/1/2024
Spotlight On: Ghent
The Port of Ghent The Port of Ghent is part of the North Sea Port, which spans more than 60 kilometres across the coast of Belgium and the Netherlands. Alongside the Port of Ghent, other notable areas within the North Sea Port are the ports of Terneuzen and Vlissingen. In 2022, the North Sea Port …

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24/3/2020
Incoterms Explained: Cost, Insurance, and Freight (CIF)
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 …

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19/2/2024
A Guide to Advanced Tariff Ruling (ATaR)
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 …
