Customs clearance
Customs clearance
Customs clearance is a compulsory process required for any goods entering or leaving the UK. It is the business’ responsibility to declare all movements of goods to HMRC. It requires submitting specific documentation promptly and accurately. Failing to do so may lead to legal action being taken against the business.
Our services:
- Customs consultancy
- Processing all required documentation
- Taking care of all formalities
- Access to bonded warehouses
- EUR1 and Country of Origin certificates
- Information required for Customs clearance
Export
- Commercial invoice
- Packing list
- Bill of lading or waybill
- Any applicable certificates or licenses
- EORI number
- Tariff/commodity code for the goods
- Customs Procedure Code
- Port of exit
- Name of the vessel, flight number, or registration number for the vehicle
- Incoterms
Import
- Commercial invoice
- Packing list
- Bill of lading or waybill
- Any applicable certificates, permits or licenses
- EORI number
- Tariff/commodity code for the goods
- Customs Procedure Code
- Name of the vessel, flight number or registration number for the vehicle
- Port of arrival
- Shipping and insurance costs
- Incoterms
- Registered on GOV.UK to Customs Declarations Service (CDS)
FAQ
Here at WM International, our friendly in-house Customs team are able to take the pressure off you, when it comes to organising the compulsory formalities (Customs declarations) and documentation that comes with importing and exporting. Documents include, but aren’t limited to, EUR1 Certificates, Country of Origin Certificates, T1 Documents and Bill of Lading.
Customs delays can happen for a number of reasons, whether it be incorrect information submitted, a random inspection, peak season high volumes, incorrect duty or tax or restricted items being present.
By choosing to work with a Freight Forwarder, avoidable delays are less likely. The Customs team here at WM International are able to support you and your business in ensuring all correct information is present, no documents are missing/incorrect and check compliance too. These are just a few ways working with a Freight Forwarder, with an in-house customs team, like us here at WM International, will help you and your business avoid the ‘avoidable’ customs clearance delays.
Of course, if the delays are caused by external factors, such as random inspections or high volumes, there isn’t much that can be done unfortunately, but the WM team will help you as much as possible!
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