Procuring and managing the shipment of goods from all over the world is not easy. 

Navigating the waters of international shipping is tricky enough without surprises in your bill. 

You're a trade compliance team of a few, or maybe just one, and you've been tasked with reducing and consolidating the number of Customs brokers and freight forwarders used throughout the company. After all, consistency and compliance are imperative. Once the list of providers is pared down, you will be dispersing the preferred list company-wide.

The first time you heard the word detention, was your first thought staying after school in the principal's office for skipping class? Mine too, but we're going to talk about a different type of detention and a few other things relating to the movement of your cargo.

This fictitious US manufacturer, Let's Pretend Business, expanded their business. To do so, they began to import new goods into the United States.