Food safety requirements help us enjoy our favorite meals without getting sick. But they’re often challenging for food importers to follow. 

Topics: Customs Broker

The U.S. government doesn’t want goods coming into the country if they’ve been produced with forced labor. It’s placed a variety of legal demands on importers because of this. Complying with these obligations is essential if you import goods into the United States. Otherwise, your shipments could be detained, returned to their origin port, or seized entirely.

Topics: Customs Broker

The Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) Global Business Identifier (GBI) program is an innovative program that’s initiative formed from the challenges associated with the Manufacturer/Shipper Identification Number (MID) and its lack of data quality and uniqueness. CBP hopes the new program will give them better visibility into the supply chain and result in products moving through customs faster. 

Topics: Customs Broker

Selecting the right customs broker is like finding the perfect key to unlock a door.

Topics: Customs Broker

Shipping your products internationally can help your business thrive. But strict custom regulations often make this easier said than done. That’s why many companies choose to work with customs brokers.

Topics: Customs Broker

Topics: Customs Consulting, Customs Broker

What do cheese pizzas, closed-face sandwiches, cans, rabbits, and table salts have in common? They are all regulated by the FDA.

Topics: Supply Chain Management, Customs Broker

As an importer, the onus is on you to be aware of the regulations that apply to your products. This includes those set by Partner Government Agencies (PGAs). 

Topics: Customs Consulting, International Trade Compliance & Enforcement, compliance, Customs Broker, Brokerage

The words cargo and freight are similar, but even though they share a few things in common, the meanings are quite different. 

Topics: Air Freight, Customs Broker

Importers might aptly view a Customs broker as a trusted partner for Customs entry filing, but a broker’s job is also to help safeguard importers against delays, fines, and penalties due to errors or regulatory violations.

Topics: trade compliance, import compliance, Customs Broker, Brokerage