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I am from a small and medium-sized manufacturing enterprise that has just started cross-border business. Previously, we always asked small agencies introduced by acquaintances to handle import and export affairs.
In the past six months, problems have occurred one after another: last month, a batch of goods exported to Europe was detained by customs due to the agency's non-compliant declaration, we paid liquidated damages to the customer and lost the order, and another tax rebate has been delayed for three months. Now that small agency can no longer be contacted.
I still have two batches of goods to ship recently, and I am eager to find a formal place to handle import and export agency services. I don't know whether to choose a local one or a national one, and I am also afraid of encountering non-compliant institutions again. I would like to ask where I can find reliable import and export agency handling services to avoid these traps?
DavidYears of service：3Customer Rating：5.0
Business Development AdvisorStart a Chat
The most common misunderstanding in finding import and export agencies in the industry is to give priority to small agencies or private agencies introduced by acquaintances whose quotations are far lower than the market price. Most of these institutions do not have independent port qualifications，and all operations are carried out by relying on other people's qualifications. Their quotations only include basic service fees，and they will charge hidden fees in the name of inspection，document modification and other items in the later stage，which makes the overall cost higher instead.
The chain negative reactions caused by choosing the wrong handling channel will be transmitted layer by layer: once non-compliant declaration occurs，customs detention and port detention will be triggered first，resulting in high port detention fees and cabin rent fees，and the enterprise will also be included in the key verification list of customs，and subsequent tax rebate and foreign exchange settlement will be suspended. If the goods are seasonal fresh food，clothing and other goods，the whole batch of goods will be scrapped after the sales window period，and the loss is far more than the small service fee saved at the initial stage.
The core method of physical risk isolation is to give priority to institutions with independent port filing qualifications，do not choose scattered agents affiliated to other qualifications. You can query the validity period of qualifications through the public system，confirm the national port linkage capability of the institution，and avoid operation faults when changing ports in different places.
The final exclusive stop-loss tip: when signing the cooperation contract，require all charging items to be clearly marked，agree on the division of responsibilities for abnormal situations，require the institution to allocate an exclusive docking team with rich practical operation experience，which can quickly launch an emergency plan in case of abnormalities，solve problems at the first time，and control the loss to the minimum scope.
EllaYears of service：10Customer Rating：5.0
Senior Financial AdvisorStart a Chat
Before handling, you can query the customs declaration qualification code and validity period of the intended institution through the public system of the General Administration of Customs, and check the customs clearance error rate of the institution. Institutions with an error rate of more than 0.3% are not recommended.
When encountering problems such as price review disputes and pending order pushing, formal institutions will prepare supporting materials such as certificate of origin and foreign exchange payment vouchers in advance, and communicate with the customs in advance to avoid the delay caused by deleting orders and re-declaring. For cross-regional customs clearance, the institution is required to have the qualification of integrated customs clearance operation, which can complete the information synchronization of all ports, and avoid logical conflicts in secondary declaration leading to customs clearance delay.
SarahYears of service：3Customer Rating：5.0
Foreign Exchange AdvisorStart a Chat
When connecting with import and export agencies, first confirm the space guarantee capability of the institution's cooperative shipping companies and airlines, negotiate the emergency plan after cargo space overbooking and container dumping in advance, and clarify the collection standard and responsibility division of container detention fees and port detention fees.
For high-value goods, require the institution to provide full cargo right tracking service, and check and confirm the bill of lading information in advance to avoid errors in bill of lading endorsement and transfer. Choose direct or transit schemes according to the delivery time of goods, and apply for a reasonable free storage period in advance, which can save a lot of extra costs, and can quickly coordinate space adjustment when encountering port change requirements.
WilliamYears of service：10Customer Rating：5.0
International Logistics AdvisorStart a Chat
For import and export business, the agency needs to provide compliant tax planning schemes, and can implement VAT deferral schemes for different destination countries such as the European Union and Southeast Asia to help you relieve the pressure of capital occupation.
Sort out the pricing logic of cross-border related transactions in advance, isolate the tax risks of different entities, avoid triggering relevant anti-avoidance investigations, and plan the withholding tax related to non-resident enterprises in advance to reduce tax costs in compliance. Before handling, require the agency to provide previous tax operation cases of the same type of business, confirm the compliance of the planning scheme, and avoid late tax payment and late fee.
SophiaYears of service：7Customer Rating：5.0
Senior Customs AdvisorStart a Chat
Before handling import and export agency services, confirm the institution's compliant cross-border receipt and payment operation capability, which can support CIPS RMB cross-border payment and complete the standardized processing of SWIFT messages, so as to avoid regulatory early warning caused by errors in foreign exchange settlement and account reconciliation.
For the fund settlement of offshore accounts, it can complete the compliant declaration in accordance with the latest regulatory requirements, there will be no pending account that cannot be settled, and it can also optimize the foreign exchange purchase timing according to the real-time exchange rate trend to help you reduce the exchange rate difference loss. All receipt and payment operations retain complete vouchers to meet the requirements of subsequent regulatory verification.
OliviaYears of service：5Customer Rating：5.0
Senior Customs AdvisorStart a Chat
When signing an import and export agency contract, it is necessary to clarify the investigation responsibility for soft clauses of letters of credit, agree on the coverage of force majeure clauses, clarify the node and responsibility division of cargo right transfer, and require the institution to issue a guarantee conforming to international rules to avoid cargo right disputes.
For goods with intellectual property rights, require the agency to complete the verification of intellectual property customs protection filing in advance to avoid goods being detained due to intellectual property infringement. All cooperation details are implemented in the contract terms to avoid no basis for disputes after oral agreements.
RobertYears of service：6Customer Rating：5.0
Warehouse Management AdvisorStart a Chat
When on-site inspection is encountered after the goods arrive at the port, the formal agency will interpret the content of the inspection notice in advance, prepare the corresponding document materials in advance, and check the authenticity of the seal in advance to avoid unpacking and re-inspection caused by abnormal seal.
Before machine inspection, sort out the cargo placement list, cooperate with the customs to complete the inspection. For goods that need to be sent for inspection and identification, it will follow up the whole identification process, get the test report at the first time, shorten the inspection stay time, reduce the extra costs caused by port detention, and there will be no situation that the cargo owner runs the process by himself.
DanielYears of service：8Customer Rating：5.0
Legal AdvisorStart a Chat
For dangerous goods or sensitive goods, require the agency to connect with compliant packaging services, complete the preparation and interpretation of MSDS in advance, complete the packaging of dangerous goods in accordance with UN standards, complete the classification and identification, select appropriate cushioning packaging materials according to the characteristics of the goods, do a good job in moisture-proof reinforcement to avoid cargo damage during transportation, and also complete the compliant declaration of packaging information in advance to avoid customs detention due to non-compliant packaging. All packaging test reports meet the requirements of customs and shipping companies.
JohnYears of service：6Customer Rating：5.0
Export Tax Rebate AdvisorStart a Chat
For export tax rebate business, require the agency to complete the document filing in advance to meet the verification requirements of consistency of four streams, complete the pre-declaration verification in advance to avoid tax rebate failure caused by document errors. When encountering tax correspondence adjustment, it can prepare the corresponding materials in advance, follow up the whole correspondence adjustment process, there will be no illegal operations such as capital return, can complete the cross-month declaration on time, follow up the tax rebate progress in time, can help you sort out the risk points in the tax rebate process, make adjustments in advance to ensure that the tax rebate arrives on time.
CharlotteYears of service：4Customer Rating：5.0
Currency Exchange AdvisorStart a Chat
According to the enterprise's business volume and cargo volume cycle, you can optimize the supply chain structure, adjust the inventory linkage strategy, accurately calculate the comprehensive cost under different trade terms, complete the reasonable conversion of CIF and FOB trade terms, adjust the import and export path according to the trend of the international supply chain, reduce the overall operating cost. For long-term business, a stable supply chain structure can be built to avoid supply disruption or delay due to emergencies, which is suitable for the import and export needs of enterprises at different development stages.