How Late Is Too Late to Appoint an Importer of Record
Nobody asks this question early. It arrives once the booking is confirmed, or once the
October 7, 2026
Nobody asks this question early. It arrives once the booking is confirmed, or once the
It usually arrives as a document question. Do we need a carnet or a bond
Most import rules ask you to declare what something is. This one asks you to
Five regulatory regimes, working on unrelated problems, have moved the same way this year. Each
The deal is signed. The customer is in a country where you have no entity,
An integrator sells one solution at one price. Customs values goods, not solutions. That gap
There is a document filed with Chinese, Vietnamese or Mexican customs before your goods leave.
The Customs Modernization and Tariff Act does not define “importer” in its definitions section, and
Ask what the Cape of Good Hope costs instead of Suez and you will be
Two things happened in the Red Sea this month that should not be happening together.
On 20 January 2027 the EU rulebook for machinery changes, and the part that matters
A foreign company cannot make itself the importer in Vietnam by contract alone. Not through
