Export Services
Buyers and sellers wishing to export goods will benefit from the deep knowledge and experience of our Export-Import Inc. professional freight forwarding staff. Our export services team navigates the latest regulations, minimizes paperwork, expedites transit, and lowers shipping costs with truly personalized service. Export-Import representatives attend the latest seminars and keep abreast of industry changes. Rosa Camasta, an export services professional in our Chicago office, has been guiding shippers on export shipping logistics and the best way to move their goods via sea, truck and air since 1980. As a freight forwarding expert, she knows to ask if certain merchandise is temperature or moisture sensitive, and should be booked below a steamship’s deck, or if certain airlines should be avoided for excess delays..
Personal effects, food items, autos – Rosa’s shipped them all. “One time I did matching Porsches,” she says. “His was black; hers was white.” But Rosa also handles less glamorous items too, such as huge boring and drilling machines, auto parts and once, even a 20-foot container of condoms headed for the Far East.
“Experience is important; you have to know what you are doing, how to pick up freight and book it, how to prepare an inland bill of lading,” said Rosa.
“You need to know if a shipment contains licensed goods, or dangerous goods, or if the shipper is unaware if they are sending merchandise to a boycotted country. If that is the case, and the U.S. government finds out, there will be penalties and there will be delays.”
Rosa roots for the shippers. She wants them to meet their deadlines, realize cost savings and increase their sales. She is generous with her hard-earned knowledge and will prepare export services and freight estimates to potential clients or counsel her customers on related shipping questions without reservation.
Her clients reward her with their business year after year and clearly consider her a part of their team. Contact Rosa today.
Import Services and Import Shipping
All merchandise coming into the United States must clear U.S. Customs and Border Protection and is subject to Customs duty, unless specifically exempted by law. Clearance involves a number of steps, which include inspection and appraisement.
Import shipping and customs law requires that duty be paid on goods entering the county, according to its official classification from a tariff schedule. Sometimes a surety bond is required, and some types of goods must meet admissibility standards, with proper permits secured in advance by the importer.
At Export-Import Services Inc., our licensed, professional import services team has years of experience and ensures your goods sail smoothly through the U.S. Customs process, which can be fraught with delays and frustrations for the uninitiated.
Our representative will determine whether your import shipping needs require door-to-door forwarding service, U.S. Customs clearance, or both. We’ll contact our worldwide network of agents to work with your foreign contact to ship the merchandise properly. We’ll prepare the bills of lading, organize forwarding, handle the U.S. Customs clearance, tariffs and duty, and any related fees. If there is a problem, we’ll know what to do to fix it. Get started today.
Import services specialist Marcella Justin works directly with several U.S. companies who import furniture, plumbing supplies, auto parts, glassware, steel and jewelry from foreign countries. From her computer, directly connected to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) service, Marcella efficiently handles clients’ needs to bring the goods into market.
“New customers will come with nightmare stories of trying to import their goods – stories of one problem after another.” says Marcella, an 20-year import services veteran.
“I enjoy explaining to them what needs to be done. I like solving their problems. It makes their lives so much easier, and makes me feel like I’ve made a big difference. We have become friends,”.
Our list of import services:
- 01. Application for Importer ID: We will obtain this for you from Customs.
- 02. Continuous Bonds: Each import shipment must be bonded, so that the U.S. government is assured it will receive its correct duty and fees. Frequent shippers often prefer to have a continuous bond to cover all shipments, which we can arrange.
- 03. Customs Examinations: Sometimes U.S. Customs and Border Protection randomly selects merchandise for examination. We arrange to get it to the exam site and handle the examination charges, which the importer reimburses.
- 04. FDA, USDA Processing and Other Required Government Agency Processing: We handle required prior notice, documentation and samples they may request.
- 05. Domestic and International Freight: We have established relationships with the most reliable trucking and document delivery services.
- 06. Personal Effects Entry: We typically provide this service for people who havebeen living overseas and who want to bring their goods back to the U.S.
- 07. Specialized Classification: Our experts will know which category your goods fall under.
- 08. U.S. Customs and Border Protection Processing: Expert guidance on regulations, tariffs, duty rates and problem-solving. We use the electronic ACE system for efficient, accurate processing.
- 09. Steel Licensing: We can arrange for licenses
- 10. Importer Security Filing (ISF) & bond: A new requirement for the importer; we can assist with both
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