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24/8/2023
Importing Your Banana Split
First, the star of the show: the humble banana Cut it lengthways, and lie it on either side of your plate. All the ingredients go between these two halves to “split” this banana. As a plant and a food product, you wouldn’t be wrong in assuming that a phytosanitary certificate is required for …
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13/3/2020
Corona Update: The status of ocean freight and airfreight
Ships Sailing, but Where Are the Containers? Container shipping from China to Europe and the U.S. is starting up again. The backlog of containers waiting to be shipped out is slowly getting smaller. However, there are still a few challenges. Many sailings were blanked in the past weeks. Next to …
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20/4/2020
Corona Update: Impact on the Import and Export of Fruits & Vegetables
They support importers and exporters, for example by creating export documents and certificates. They are also the link between importers and exporters and the Customs Authority. I spoke with Kevin in response to his interview with Fresh Plaza. You Are Working from Home As Well? “Absolutely. My …
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25/1/2021
Freshport Rebrands to Customs Support Fresh
Customs Support is continuously growing and adding new members to the Customs Support family. In 2020 we launched the project rebranding where all new members to the Customs Support Group started working as one single brand. Customs Support Fresh Through Customs Support Fresh we enable our …
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8/4/2021
Trade Deals Around the World: April Edition
In this edition, the leading players are the European Union, the United Kingdom, the United States and China. You can find a round-up of other trade agreement news at the bottom of this page. The European Union and Australia The European Union is stepping up its climate efforts. The European …
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3/10/2020
Animal Inspections at Freshport
Customs is at the heart of our organization, but we also have subsidiaries that take care of other very important and special steps in import and export processes. I work at one of these subsidiaries: Freshport. From Perishables to Hammerhead Sharks Freshport is located at Schiphol Airport in …
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15/7/2015
Independent customs broker Customs Support acquired Freshport
Freshport is an independent service provider for the clearance of mainly perishable goods and live animals, and is located on the runway at Schiphol. Freshport facilitates among other things inspections of public authorities. This acquisition fits into the Customs Support strategy to grow in the …
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30/12/2020
Customs Support acquires Verex Customs Services
Verex, located in Terneuzen, The Netherlands is an independent customs broker for all import, export, and cross-border deliveries or shipments. The Verex team has extensive experience in customs, VAT, and excise duty. As fiscal representative and customs agent, Verex provides all services that …
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14/11/2019
EU Council agrees on a modernized framework for excise goods
What Are Excise Goods? Excise goods are goods containing alcohol, tobacco products, and mineral oil. When you import, sell or use excisable goods in the EU you have to pay excise duty. Since 2008 the EU member states have harmonized the excise duties within the EU, although there still are some …
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25/8/2020
European Union and United States agree to lower tariffs
The European Union and the United States have released a joint statement in which they announce a lowering of tariffs for specific goods. These positive measures have been taken to enable easier market access to both markets. Tariffs Finally Going Down The agreement comes as a positive outcome of …