The official distributor and the largest importer of professional equipment for the kitchen and restaurant business of leading European brands. A company with a solid reputation and a team of professionals.
Problems
- absence of control over the existence of mistakes in shipping documents and as a result – regular delays in Customs Clearance due to the need to make corrections in the documents upon arrival of automobile at customs
- absence of required authorization documents at the time of Customs Clearance
- erroneous and systemic classification of goods pursuant to UKTZED with overvalued rates of import duties
- absence of an established mechanism of upholding the customs value
- downtime of vehicles and delay in getting goods to customers, as a result of the aforesaid factors
Outcome
- competent contracts with non-residents are prepared and signed
- the forms and procedure for signing documents with non-residents are developed and coordinated
- an algorithm for negotiating shipping documents is developed and established
- UKTZED codes, for which the import duty is overvalued, are reviewed
- correct classification of goods pursuant to UKTZED is coordinated with the Customs Service
- process of classification of goods and receipt of expert opinions already at the stage of forming the order for goods from Supplier is organized
- procedure for forecasting of disputes with the Customs Service on the customs value is introduced
- as a result Customs Clearance is reduced from 5 days to 4 hours and expenses for customs payments are reduced