What is an HTS Code? Top Strategies for Import Classification

by CustomsInfo | Sep 14, 2021 | CI Knowledge Center Blogs

If you are new to importing goods into the United States, this article will give you everything from answering the question “What is an HTS code?” to providing key import classification strategies. Let’s start at the beginning: when importing into the U.S., you will...

Post-Brexit Issues Could take Years to Untangle – EU-to-UK Customs Declarations and Claiming Preferential Rates Chief Among Them

by CustomsInfo | Jun 1, 2021 | CI Knowledge Center Blogs

By Martin Meacock, Descartes, Director Product Management, Customs Europe Six months on since Brexit formally came into effect, and current indications are that the UK’s exit from the European Union will cause many a headache for import compliance managers for years...

Landed Cost Calculation an Integral Part of the Ecommerce Customer Experience

by CustomsInfo | Apr 6, 2021 | CI Knowledge Center Blogs

By Anne Van de Heetkamp, Descartes, VP of Product Management (Global Trade Intelligence) Great website, compelling products, fabulous prices, shopping cart full, happy checkout, fast international shipment. And then refused at the door? Another great website, more...

Do the New EU-UK Free Trade Agreements Solve Potential Brexit Woes?

by CustomsInfo | Feb 17, 2021 | CI Knowledge Center Blogs

By Martin Meacock, Descartes, Director Product Management, Customs Europe The United Kingdom made the final move to leaving the European Union at 11pm GMT on 31st December 2020. Brexit is now reality.  After 28 years, it left and in doing...

New Free Trade Agreements, Customs requirements for ecommerce on the Horizon

by CustomsInfo | Dec 9, 2020 | CI Knowledge Center Blogs

By Anne Van de Heetkamp, Descartes, VP of Product Management (Global Trade Intelligence) With the New Year’s bell about to ring and election season fading away, it is possible to make better educated guesses about what 2021 might bring from a global trade...

Brexit Closer to Reality as UK Exit from the EU moves to a Conclusion

by CustomsInfo | Nov 17, 2020 | CI Knowledge Center Blogs

By Martin Meacock, Descartes, Director Product Management, Customs Europe  With only just over a month until the United Kingdom leaves the European Union, companies struggle to get ready as Brexit deadlines come and go. Regardless of whether the UK agrees a Trade...