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Seamless import customs clearance

Navigate complex customs barriers with ease, ensure your shipments remain compliant, avoid unnecessary costs, and grow your business with confidence.

Understanding customs regulations and adhering to proper procedures is crucial to streamline supply chains. Conversely, a lack of regulatory insights attracts higher duty levels and potentially results in non-compliance, especially if you rely on multiple customs brokers.

But there is a solution. By working with a single trusted import customs broker, you can ensure your imports are managed in full compliance with local and international customs regulations. This also lends itself to tariff classifications and trade agreements, as well as assessing applicable duties and taxes.  

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The benefits of importing with an expert customs broker

With trillions of dollars’ worth of goods entering North America annually, it is without doubt the world’s largest free trade region. Given the scale, Kuehne+Nagel has tailored its solutions to each country’s unique requirements. With multiple strategically placed locations throughout North America, we ensure maximum accessibility with local and specialized expertise— for every scenario.

In North America, Kuehne+Nagel and its partners are recognized as an Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) by each country’s respective government agency. This positions us uniquely to secure your end-to-end international supply chain and leverage simplified customs procedures—rest assured that your customs operations always comply with US, Canadian, and Mexican customs standards.

In the US and Canada, we pre-clear your goods before arrival so they are instantly released at the destination country. In Mexico, we arrange document review before arrival and prepare entry documents (pedimento). Close collaboration with North American entry point authorities expedites cargo inspection, allowing you to mitigate delays and ensure goods arrive on time and without additional fees.

Our experts are on hand to identify where you can optimize your expenditure. By leveraging free trade agreements and customs simplified procedures, we can help you reduce overspending on duties and taxes. We offer support on duty deferment, duty reduction schemes, and bonded warehouses, ultimately helping you improve your overall cash flow.

Import customs clearance and transit services at a glance

Our range of services can be customized to your flow of goods, ensuring that your imports are managed without delays, at optimal costs, and in full compliance with regulatory requirements. Here’s an overview of the solutions we offer:

United States of America

  • Customs declaration filed via Automated Broker Interface (ABI)

  • Import security filing (ISF)

  • Issuance of surety bonds

  • Post summary correction (PSC)

  • Foreign trade zone management

  • Cross-border clearance solutions

Canada

  • Canada Border Services Agency’s (CBSA) Assessment and Revenue Management (CARM) support. More details can be found in our flyer.

  • Review and preparation of customs documentation

  • Tariff classification and valuation

  • Issuance of single entry and continuous bonds

  • Claim processing and duty drawback at your request

Mexico

  • Import declaration—Pedimento

  • Management of special import programs

  • Definitive imports

  • Temporary Imports (Industria Manufacturera, Maquiladora y de Servicios de Exportación (IMMEX))

  • Bonded warehouse imports

  • Document and goods inspection management

  • Validation of import licences with authorities (phytosanitary documents, Norma Oficial Mexicana (NOM) certificates, Health Ministry documents, and others required by Mexican customs authorities)

  • Validation of certificates origin applicable to the Free Trade Agreements signed by Mexico (United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, EUR1, Latin American Integration Association (ALADI), and others)

  • Duty & VAT calculation

  • Labelling of products according to customs requirements

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Experts at handling big numbers

Kuehne+Nagel has long-term experience in international trade and customs, enabling us to respond rapidly to changing market and regulatory conditions. Our North American network includes former customs officials, industry professionals, certified customs brokers, and specialists.

To ensure timely and successful results, our dedicated implementation team manages every detail of each project we are awarded. Find out how you can benefit from our extensive range of expertise, coverage, and simplified solutions.

Being recognized as a trusted an Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) trade partner by numerous authorities, we help businesses navigate trade efficiently. As well as holding AEO status, we are also certified by the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) in the USA and Partners in Protection (PIP) in Canada.

In Mexico, it is not possible to act as a direct customs broker, which is why we have developed strategic partnerships with AEO-certified local brokers. This enables us to support and secure your end-to-end international supply chain and handle your customs service requirements.

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160+
certified customs brokers
750k+
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