Passion. Experience. Diligence. Compliance.

Customs is complex, processes often feel disjointed and are hence difficult to manage. As a result many businesses rely on Customs Brokerage services rather than owning the process in-house. With BREXIT things changed for EU - UK shippers and customs became a part of ‘business as usual’. With the many political u-turns during the immediate post-BREXIT period many organisations have simply increased dependency on brokers rather than seeking other solutions.

Many organisations now want to own and manage their customs flows - including customs declarations to national systems since this enables them to both control costs (direct and in-direct e.g. demurrage at port/border), track physical movements and customer service targets.

However there are barriers to change:

  • The processes need some expertise to set up and maintain - driving headcount and overheads.

  • Building system interfaces is increasingly not an option - IT resource constraints, cost, time, and the on-going maintenance.

  • Manual data entry is time-consuming and error-prone - not an option with compliance requirements.

  • Setup, and guidance is expensive from consultancy and advisory bodies.

  • Key customs authorisations are required (e.g. customs warehouse) - which have to be applied for and subsequently maintained.

  • More systems = more maintenance of master data.

At CML, by implementing our new AI (Artificial Intelligence) based tool ‘CustomsTrack’, we think we have cracked most of these. With our ‘Managed Service’ approach (as a lead logistics provider or 4PL for customs) border compliance becomes an integrated step in your business system landscape without (significant) investment in people, systems and processes.

On despatch, the warehouse team, simply email the commercial invoice and packing list to CML and we manage the rest:

  • customs declarations(both borders),

  • messaging hauliers,

  • communicating with Port Systems (UK & EU where applicable),

  • calculating duties & indirect taxes,

  • etc

  • Clearance in minutes not hours.

  • Manual errors eliminated.

  • Compliance is systematically achieved

  • The process works 24x7 as standard.

BETTER

CHEAPER

  • No additional headcount required

  • No customs expertise in-house needed

  • Communications is automated.

  • Archiving is a byproduct of process

EASIER

  • New clients / customers set up in days.

  • No interfaces investments

  • Clearance is transparent to the shipper

  • No worries about regulatory changes.

Services we provide:

Simplify

•Clients can submit their own declarations using their own authorisations, cutting out the middle man.

or

•CML administer the process, managing the complexity on behalf of Clients .

Automate

•The process is automated using CustomsTrack & CAS solutions.

•Turnaround times are reduced.

•Manual errors are avoided.

Exploit

•Special Procedures (e.g. Inward and Outward processing, Customs warehouse (bonded storage), Returned Goods Relief(RGR)) through software capabilities linked to live declarations.

•Deliver the benefits of special procedures are gained without increasing Client’s administrative burden.