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Improve Your Cash Flow When a foreign business conducts economic activities in the Netherlands, like importing goods , they need to adhere to the administrative obligations of the Dutch VAT laws.  This Value Added Tax (VAT), 21 per cent for most goods, needs to be paid when you import goods into …

How Musketier Started Musketier B.V. was originally founded in 2003 by Paul Giesen, Eddy Egging, and Vincent Smit, after working together at the same customs broker for twenty years. The name Musketier, the Dutch word for musketeer, represented the fact that the three of them started the company, …

What is “Union Status”? Goods have union status when they are obtained in the European Union, imported into the EU and released into free circulation, or produced wholly from goods which fit the aforementioned criteria. If your goods are not released into free circulation under these conditions, …

Please be aware that the classification of your goods has an impact on: Duties Import- and export limitations Documentation requirements Licenses Commercial policy measures Security measures How are goods classified? Goods are classified according to the Harmonised System. The customs …

Customs Support Group continues to grow. Over 400 employees in more than 40 offices in 5 countries support businesses with customs & trade expertise. These numbers went up again on August 5. Expanding the family On August 5 we welcomed CPS France to the Customs Support family. The company, founded …

What is the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM)? The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) is an initiative in the European Union that is designed to combat “carbon leakage”. This is the term given to manufacturing emissions that are released outside of the European Union. Although the EU …

These numbers are important because 20% of the containers contain hazardous gases. Depending on the cargo, a wide range of off-gassing production chemicals, sterilants, and fumigants in these containers potentially pose a serious threat to transport workers, warehouse employees, and customs …

What is IPR?  Inward Processing Relief, or IPR, is a procedure enabling you to process, modify, destroy, or repair imported goods without the obligation to pay customs duties. It’s a form of economic licence which allows you to gain an advantage when producing or handling raw products. You are …

Importing goods, for which you can’t prove the preferential origin, into the European Union means paying duties and VAT, or doesn’t it? Postpone paying import duties and VAT There are ways importers can postpone paying import duties and VAT. You have to pay import duties and VAT when importing …

What is a Certificate of Origin? You or your customer may need a Certificate of Origin to import goods into a country outside the European Union. The producer or exporter of the goods usually makes the certificate of origin, which is then authorized by the Chamber of Commerce of the country where …