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From customs registration to import documents, Freight Right handles all steps to ease your experience as an importer to the United States.
Imports are any goods, resources, or services that producers in one country sell to consumers in another country. Most of these goods and services require documentation, licenses, or permits to be cleared for importation into the United States. Freight Right’s experienced logisticians have all tools and resources necessary to streamline your import process to the United States.
Freight Right’s in-house Customs Brokers are equipped with extensive knowledge in complex international regulatory requirements. They are licensed, regulated, and empowered by the United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to assist importers meet Federal requirements when bringing in foreign goods to the U.S. for sales.
They oversee an array of operations, including paperwork and filing, monitoring international shipments and deliveries, coding goods, and handling the imports on your behalf.
Any time a shipment reaches the United States, the owner, purchaser, or importer of record (licensed customs broker) must file entry documents of the goods with the port of entry within 15 calendar days. Some of these entry documents are:
Customs clearance with formal entry
Arrange import documents
Verification of declarations
HTSUS classification of goods
State requirement compliance
Assess commercial documents
Obtain local licenses and permits
Arrange and hand-deliver ATA Carnet packages
In addition to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), there are also designated Partner Government Agencies (PGA) that regulate imported goods. In order to import PGA-regulated products, you must follow the regulations of each administration or commission, and provide appropriate documentation for each industry.
Some of the highly-monitored partner government agencies are:
FDA: Food and Drug Administration
USDA: United States Department of Agriculture
CPSC: Consumer Product Safety Commission
USDA: United States Department of Agriculture
Freight Right’s customs brokers and logisticians will assess the PGA regulatory needs of your goods and will compile the appropriate documentation for importing these products into the United States.