The most effective way to help your cargo reach its destination on time and without surprises is to follow the applicable laws, rules, regulations, and requirements of the countries into or from which the goods are being imported or exported.

Whether you are seeking to engage a new third-party service provider or you have engaged with a logistics provider that manages a network of third-party service providers, each one should be vetted prior to being engaged.

There is no single, global set of rules that govern each and every shipment or brokerage entry. A wide variety of laws, regulations, treaties, and conventions apply to transportation and customs interactions between and with different countries.