Export Documentation 

 Questions on export documents including:

• Certificate of Origin – all types
• EUR1 Forms and invoice declarations
• ATR Forms (including pre-authenticated forms)
• Invoices (proforma / commercial / legalised / shipping)
• Packing list
• Transport documents, including bills of lading
• Customs export declarations (NES/C88/EAD)
• Evidence of export and the new Export Control System (ECS) with the new document EAD requirements
• ATA Carnets – issuing, using and alternative procedures (including overseas temporary import procedures and bonds, eg USA TIBs)
• Supply chain security

Export Control Regulations

 Advice can be provided on:

• Is an export licence required?
• Military and dual-use list goods
• End-user undertakings and International Import Certificates
• How to use the SPIRE system
• Using UK Open General Export Licences
• Applying for Standard Individual Export Licences (SIELs)
• Paperwork required for Export Control Joint Unit (ECJU) audits

Questions can also be fielded on the USA Export and Re-export regulations (the Export Administration Regulations [EAR] and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations [ITAR]). 

Contractual issues – buying and selling

• International Commercial Terms - Incoterms ® 2010 and Incoterms ® 2020 (with effect from 1^st Jan 2020) Rules
• Retention of title
• Valuation issues and insurances
• Setting a selling price
• Intellectual property issues
• Liability issues and legal protection (associates)
• Distribution channels – eg managing agents and distributors
• Non-disclosure agreements and confidentiality contracts
• Quality control issues

Transportation & Logistics

International aspects of transport including:

• Transport documents and the relevant conventions, including new initiatives such as the Rotterdam Rules
• Special issues relating to bills of lading
• Contracts of carriage and insurance
• Employing freight forwarders, tendering for logistical services
• Using 3PL or 4PL logistical service providers
• Issuing standard operating procedures
• Hazardous goods procedures – packing, marking and documentation
• Institute Cargo Clauses and making insurance claims
• Reviewing the Brexit impact on trade and logistics

Import Documentation

Specialist areas include:

• Supplier invoices and information required for UK/EU customs
• Claiming preference at import, EUR1, GSP, ATR
• Paying import duties and taxes – both how much and the method of payment
• VAT issues, C79, deferment statements
• Customs import declarations (C88/E2/SAD) – information required and checking they are compliant
• Getting goods through customs 
• Transport documents, including bills of lading
• The Import Control System (ICS) and other security issues
• Import licensing, tariff quotas and tariff suspensions
• Transitional information on migration from CHIEF to the new HMRC Customs Declaration Service (CDS)
  
  

Customs Regulations

Customs issues with UK/ EU and Worldwide impact:

• Tariff Classification
• Valuation Rules
• Rules of Origin
• Rules of Preference Origin (international trade agreements)
• Safety and Security Procedures (AEO/ CT-PAT/ACP etc)
• Customs Regimes, eg IPR, Warehousing, etc – what they are, how to use them, procedures, application processes, reporting requirements, audit requirements and controls
• EU Customs Procedure Codes (CPCs) = coverage, impact and use
• Economic Operator Registration Identification (EORI) scheme
• Anti-dumping regulations particularly EU, USA and Canada
• EU Regulation Changes – the Union Customs Code (UCC)
• Requirement for Customs guarantees and deferments
• Customs compliance procedures and controls

Methods of Payment

All aspects of payment issues on a basic level including:

• Transfer of funds
• Documentary collections
• Bills of exchange
• Letters of credit – both at import and export
• Barter & off-set trading
• Performance / contract bonds and guarantees
• Obtaining finance and funding (export or import)
• Financial risk management

Intra-EU Trade

Specialist areas include:

• Intrastat reporting – what should and what shouldn’t be reported
• EC Sales Lists and VAT reports
• Acquisition VAT rules
• Evidence of export
• Special movements, eg goods not in free circulation, excise control system, CAP rebates
• Setting up customs facilities and fiscal representatives in other Member States