The customs and compliance risks slowing down your shipments
One missed signature, one wrong HS code, one packing list that doesn't add up: and your shipment is stuck at the quay. While costs climb, everyone is waiting for someone else to move first. This whitepaper uncovers the seven most common customs and compliance risks and shows you how to keep your shipment from being the next one stuck.
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The key takeaways
Your HS code is never complete
Your supplier's invoice comes with a 6-digit HS code, but the Netherlands needs 10. The last four digits are often guessed or copied from a past shipment. Even the same chair can need a different code, depending on the frame, the wheels, or the fabric.
80% of delays are purely administrative
Physical inspections are rare. Most customs issues come down to something much simpler: a wrong Incoterm, a missing signature, or an unsigned authorization. Without that authorization, nothing can be cleared at all.
The packing list isn't the document that counts
The Bill of Lading, not the packing list, is what leads at clearance. If the pallet count no longer matches because of rolled cargo or a shared container, your shipment sits still until the difference is resolved, and that happens more often than you'd think.
About this whitepaper
This whitepaper is built on conversations with Cargoplot's own operations team: the people who step in the moment a shipment runs into a customs or compliance snag. From misclassified HS codes to a packing list that no longer matches the Bill of Lading, we lay out the seven risks that most often delay shipments, along with a concrete plan to stay ahead of them.
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