Customs services

This is an administrative process for the entry, transit and departure of goods in a customs territory. It consists of a series of processes that vary depending on the type of cargo and the country through which it is moving for the purposes of checking, supervising and authorising each operation.

The person responsible for undertaking this clearance process is the customs agent as the representative of the company that owns the goods. The documentation needed to complete the clearance includes information about the exporter or importer, the origin and destination of the cargo, as well as a description of it (weight, volume, type).

These are warehouses that have been authorised by the customs authorities to store goods temporarily while clearance is applied for. They may be inside or outside the port, although in both instances they come under the jurisprudence of customs.

There are two kinds of customs warehouses:

• Public: free warehousing spaces that any company can use. These can be classified by responsibility: A (the warehouse is responsible), B (the client is responsible) and F (the customs authorities are responsible).
• Private: these belong to a custodian and they can therefore only be used for their goods. These can be classified as: C (when the clearance process is as usual since the warehouse and the client are the same person), D (the same, but with a simplified direct clearance process) and E (when the warehouse is used for just one operation).

SUARDIAZ Group provides customs agents with national coverage, which is why the service is centralised in Spain with one sole provider. We take care of presenting the clearance, but our customs department offers a more extensive service to cover the needs of our clients in this domain. As comprehensive logistics consultants, we also provide advice before import and fill out Intrastat paperwork, CBAM declarations and we present the S1 and S2 forms for the delivery of cash on vessels.

We also act as shipping agents, making sure that the corresponding documentation for all the cargo entering or leaving is in order. As such, we optimise time and we improve the transit of goods through ports.

SUARDIAZ Group provides a customs service with its own agents, customised to each client. We have a specialised department that supports other parts of the group and puts forward the most efficient solutions, bearing in mind the paperwork to be carried out and the type of customs process.

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