Guides
14 August 2025
What is Fair Market Value - and Why It Can Cost You at the Border
Learn how fair market value impacts import duties - and how to avoid costly customs revaluations when shipping tech hardware globa...
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14 August 2025
What’s the Difference between an Importer of Record and a Customs Broker?
Read our guide for an explaination of the roles of the Importer of Record and the Customs Broker, and how their functions are quit...
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22 February 2023
What is an Importer of Record?
We help you to understand the differences between three very important roles involved in an import transaction: the exporter, the ...
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05 January 2023
Top 5 Countries with Simple Import Requirements
We focus on five countries which are, in our experience, the simplest to import into, with minimal processes and requirements.
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20 October 2022
A Guide to HS Codes
Explaining the distinction between HS Codes and ECCN classifications, and why the right HS Codes is so essential to a smooth impor...
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08 August 2022
IOR Services - Top 6 Reasons Why Companies Need Them
Should your company be its own Importer of Record, or engage external help from import specialists? Six top reasons to choose an e...
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01 September 2020
Importer of Record Services for Mobile Medical Technology
Learn about IOR solutions to help with the challenges of importing mobile healthcare technology, such as eCOA, ePRO, IRT and remo...
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09 June 2020
A Guide to Temporary Imports
All about temporary imports - what goods can and can't be designated as a temporary import, the mechanisms available, and the coun...
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06 May 2020
What is Trade Compliance?
What is trade compliance, and why is it so important for your business to adhere to its many rules and regulations?
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11 March 2020
The Benefit of Storage and IOR as a Value-Added Service
How resellers and distributors can help end-users manage time-critical deployment processes with value-added IOR and storage solut...
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09 December 2019
Exporter of Record - What, Who & Why?
Explaining the role of the Exporter of Record, why it's an important service in International Trade Compliance and who can carry i...
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10 September 2019
What’s The Difference Between DAP, DDP & DAT in Shipping?
A helpful guide about the difference between the international trade incoterms DDP, DAT and DAP.
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07 November 2018
What are Commercial Transactions in Trade Compliance
What rules do governments have around payments for international transactions? Read our guide.
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07 November 2018
Challenges for Importing IT Hardware for Data Centres
Computer network technology can span the world. We explain the challenges of importing hardware technology to create, maintain and...
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11 October 2018
International Imports for the Tech Sector
Useful trade compliance information for IT technology companies entering into the International market place. Are you ready to imp...
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