Face to Face

This popular workshop is aimed at anyone involved in international trade and customs compliance within a business. Whether from a management or administrative point of view, this course will illustrate how to promote a strong "compliance culture" throughout an organisation. It assists the understanding of international regulations and how to establish performance metrics (KPIs). Covers: classification, valuation, origin, duty minimization schemes, licences, AEO and audits.

A useful follow on from Export Essentials, or the Export / Import Practitioner Learning Pathway or for those already experienced in export procedures. This two-day course covers the main aspects of export procedures in a practical, clear and comprehensive way that is relevant to today's exporters. As well as looking at export documents it examines what internal processes and procedures are required to keep compliant.

Following on from the Beginners Guide to Exporting and Importing, this interactive session covers the critical areas of exporting goods. It covers essential details about the Incoterms® rules, export documentation and working with freight forwarders to ensure goods are correctly declared. Ideal for anyone whose job has an export connection, whether in sales, contracts, finance, shipping or for a managerial overview.

In this workshop learner will find out why the tariff is so important, not only because it contains the commodity codes classifications but because of it's link to other trade measures. It looks at the structure of the Harmonised System (HS) and uses interactive session to help you understand how to classify your goods, the importance of section and chapter notes and how and when to use the General Interpretative Rules (GIRs).

All goods need to be valued correctly for customs purposes, whether a sales, returns, temporary movements or free of charge. The clear rules laid down in the WTO Valuation Agreement and adopted into UK law, will be explained during this practical workshop session as will the difference between intercompany pricing and customs valuation. It will illustrate how to build a price for import customs purposes and the costs that must be included and those that can be removed.