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The customs readiness checklist most importers skip

Nine documentation checks that take an afternoon and prevent the delays that cost weeks.

Customs7 min read

Most customs delays are not caused by anything exotic. They are caused by a commodity code that was copied from a previous shipment, a value that does not reconcile with the invoice, or an origin declaration nobody checked.

Work through these nine checks before your next import and you will remove the large majority of avoidable holds.