Export
Export Documentation
An export moves on its paperwork. Miss a date on a certificate of origin and a shipment that arrived on time still goes unpaid.
From order to presentation
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Licence determination
Most goods move under NLR. The EAR and ITAR catch more commercial products than exporters expect, and the penalties stop being commercial.
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Schedule B classification
The export counterpart to your HTS code. It drives licence screening and appears on the certificate of origin, so it stays consistent across the set.
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Booking
We negotiate space and rate with the carrier, then confirm the cut-off dates. See .
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AES and EEI
Filed through ACE for any commodity line over $2,500 or anything licensable at any value. We return the ITN to the carrier. See AES filing.
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Bills of lading
Negotiable or straight, with consignee and notify party structured to match your payment terms. A bearer bill on open account terms hands your cargo to whoever holds the paper.
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Origin and legalization
Chamber certification, and consular legalization where the destination demands it. See certificates of origin.
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Bank presentation
Under a letter of credit, documents reach the bank inside the presentation period or the credit lapses. See letters of credit.
Dangerous goods
IMDG governs ocean, IATA governs air, and the packing, marking and declaration follow the mode. Tell us about a UN number at booking rather than at the cut-off. Reworking a booking for hazardous cargo two days out costs a sailing.
Two ways exporters lose money
Payment terms and documents connect tighter than most exporters treat them. A buyer on open account with a straight bill of lading has your cargo and your invoice. A buyer under a letter of credit has neither until the bank accepts a clean presentation. Choose the instrument first, then build the document set around it.
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Next step
Tell us what you are moving.
Send the commodity, the weight and dimensions, the origin and destination, and your target sailing. That gives us enough for a firm quote.