Taiwan is Canada's 5th largest trading partner in Asia with over $7 billion per year in merchandise trade. Canada's main export sectors in Taiwan include aerospace, information technology, agriculture, seafood, and biotechnology. Shipping to Taiwan from Canada continues to grow with shippers seeking better delivery options.
When shipping internationally, a common question we get is "what value should we declare." The value declaration is, along the the H.S. classification, the key element of the import process and duty assessment. Over declarations result in needless costs and under-declaration of values can result in significant fines and legal actions.
The European Union are seeing a great benefit from their free trade agreement.
A great advantage of CETA - and most modern trade agreements - is in how it makes is easier for small businesses to get the benefits. Of particular interest is in the easier "certificate of origin" processes that allow Canadian companies to ship parcels to Europe and get duty free access to the entire EU market.
We have been discussing with our Canadian clients their biggest shipping challenges and what our industry leading shipping blog should cover. The 2 main challenges are high costs and lack of support. Our team works with shippers -both large and small - via our logistics professionals.
Speed Versus Cost: Best practices for E-Commerce Imports to the USA. Dependable low cost parcel logistics supply chains rely on multiple processes including express clearance (ECCF), cargo parcel import (CFS), single importer of record (Section 321 type 86), and Canadian cross border solutions.
USPS of historic growth of parcels is old news but what the new trend is the USPS getting parcels directly from international sellers.
The UK is one of Canada’s leading export markets. Jet Worldwide provides low cost parcel shipping solutions for delivery to England, Wales, Scotland and the entire UK.
On line e-commerce is driving international parcel volume at unprecedented rates.
While Amazon dominates, the market growth is widespread across retailers and business sectors. Analyst predict the US delivery market will over 100 million pieces per day within the next decade.
As more and more online companies ship international via air cargo, the question of chargeable weight - especially as it relates to volumetric pricing - can become significant unknown costs. While all shipments are subject to volume pricing, the affect on air - versus surface - is much more significant.
With the large volume of online orders sent to Trinidad and Tobago, many shippers - and importers - are asking about the import fees. The duty and taxes can be significant and now includes a 7% levy for all on online purchases imported to Trinidad. In this updated blog, we explain the duty and taxes for importing Trinidad and Tobago from Canada and also review the carrier options.
