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In this series, we will interview the people that are always ready to assist you and help you import or export your goods without worries. Next up in this series is Customs Support Declarant Bauke van Eldik . Who Are You? My name is Bauke van Eldik, I am 50 years old and I live in Venray with my …

Who are you?  I am Huib van Heumen. I am 45 years old, born in Den Bosch and raised in Zaltbommel in the South of the Netherlands, now living in the Randstad where we live with our daughter (12) and son (11). My career in logistics started at a parcel carrier: DPD. From the start, my role has been …

Simplified Customs Procedures  Many national Customs Authorities have implemented simplified procedures for shipments of humanitarian goods to Ukraine and surrounding countries like Poland, Moldova, etc.  A few examples of Customs Authorities that have released statements on simplified procedures:  …

100,000 Declarations  Portmade started as the department that dealt with all services not directly related to the CMB Ships in the Port of Antwerp, the second largest container port in Europe. They took care of many different services for CMB Customers, like container logistics, arranging …

Who are you?  My name is Kati Fortino. I’m 32 years old, and I live near Helsinki with my Italian husband and our 1.5-year-old boy. My career in customs started in 2013 at SA-TU Logistics, now Customs Support Finland. I’ve had different positions in the customs industry. I began in exports and …

Customs systems on both sides are straining under a load of additional documents and certificates , the French customs systems being among them. For many companies, Calais is top of mind when they need to ship goods from the European Union to the United Kingdom, but there are alternatives like …

Who are you? Formally, my name is Mladen Petricevic, but everybody calls me Joe. I’m 43 years old, and I live in Frankfurt. I was born here after my parents moved here from Split in Croatia. I’m happily married to my wife, and we have two daughters and a dog. I am one of the founders of ZSK …

ZSK Customs Service was founded in 2002 by Athanasios Koukaras-Tsismilis. After a career of managing customs operations, Saki, as Athanasios calls himself, decided it was time to start his own company. Many of the businesses he had worked with over the years decided to join his new firm. It was the …

The EU has taken action to support customs reform in several areas. These include IT transformation, joining the Convention on a Common Transit Procedure, implementing an Authorised Economic Operator Program and bringing Ukrainian customs legislation in line with the customs rules and regulations …

Tell us about digitalisation at Customs Support Belgium Most customs clearance agents only have one software that they use, which is better than doing manual declarations but it doesn’t make you a digital company. Even companies that are digital often only run at about 20-25% digitalisation. We …