Customs Law

Customs law has a logic of its own. It governs the movement of goods in and out of the country and protects a specific legal interest, customs control. In practice it brings together administrative, tax and business law, and it is precisely at that point that mistakes carry costly consequences.

What we do

• Arrival, dispatch and clearance procedures at ports, dry ports and border control points;
• Tariff classification of goods and NCM code review;
• Customs valuation and transfer pricing;
• Special customs regimes such as drawback, temporary admission and export and customs transit;
• Administrative defence against infraction notices, forfeiture and cargo detention.

Where capital is drained

Incorrect tariff classification, poorly supported valuation and non-standard documents hold cargo at the ports every day. Meanwhile our client has to bear storage and demurrage, costs rarely factored into the usual budget as a loss until the invoice is charged. Documentary compliance, in that context, is a serious matter of cost.