C I B
Clearing Cargo
Imports & Exports: Cargo Ship
Customs Broker
Freight Forwarder
Cargo Import Brokers
Customs Brokers
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"Put our 30-plus years as Customs Brokers to work securing your shipments."
A customs broker performs transactions at ports on behalf of other parties. In other words, an importer, whether into the United States
or another country, hires a customs broker to guide their goods into a country.
What is a Customs Broker?
What is a Freight Forwarder?
Like the freight forwarder, the customs broker will recommend efficient means for clearing goods through the maze of customs
entry protocol. The customs broker can also estimate the landed costs for shipments entering the country.
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U.S. exporters
typically do not book shipments directly with a foreign customs broker, because freight forwarders often partner with customs brokers overseas
who will clear goods that the forwarder ships to the overseas port.
To comply with export documentation and shipping requirements, many exporters utilize a freight forwarder to act as their shipping
agent. The freight forwarder advises and assists clients on how to move goods most efficiently from one destination to another. A freight forwarder's extensive knowledge of documentation requirements, regulations, transportation costs and banking practices can
ease the exporting process for many companies.
The Federal Maritime Commission licenses U.S. freight forwarders for ocean operations,
and some U.S. forwarders are affiliated with global organizations like the International Air Transport Association.
Houston Cargo: Customs Broker or Freight Forwarder?
Cargo Import Brokers, Inc. (CIB) is a licensed, full service customhouse broker with over 30-years industry experience. CIB is a customs broker company and an international freight forwarder that expedites both export and import shipments.
Cargo Import Brokers, Inc.
5510 Norments Street - Houston, Texas 77039 - Phone: 281-987-0600
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Customs brokers must have expertise in the entry procedures, admissibility requirements, classification, valuation, and the rates
of duty and applicable taxes and fees for imported merchandise. There are approximately 11,000 active licensed customs brokers in
the United States.
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Conversely, those same foreign customs brokers contract the services of the domestic freight forwarder when the goods are headed in
the opposite direction. The transactions negotiated for the importer will include the entry of goods into a customs territory, payment
of taxes and duties and duty drawback or refunds of any kind. Furthermore, the customs broker has knowledge of regulations not
only from the corresponding customs authority, but also from other regulating agencies involved in imports.
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Customs brokers are private individuals, partnerships, associations or corporations licensed, regulated and empowered by U.S. Customs
and Border Protection (CBP) to assist importers and exporters in meeting Federal requirements governing imports and exports. Customs
brokers submit necessary information and appropriate payments to CBP on behalf of their clients and charge them a fee for this
service.
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