Customs brokerage

Professional customs advice and clearance, ensuring accurate, complete declarations, faster clearance times and protection of our clients’ interests.

C.A.S LOGISTICS provides customs brokerage services with an experienced team that knows import and export regulations and policies well, and always puts professionalism, dedication and integrity first.

We support customers throughout the customs process, from policy advice, goods classification and HS codes to preparing documents, declaration and clearance. With fast, accurate advice, C.A.S LOGISTICS helps customers declare correctly and completely, make full use of State incentive policies, shorten clearance times and protect their interests in import and export activities.

Service options

Export customs clearance
Declaration, channel handling and clearance for goods leaving by sea, air or road.
Import customs clearance
Declaration, duty payment, specialised inspections and clearance to release goods at the port, airport or border gate.
Policy advice, goods classification and HS codes
HS classification, duty rates, preferential rates under trade agreements (C/O) and the licences or inspections required, so the declaration is correct and complete.

Process

The standard steps of a shipment. The actual flow can vary with the cargo, the route and the delivery terms.

Step 1
Document check
We check the contract, invoice, packing list, transport document and related papers and reconcile the details between them.
- Contract
- Commercial invoice
- Packing list
- B/L or AWB
Step 2
HS code, duty and regulations
We confirm the HS code, the duty rate, eligibility for preferential duty with a C/O, and any licence or specialised inspection the goods need.
- C/O (if any)
Step 3
Licences and specialised inspections
For regulated goods: quarantine, quality, food-safety inspection registration or import licences before clearance.
- Licence / inspection registration (if any)
Step 4
Declaration on VNACCS/VCIS
The electronic declaration is submitted and the channel result comes back.
- Customs declaration
Step 5
Channel handling
Green: cleared on the declared data; yellow: customs checks the documents; red: documents are checked and the goods are physically inspected.
Step 6
Duty payment and clearance
Duties and fees are paid as declared, and the declaration is cleared or the goods are released.
Step 7
Delivery and records
Port or warehouse formalities to release or hand over the goods; the document set goes to you for record keeping as required.