You’ve just got one shipment of goods coming in to the United States or Canada, but it’s an important one. You need help to get it where it needs to be; on-time and hassle-free.
Handling two or three shipments a month sounds simple, but it can seem like every shipment needs a different form or must comply with a different regulation. Whether you are a big or small business, you experience these challenges.
You have regular, consistent import and/or export shipments. You’ve engaged brokerage and freight providers to help, but managing multiple shipments and multiple partners can be a drain on your time and resources.
Your business has a global footprint, and managing your supply chain takes significant time and resources. You need help to maintain consistent, repeatable and compliant trade processes from end-to-end.
As a carrier or driver, customer service is your top priority. We’ll help you navigate the border quickly and deliver on your commitments. We can even help you offer additional services to your clients.
Are you a Non-resident importer carrying on business in Canada? Attend this webinar to learn about the Canadian Goods and Services Tax (“GST”) and the Harmonized Sales Tax (“HST”), and how it applies to Non-resident importers. Our experts will provide... Read more >
Are you using the right Incoterm for your business liability and profitability? International Commercial Terms, known as INCOTERMS, help to bring countries with different trading practices together. Defining import and export responsibilities between the buyer and seller are essential to... Read more >
When preparing your NAFTA Certificate of Origin, accuracy is key. Make sure you're completing this form correctly. Download our how-to guide for step-by-step instructions. Click to download Read more >
Need to complete a U.S. Customs invoice, but not sure how? Download our how-to guide for step-by-step instructions. Click to download Read more >
The food facility update period starts on October 1st RENEW YOUR FDA REGISTRATION TODAY. Under the Food and Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requires domestic and foreign facilities that manufacture, pack, or hold food for... Read more >
This guide was put together as an additional resource, aside from the UPKs, including each FDA Program group, to address areas within FDA that now require decision making based upon the product you have as to what will be required... Read more >
Importing FDA-regulated products? As a customs broker, Livingston needs to know how the product being imported is intended to be used and/or why the product is being imported. Importers should confirm that their invoices clearly show what the end use... Read more >
Affirmations of compliance are additional pieces of information such as medical device listing, drug listing, Radiation Declaration, FCE/SIDS (canning establishment). In all, there are more than 200 different types of Affirmations of Compliance in the differing industries within FDA jurisdiction.... Read more >
Many products will need these government agency processing codes as a way to tell the FDA more about what type of product category this item is in. As some of these codes can be determined by the customs broker, it’s... Read more >
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requires the electronic transmission of data elements such as FDA product code; description; country of production; cargo storage status; manufacturer ID; and Shipper ID. With ACE in effect, FDA data will no longer... Read more >
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