Preparing my customs clearance

Before initiating your customs clearance, one essential step comes first: making sure your goods comply with all regulatory requirements. TARIFF via conex™, a true Customs Encyclopedia, supports you through every regulatory hurdle: restrictions, prohibitions, licenses and authorisations, standards, and trade policy measures. Thorough upstream verification secures your declaration, limits the risk of blocking or reassessment, and streamlines your import and export operations.

Assigning the correct customs code (HS/CN/TARIC) is the key to reliable customs clearance. This classification depends on the nature, composition, function, and use of your product. It is a prerequisite for customs clearance as it determines duties and taxes, potential restrictions, and supporting documents to be attached to the declaration. With our software featuring TARIFF via conex™, the customs tariff, updated in real-time, its sections, chapters, subchapters, and associated notes finally become simple to use.

Based on your product description, our conversational AI agent ALBA guides you step by step. It analyses the nature, material, function, and use of the product, asks the right questions to refine the search, and automatically queries the TARICTARIC is the EU’s official database containing the tariff and non-tariff measures applicable to imported and exported go… [+] database and customs rules. The result is a reasoned, reliable classification proposal ready for your validation for use in your customs clearance.

To guarantee fast and smooth customs clearance, it is essential to compile a complete and compliant file from the outset: commercial invoice, packing list, transport documents, required certificates, etc.

Our collaborative customs clearance platform ZEN via conex™ simplifies this key step. It allows the declarant or principal to prepare a structured file in advance, into which each authorised operator can upload the necessary documents and information.

The result: data centralisation, better coordination among stakeholders, and optimal preparation of the customs declaration for faster, more secure processing.

A declaration file often involves several parties: purchasing, logistics, carriers, suppliers, the declarant, etc. Each party exchanges documents, information, or approvals essential for customs clearance.

By bringing all these stakeholders together in a collaborative space such as ZEN via conex™, you centralise every interaction, eliminate scattered back-and-forth, and streamline preparation of the declaration file. Thanks to targeted access rights, each operator can instantly see progress, missing items, and next steps.

The result: clear, shared monitoring with no loss of information.