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As a result of the globalization of trade and manufacturing, control of customs procedures has become a key factor in the companies’ development strategy. French Customs helps you enhance your competitiveness through:

• A FREE DIAGNOSTIC STUDY OF YOUR SPECIFIC NEEDS

French Customs has set up a network of 40 Trade Advisors to answer your needs and 12 Representatives worldwide(*), as well as a network of Customs Info-Centers and Regional Statistical Info-Centers. On the basis of a free audit of your trading operations, the Advisor will, with your input, design the solutions best adapted to your needs and will come forward with proposals for customized customs procedures.

The Trade Advisors

The French Customs & Excise Counselors and Attaches

The Customs Info-Centers

The Foreign Trade statistics

(*) Bogotá (Colombia); Bonn (Germany); Buenos Aires (Argentina); Istanbul (Turkey); London (UK); Madrid (Spain); Miami, FL (USA); Rome (Italy); The Hague (The Netherlands); Tokyo (Japan); Vienna (Austria); Washington, DC (USA)

• SECURE, RELIABLE AND FAST CUSTOMS PROCEDURES
• A SECURE CUSTOMS CLEARANCE PROCEDURE DEFINED ON A CONTRACTUAL BASIS

Under the terms of a contractual arrangement with Customs, you will be provided with a secure basis upon which to manage your entire customs clearance process. The procedure will be designed so as to minimize the administrative burden and to ensure the maximum speed and regularity of your shipments and supplies.

• CUSTOMS CLEARANCE PROCEDURES THAT FIT YOUR SPECIFIC NEEDS

Through a variety of simplified and automated clearance procedures, you will be in a position to reduce costs and delays, whether you process your shipments at the customs office or on your own premises. These procedures have been specifically designed with a view to meeting the needs of your activity, your commercial strategy and your organizational structure.

The Intra-EC Declaration

The Automated Clearance System

The Simplified Clearance Procedure

The Local Clearance Procedure

Customs Clearance of Express Shipments

• AND SPECIFIC CUSTOMS PROCEDURES WITH ECONOMIC IMPACT ALLOWING YOU TO CONDUCT YOUR BUSINESS IN SUSPENSION OF CUSTOMS DUTIES AND TAXES

You may process and repair foreign (i.e. non E.U.) goods or incorporate foreign (non E.U.) components into other products in total exemption of applicable customs duties and internal taxes, provided the goods are re-exported (Inward Processing and Processing under Customs Control). You may store non E.U. merchandise in your own facilities: customs duties and internal taxes will not be assessed if they are re-exported; they will become due only if and when they are released for free circulation (Customs Warehousing). Your E.U. goods may benefit from the same facility as far as VAT is concerned (Tax Warehousing).

The Temporary Importation procedure (suspension of customs duties and taxes until they are re-exported) is granted to non E.U. goods or samples for tests, experiments or display.

The customs procedures with economic impact may be combined with one another. And since they have been harmonized within the European Union, the authorizations granted in France are valid in all other Member States of the E.U.

The suspensive arrangements

French Customs may also help you to open up news markets:

New Markets with French Customs

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