Trade documentation, compliance and market-entry advisory for small and mid-sized companies moving goods across borders.
Between the paperwork and the pallet, this is the part most companies never see.
Most of the difficulty in international trade is not the selling. It is everything that sits between the purchase order and the goods arriving: the classification of the product, the origin declaration, the incoterm that quietly decides who pays for what, the certificate a customs officer will ask for and the exporter forgot to raise.
We work on that layer. A client tells us what they intend to buy or sell and where; we tell them what the transaction will require, what it will likely cost in duty and handling, where it is exposed, and what has to be in the file before the container moves. Then we prepare or review the documentation and stay with the shipment until it clears.
The companies we work with are usually small or mid-sized, often trading outside their home market for the first or second time. They do not need an in-house trade department. They need someone who has read the rules before and will answer the same afternoon.
End-to-end handling of a transaction: incoterm selection, commercial invoice and packing list, origin and transport documents, and coordination with the customs broker through clearance.
Tariff classification, rules-of-origin and preferential-treatment checks, licensing and restricted-goods screening, and a file that stands up if it is ever inspected after the fact.
An assessment of a target market before you commit: entry route, import requirements for your specific product, labelling and conformity obligations, landed-cost build-up and realistic lead times.
Pricing and margin structure for export sales, contract and payment-terms review, internal process for repeat shipments, and training the one person on your team who will own trade from then on.
Supplier vetting and sample-stage follow-up, freight forwarder and carrier briefing, consolidation and routing decisions, and a single point of contact when a shipment stalls.
Scope and fees are agreed in writing after the first conversation, once we know the product, the route and the volume.
A single written opinion on one product and one destination, for companies deciding whether a trade is worth making at all.
We prepare or review the full document set for a consignment and follow it through to clearance.
A structured programme for entering one new market, from route selection to the first completed shipment.
For companies shipping regularly who want the same people on every file rather than a new briefing each time.
Engagements are quoted per assignment or on a monthly retainer. Customs duties, freight and third-party fees are always billed by the provider, never by us.
You describe the product, the origin and destination, the volume and the deadline. We say plainly whether this is work we should take and what it will involve.
We send a short written scope: what we will do, what we need from you, what sits with your broker or forwarder, and how fees are calculated. Nothing starts before you approve it.
Classification, origin, licensing and documentation are worked through and checked. Where something is unclear, we tell you it is unclear rather than assume in your favour.
We brief the forwarder and broker, track the consignment and handle queries from the authorities as they arise. You are copied on the correspondence, not told about it afterwards.
You receive the complete file, the decisions behind it and a note on what to repeat or change next time. For retainer clients, this becomes your internal procedure.
A customs declaration is a statement to an authority. It can be checked years after the goods were sold, and the importer of record carries the consequence — not the supplier, not the forwarder, and not the consultant who was in a hurry. That shapes how we work.
We classify products from their technical specification rather than from what a competitor used on a similar line. We ask for the origin evidence instead of accepting a supplier's wording. Where a preferential rate looks available but the supporting proof is thin, we say so in writing and let you decide with the exposure in front of you.
It is the slower answer more often than not. It is also the one that does not come back.
Send a short description of what you are moving and where, and a consultant will come back to you to arrange a first conversation.
Thank you. A consultant will get in touch shortly to arrange an introductory call.
Ask before it is booked. The first conversation is about scope, not a sales pitch.
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