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6 November 2026

US importers should reconsider farming out customs paperwork, warns CargoTrans

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US importers should reconsider farming out customs paperwork, warns CargoTrans

US importers using ‘delivered duty-paid’ (DDP) shipping arrangements face increasing compliance and financial risks, as Customs and Border Protection (CBP) intensifies its scrutiny of foreign importers of record, according to CargoTrans. Nunzio De Filippis, co-CEO, and Rennie Alston, director of trade compliance, warned that US buyers could face penalties, shipment seizures, and refused entries, even when the firm is not named as the importer of record. During CargoTrans’s latest monthly Tariff Tea ... The post US importers should reconsider farming out customs paperwork, warns CargoTrans appeared first on The Loadstar .

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