You purchase goods from a company outside the European Union and you intend to import these goods into the Netherlands, and consequtively sell them or use them in your production process. You (or your supplier) organize international container transport to a port in the European Union. Once the goods have arrived in the destination country (e.g. The Netherlands), you will have to arrange 2 things in order to import your goods in a smooth and correct manner.
Following international container transport to a country in the EU, your container will be held at the port terminal (e.g. in Rotterdam, The Netherlands). In order to be allowed to pick up the container, it needs to be released and a copy of the Bill of Lading has to be presented. The container can then be transported to J. van de Put or be delivered to your place of business.
Once the container has arrived at J. van de Put, it is often the case that some further logistical activities have to be carried out. For instance, your shipment may need to be cooled down if it has arrived at too high a temperature. Or the shipment may have to be loaded onto pallets in accordance with your specifications. Perhaps the shipment will even need to be splitted, consolidated, or orders need to be picked.
Keeping this process on the right tracks requires a lot of knowledge and expertise. To this end, you are best off using the services of a specialist service provider such as J. van de Put.
If you are importing goods, then you will have to declare these to Customs. Consequently, import duties and VAT are levied on the shipment. It is often also the case that your shipment will have to be inspected prior to it being declared to Customs. In this regard you should consider phytosanitary inspections or inspections carried out by the Dutch Food & Consumer Product Safety Authority (VWA). You cannot allow yourself any mistakes in this process; this could lead to serious delays to the shipment being released, too much taxes being levied, fines, or even the shipment being destroyed.
In order to run through the Customs process correctly, J. van de Put posesses all required knowledge of Customs legislation. All communication systems have been set up so as to achieve smooth completion of Customs formalities. Our specialists are familiar with your products, so they can draw up declarations quickly and correctly. They can also advise you on taxes to be levied and whether (and to what extent) your goods are liable to inspection by various authorities.
