Customs Knowledge Institute (CKI)
03 Jan 2025In the EU, companies - various stakeholders of the international supply chain - report shortage of customs clearance and trade compliance specialists. The overall aim of the course is to fill the gap. This extensive course provides newcomers and cross-functional employees with the knowledge needed to successfully manage compliance and mitigate risk in this complex area.
A Letter of Credit (LC) gives a much higher certainty of payment to the seller (exporter) of goods, provided certain stipulated criteria are met. ~60% of LC are rejected when they are first submitted for payment. It then takes a while for the necessary corrections to be made, and meanwhile...
This course considers customs decisions that require an application. In these cases, an economic operator is required customs permission to take certain action. Customs of course make other, autonomous decisions, on risk, enforcement, etc., which are not considered in this course. The authorisation management competency refers to all activities concerning...
In this course, you will learn what customs formalities must be completed for the export of goods from the customs territory of the Union. The course includes all the steps up to the final release of the goods and the associated roles and responsibilities for successfully exporting the goods outside...
This course deals with the customs transit procedure (external/ internal Union transit, TIR Carnet, common transit, ATA convention, post, etc.). It provides knowledge of the steps and tasks associated to successfully move goods under the transit procedure through the Union and other countries, which are contracting parties to the Convention...
All goods that are imported into or exported from the UK must be declared to customs filling out an electronic customs declaration. A new system has been introduced for this purpose – the Customs Declaration Service (CDS). Importers use CDS since November 2022, exporters will start using it in November...
At the core of all our actions aiming to bring goods into the Union customs territory or to take them out is the customs declaration. An official document in which we tell customs what goods are crossing the border and that all related tariff and non-tariff requirements have been met....
This course provides understanding and ability for customs specialists to execute activities related to the special procedures in the EU, with the exception of the transit procedure. Patrick Nieveler: 'The complexity of global supply chains is increasing in each economic sector. Therefore, it is important for businesses to use duty...
This course provides knowledge, understanding and ability to customs-responsible persons to execute activities required to enter goods into the Union. It includes steps up to the ultimate release of the goods, and the associated roles and responsibilities to successfully enter goods into the Union. The course is one of the...
In this course, you will become familiar with one of the two main customs procedures that enable the vast majority of international trade transactions. This is the release for free circulation (also called simply 'import'). This procedure concerns non-Union goods intended to be placed on the EU market or intended...
This course is for those of you who are new to importing and for those of you who want to develop a systematic understanding of the process and effectively manage related risks. The course breaks down importing into different parts. Each part is explained in detail to give you the...
This course is for those of you who are new to exporting and for those of you who want to get a systematic understanding of the process and effectively manage related risks. This course gives you the knowledge on how to expand your UK-based business and increase profitability. It is...
Record of a seminar, delivered by Gerhard Friese, co-author of several books on customs clearance topics, including AEO. Mr. Friese helps industrial companies in Germany to prepare themselves for AEO certification and implements complex, integrated AEO solutions. He has helped to become AEO more than 30 companies in 19 different...