Customs brokers: ready for the future?

Description

The future of customs brokers is being reshaped by legal and technological developments.

The EU Customs Reform extends importer liabilities to customs representatives, raising concerns about the profession’s viability, while the UK is developing standards to enhance the quality of customs intermediary services. At the same time, automation - culminating in the EU Customs Data Hub and the abolition of the term ‘customs declaration’ - marks a fundamental shift in practice.

Although terminology varies internationally (customs brokers/ representatives/ intermediaries), there is broad agreement that the profession in most countries will only remain sustainable if customs brokers maintain the highest professional standards and adapt their role towards consultancy.

We invite you to discuss the steps customs brokers should take now to prepare for the future.

Speakers

Massimo de Gregorio
President at CONFIAD

The Pan-European organisation International Confederation of Customs Brokers and Customs Representatives (CONFIAD) was established in Italy in 1982. Its purpose is to defend and coordinate the professional interests of its members, while supporting the harmonisation of legislative, professional and customs regulations at European level. CONFIAD represents its members before the EU institutions as well as other public and private bodies. The organisation encompasses 20,000 companies - mainly small and medium-sized enterprises -providing customs services and employing 250,000 people across the European Union.

Kevin Shakespeare

Kevin Shakespeare is the Director of Strategic Projects and International Development at The Institute of Export & International Trade (IOE&IT), the UK. The Director of the IOE&IT Academy and an approved UN international trade trainer, Kevin has developed several of the IOE&IT’s educational and training programmes including the Diploma in World Customs Compliance and Regulation. He has worked on trade initiatives with Invest NI, Scottish Enterprise, UK Export Finance, Saudi Export Development Authority, among others, and is also the dean of the UK Customs Academy and NI Customs and Trade Academy.

Moderator

Enrika Naujoke

Enrika Naujoke is CEO of CustomsClear, the European customs and trade knowledge platform (www.customsclear.net), which serves as a trusted resource for practitioners and experts to navigate the complexities of customs compliance and trade, leveraging the latest in technology and AI (Picoco AI) to make regulatory knowledge more accessible and actionable.

About customs roundtables

Customs is a complex area and it’s difficult to stay up to date with all the latest developments.

Customs roundtables are designed for the customs community to come together and exchange views regarding various areas of customs. This can be either specific cases and questions or wider industry trends. The discussions will go into technical details and will allow participants to learn from peers and exchange views and experiences. It’s an excellent opportunity to have an open discussion on some of the most pressing customs issues. We aim to create an open and supportive live forum that also offers the facility to continue discussions online.

We welcome customs experts and experts-to-be in all areas of customs (origin, valuation, special procedures etc) and from all backgrounds (legal, in-house, academic, consulting etc).

Register to the customs roundtables by signing up for a Membership Plan and get access to the CustomsClear Customs Practitioners’ Forum.

Interested in the topic? Join the roundtable!

You have a few options to gain access to this event:

• Participants of the Customs Clearance and Trade Compliance in the EU course have free access to the event.

• Everyone who has acquired one of the Essential/Individual/Team membership plans has access to the sessions.

• Members of CONFIAD.

• None of the above but you want to join? Invest 49 EUR (excluding VAT) to attend the session.

Contact us

If you need further information or have any questions, please feel free to contact us at info@customsclear.net