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International Shipping: Rules and Regulations for eCommerce Businesses

If you’ve decided to expand your business to include cross-border trade, you’ll need to familiarise yourself with basic international shipping rules. Each country has unique customs regulations based on the type of goods, their origin and the mode of transportation. However, you’ll find some common international shipping regulations apply to all businesses, from eBay and […]

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Your Guide To The Import One Stop Shop (IOSS)

Blogs / By Hurricane Commerce

Two years ago, the European Union introduced the Import One Stop Shop (IOSS) to simplify the payment of import VAT. The scheme was designed to create a level playing field for EU and non-EU sellers alike in the evolving eCommerce landscape. The IOSS online portal lets sellers declare and collect import VAT for low-value consignments

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How to Write Product Descriptions for Customs Declaration and Clearance

Blogs / By Hurricane Commerce

Shipment processes and delivery times can make or break a customer’s perception of a brand. Research shows that 95% of online shoppers expect retailers to solve shipping issues during transit and within the expected delivery timeframe. This is especially true for international deliveries. No pressure! Missing or inaccurate data that fails to comply with strict

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DDU vs DDP Shipping: How eCommerce Sellers Can Grow Their Business

Blogs / By Hurricane Commerce

International eCommerce has never been more accessible – or more daunting. With the global eCommerce market averaging $6.3 trillion in 2023 and set to reach $8.1 trillion by 2026, cross-border sales promise profits for retailers of all sizes. Pretty much anyone with business savvy, an internet connection and a website can set up an online

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A Retailer’s Guide to EU Customs Declarations & Clearance

Blogs / By Hurricane Commerce

Cross-border business is booming. Moving goods between countries can be challenging at the best of times, but in a post-Brexit world, it’s potentially headache-inducing. You need to consider everything from the paperwork to the costs, and ever-changing regulations make the customs clearance process even more complicated. Complete, accurate and timely data is more important than

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Importance of data a key theme at US CBP trade conference

Blogs / By Hurricane Commerce

The subject of having complete, accurate and verifiable data was a central theme at this year’s U.S. Customs and Border Protection 2023 Trade Facilitation and Cargo Security (TFCS) Summit. Hurricane Commerce’s compliance expert Maureen Cori was among more than 1,200 delegates who attended the annual event, held between April 17-19 in Boston. Delegates had travelled

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Vital role of data in the future of cross-border trade highlighted at US CBP Summit

Blogs / By Hurricane Commerce

The importance of complete and accurate data in international trade was one of the constant themes running through the US Customs and Border Protection’s Trade Facilitation and Cargo Security Summit. The three-day event, held in Anaheim, California, last week, brought together over 1,500 international trade and customs specialists. I was joined at the event by

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Middle East & North Africa: The next global eCommerce powerhouse?

Blogs / By Hurricane Commerce

Next month’s World Mail & Express (WMX) EMEA conference in Dubai could not be coming at a better or more interesting moment in the evolution of the region’s fast-growing eCommerce market. The size of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) ecommerce market is predicted to almost double in size this year from around $27billion

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Ukraine Crisis: Managing Your Risk and Reputation

Blogs / By Hurricane Commerce

The situation regarding the sanctions imposed on Russia and Belarus and an ever-growing number of their citizens in the light of the Ukraine conflict is fast-moving. It has put a global spotlight on screening for denied parties and prohibited and restricted goods. However, the importance of having a robust and compliant process of screening is

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International Post Corporation (IPC) survey highlights vital importance of complete and accurate parcel data

Blogs / By Hurricane Commerce

A major survey of consumers in 40 countries worldwide has highlighted the impact of key regulatory events on global eCommerce. The report, conducted by the International Post Corporation, involved 33,000 shoppers and showed that Brexit and the EU’s abolition of the VAT exemption on low-value goods had influenced consumer shopping habits. Thirty-nine percent of respondents

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International Shipping: Rules and Regulations for eCommerce Businesses

Your Guide To The Import One Stop Shop (IOSS)

How to Write Product Descriptions for Customs Declaration and Clearance

DDU vs DDP Shipping: How eCommerce Sellers Can Grow Their Business

A Retailer’s Guide to EU Customs Declarations & Clearance

Importance of data a key theme at US CBP trade conference

Vital role of data in the future of cross-border trade highlighted at US CBP Summit

Middle East & North Africa: The next global eCommerce powerhouse?

Ukraine Crisis: Managing Your Risk and Reputation

International Post Corporation (IPC) survey highlights vital importance of complete and accurate parcel data

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