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Hurricane tech updates ensure best in class service for customers

Hurricane tech updates ensure best-in-class service for customers

Only by continuing to evolve our technology can Hurricane ensure its customer offering is truly world-leading. The latest updates introduced over the last year to our Zephyr and Aura APIs have included new content and improved processing speeds. To keep up with changing regulations and more complex requirements from customers, Hurricane has invested heavily in […]

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HS2022 The next challenge for cross border eCommerce

HS2022: The next challenge for cross-border eCommerce

Hurricane is busy helping its customers prepare for the next major regulatory change affecting cross-border eCommerce. In a month’s time, on January 1st 2022, the World Customs Organisation (WCO) will implement Harmonised System 2022. It will be the 7th edition Harmonised System, bringing sweeping changes to how importers and exporters determine and assign HS codes

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Chinese eCommerce market stronger than ever

Chinese eCommerce market stronger than ever

China’s dominance of global eCommerce has been reinforced by the success of the recently concluded Double Eleven shopping festival. The festival, also known as Singles Day, saw a range of new sales records and trends. They included Chinese online payment clearinghouse NetsUnion and card payment giant China UnionPay reporting online payments worth 22.32 trillion yuan

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Cross border data competency can ease supply chain pressures

Cross-border data competency “can ease supply chain pressures”

Postal operators, carriers and their customers can give themselves a competitive edge during Peak by ensuring that their cross-border shipment data is of the highest possible quality. With the logistics and eCommerce industries facing huge supply chain pressures, including increased freight costs, a shortage of HGV drivers and warehouse operatives and delays at ports, businesses

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Delegates take part in 2nd UK & China Cross-Border eCommerce Forum

Hurricane was delighted to take part in the Second UK and China Cross-Border eCommerce Forum which was held at the Peking University Business School in Oxford. Our CEO Martyn Noble was among the keynote speakers during the day which was entitled ‘Post-lockdown challenges and opportunities for global cross-border eCommerce’. The event was a mix of

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Today’s the Day End of the EU VAT de minimis and the launch of the Import One Stop Shop (IOSS)

Today’s the Day: End of the EU VAT de minimis and the launch of the Import One-Stop Shop (IOSS)

Today (July 1) marks the latest major change affecting the complex world of cross-border eCommerce. It sees the removal of the de minimis value whereby no VAT is paid on goods of a value of up to €22, making all imports subject to European Union VAT rates. The VAT amount applicable is subject to the

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EU VAT changes and the Import One Stop Shop (IOSS) - An opportunity for growth

EU VAT changes and the Import One-Stop Shop (IOSS): An opportunity for growth

It is now exactly a month until the EU VAT Package and the Import One-Stop Shop (IOSS) come into effect. July 1 is the next major milestone for businesses committed to growing their cross-border eCommerce operations. Events including Brexit and the US STOP Act have already highlighted this year the importance of having the highest

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The path to successful cross-border eCommerce – Why compliance is crucial and how you can protect your business.

Compliance has always been a requirement for any business, but in recent years the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) and Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) have started actively monitoring the compliance of businesses trading in the US. Businesses that have been found to have compliancy violations have their cases made public, to deter

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The path to successful cross-border eCommerce How Hurricane’s solutions can help you successfully trade cross-border

The path to successful cross-border eCommerce – How Hurricane’s solutions can help you successfully trade cross-border.

Cross-border eCommerce can provide any business with the opportunity to expand and open their business up to more markets and customers. Whilst this sounds like a fantastic proposition, there are many issues to contend with when first starting out. There has recently been a large increase in the amount of regulations and compliance rules that

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