Hurricane’s David Spottiswood spoke at length to the Daily Mail Online about the parcel chaos unfolding since Brexit Day. He also explains how Hurricane’s solutions are helping online retailers, postal operators and carriers get on top of the problem. The key is having complete and valid data on your parcels if you want them to […]
Hurricane Commerce and our Chinese partner ELI Holdings have launched a new dedicated Chinese website to enable Chinese businesses to learn more about our suite of APIs. Hurricane has teamed up with ELI to provide Chinese eCommerce and logistics companies with the tools and technology to enable them to trade cross-border successfully and seamlessly amid
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Postal operators face a “hugely challenging” eight weeks after being told that full enforcement of the US STOP Act will now take effect on the same day as the EU’s ICS2. Both regulations require postal authorities to provide advance electronic data on mail parcels entering the US and EU respectively. The US STOP Act had
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Hurricane Commerce’s data enhancement, duty and tax calculation, prohibited and restricted goods screening and denied parties screening products are now live on Magento Commerce. The release of Hurricane’s solutions on Magento Commerce comes at a crucial time for eCommerce traders with Brexit and other changes to laws and regulations, making complete and valid electronic data
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Problems in the first few days since Brexit are the “tip of the iceberg”, according to cross-border eCommerce trade expert Hurricane Commerce. Hurricane says that the issues caused by lack of complete and valid customs data and VAT now being payable on low value goods into the UK will cause severe challenges over the coming
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Cross-border trade specialist Hurricane Commerce has joined forces with leading UK-China business organisation ELI Holdings. Hurricane and ELI signed an agreement to work together to help Chinese companies involved in international eCommerce. The partnership was agreed during a prestigious event at The Swan in Tetsworth, Oxford, attended in person or virtually by senior Chinese delegates
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If 2020 was the year of the Coronavirus pandemic, for those involved in cross-border eCommerce trade 2021 will be the year of sweeping regulatory change. The changes come thick and fast, starting on January 1 with Brexit and the full enforcement of the US STOP Act. Both make the provision of complete and valid customs
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Pro Carrier, the cross-border delivery business of DG International, is partnering with Hurricane Commerce to ensure its retail customers’ parcels flow smoothly through customs. The company has integrated Hurricane’s data enhancement Zephyr API and its Aura API, which supports on duty and tax calculation, prohibited and restricted goods screening and denied party screening. The partnership
Freightwaves’ American Shipper has described how Hurricane’s technology “will foster speed and efficiency” and help postal operators meet the regulatory requirements for advanced electronic data (AED) from January 1, 2021. The leading logistics media platform highlighted Hurricane’s game-changing Zephyr API solution in an article looking at the likely impact of the enforcement of the US
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An Post is working with Hurricane Commerce to help it develop its cross-border eCommerce capability. The postal operator in the Republic of Ireland has integrated Hurricane’s Zephyr solution to enhance the quality of its advance electronic data on mail parcels. The requirement for posts to meet a higher threshold for parcel data will be far
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