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1. A mini customs audit check in about 2 minutes. That’s how long it will take you to gain a
quick snapshot of the state of customs in your business. Try it now……
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Answer Yes or No to the following questions……. Yes No
Do you have a dedicated customs department/manager/superviser?
Do you have a customs strategy in your business?
Do you have a risk management plan for customs in your business?
Do you know the duty rates applied to your imports?
Do you know where to find out about duty rates?
Do you know the total annual amount of duty paid by your business?
Do you know the total annual amount of import VAT paid by your business?
Do you know how customs values declared at import are calculated?
Do you know which method(s) of customs valuation is/are used by your business?
Do you know how to value leased, loaned, pre-owned and free-of-charge goods?
Do you know how to deal with royalties and licence fees for duty purposes?
Have you got copies of Volumes 1, 2 and 3 of the Tariff?
Do you know about GIRs?
Have you applied for any BTIs?
Do you use the HSEN or CNEN?
Do you know what to do if a supplier or customer uses a different commodity code to you?
Do you know how classification is related to origin?
Do you know how to check an origin certificate/statement you receive?
Do you know which set of rules to use when producing an origin certificate?
Do you document your origin determinations?
Do you know how to use a good faith clause in an origin audit trail?
Do you issue instructions to your customs clearance agent?
Do you check more than 5% of your import C88s?
Have you got a contract with your customs clearance agent(s)?
Do you have a service level agreement with your customs agent(s)?
Do you have a review process to evaluate the performance of your customs agent?
Do you hold any customs rulings or authorisations?
Do you use duty reliefs in your business?
Do you think that you are doing all you can to save duty?
Have you reviewed your supply chain for duty saving opportunities?
Have you been inspected by customs in the last 2 years?
Do you know how to survive a customs audit?
Do you know what customs are looking for in an audit?
Are you 100% confident that you have no compliance issues?
Do you have all the information you need to manage customs duty and compliance?
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