Customized solutions
Many forwarders use SGS Brokerage services. SGS supports them and their clients with advice and prepares import, export, and transit documents and certificates of origin for them. And if you, as a forwarder, wish to make your own declarations, you can make use of SGS’s declaration software. We can also help you to automate part of the declarations and flow of messages. For example, we have set up an automated data exchange with a number of forwarders. They receive customs documents directly in their portal, where their clients can view them.
TransitNet: drawing up transit documents across Europe
As a forwarder, you can benefit from our transit services from 25 countries to over 40 destinations and offer your customers door-to-door service at a click of a button. You can use your own fleet of vehicles a pool of carriers. All of our declarations include security data when required, for example, in France, Ireland, Italy, Bulgaria, Turkey, etc.
As your single transit provider, SGS offers central reporting of any issues with a declaration and supports you 24/7 in all countries where the truck, wagon or container shall cross. SGS has professional and expert access to all of the customs authorities. Our team supports 20+ languages and, in the framework of Brexit, TransitNet facilitates GVMS, CHED/Traces and ENS declarations to the French and Irish Import Control Systems.
The TransitNet application can interface with your own software to improve efficiency and monitoring. Contact your client center for more details. For more information about our service for forwarders, please click here.
E-Customs Services and Products for Forwarder
- Fiscal representation for clients
- Advice regarding customs-related matters
- Brexit solutions
Why choose SGS?
The world of customs services can be complicated and frustrating. SGS’s e–Customs expertise and coverage is very practical, serving a range of large and small clients, which includes transporters, forwarders, exporters and importers. SGS e-Customs takes the complexity and the frustration away from their clients, offering them a single window system to complete customs procedures.
Brokerage Services
SGS clients benefit from a whole suite of customs related services, such as export, import, representation, VAT services, certificate of origin and fiscal representation in several EU states. Services can be bundled or standalone. Clients can use our tool as SaaS or with the support of our declarants. SGS brokerage services in the Netherlands and Belgium are offered via our AEO certified affiliates.
Transit – Multinational Coverage Customs Guarantees
SGS clients can submit transit declarations from 25 NCTS and non-NCTS countries through a single application. Clients do not need their own customs guarantees; this is all provided by SGS. Our multilingual application embeds all national rules, enabling clients to create their transit declarations themselves and monitor them from departure to termination. SGS TransitNet is an authorised consignor and AEO certified in several countries. We offer additional services to support outbound journeys.
24/7 support
Clients of SGS can avail themselves of 24/7 support for all matters connected to their e-Customs services related declarations. Our team of over 300 customs and logistics experts is available to troubleshoot and advise, no matter how big or small the topic may be.
SGS e-Customs by the numbers
1,000,000+
Transit declarations per year
300,000+
Export and import declarations per year
25
Countries covered
14,000+
Satisfied clients
