What are the additional freight/custom charges in my quote?

What are the additional freight/custom charges in my quote?

We charge additional fees to some sensitive products to fulfill different extra requirements from the Customs.

FDA Filing Fee

FDA regulated products are requested filing information before importing to US.

You can find list of traditionally-recognized product categories from following web of FDA

https://www.fda.gov/about-fda/fda-basics/what-does-fda-regulate

 

Lacey Act Declaration Fee

US Government requests a declaration for importing plant or plant products.

Click below link to know more about Lacey Act.

https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ourfocus/planthealth/import-information/sa_lacey_act

 

Commodity Inspection Fee

A Commodity Inspection is different from the pre-shipment inspection arranged by yourself. It is a pre-requisite procedure from the Chinese Customs to export wooden, bamboo, and animal related products. Normally we recommend suppliers to do it for you. We can help on that, too, but the cost is probably higher than your supplier.

 

Liquid/Powder/Battery Surcharge

Additional freight charge will be applied to these products to compensate the risk of higher custom exam chance, extra efforts on the custom clearance, as well as the potential loss from the delay because of these.

 

Textile/Toy/Wood/Precious Metals/Camera Surcharge for Canada shipping

Additional freight charges will be applied to these products as they import duty in Canada than ordinary goods.



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