Freight transportation cases - Declarant-Rus experience in logistics

Components for Polyurethane Foam Production

Task:
To carry out customs clearance of components for polyurethane foam production with minimal costs.
Solution:
The components were declared under a single HS code with a lower duty rate.
Result Obtained:
Customs assigned an additional inspection and applied different HS codes. The client provided a duty and tax security deposit. The decision was challenged in court, deemed unlawful, and the full deposit was returned to the client.

Oranges

Task:
To carry out customs clearance of oranges without labeling and with low declared value.
Solution:
Submission of the customs declaration under guarantee with an obligation to label the goods and prepare supporting documents.
Result Obtained:
The goods are conditionally released, labeled and certified, then released for free circulation. The full guarantee is returned.

Swimming Pool Equipment

Task:
Identify product mismatch and carry out customs clearance of swimming pool equipment.
Solution:
Transfer from port to temporary storage warehouse (TSW), inspection with weighing and recount of the goods.
Result Obtained:
Mismatch identified, recommendations given for document correction. Accurate data declared.

Offset Printing Machine

Task:
Export of an offset printing machine within a tight deadline.
Solution:
Preparation of the customs declaration before arrival at the transshipment location.
Result Obtained:
The declaration was processed 4 hours before arrival. The equipment was promptly loaded, and the container departed on the next available vessel.

Export Cargo

Task:
Organize transshipment of export cargo in non-standard packaging from a remote region of the country.
Solution:
Transportation in covered railcars and repacking into sea containers.
Result Obtained:
An optimal route was built, cargo safety was ensured, and the lowest freight rate was found.

Carbonated Beverages

Task:
Receive a 20’ container with beverages at the port and organize the shipment of the cargo using the client’s truck to Kyrgyzstan.
Solution:
We issue an internal customs transit (ICT) document at the port and transport the loaded container to a third-party temporary storage warehouse (TSW), then manually reload the cargo into the vehicle intended for international cargo transportation and submit an international transit declaration to Kyrgyzstan.
Result Obtained:
Prompt removal of the container from the port under ICT mode to the TSW, reloaded cargo, and a completed transit declaration.

Bulldozers

Task:
Transportation of large and heavy bulldozers in disassembled form from the UAE to Moscow.
Decision:
Development of a loading scheme for special platform containers (Flat Rack) and open-top containers (Open Top). Re-loading in Novorossiysk from container platforms (Flat Rack) to trawlers and delivery to Moscow.
The result obtained:
Two bulldozers were loaded onto two special platform containers (Flat Rack) and four open-top containers (Open Top). The bulldozers were delivered from the seller's warehouse to the port of Jabal Ali, loaded onto a ship, and transported to Novorossiysk. After the customs declaration was issued, four open-top containers (Open Top) were delivered to the customer's warehouse by container ships, and the bulldozers were transferred from two container platforms (Flat Rack) to trawlers at a specialized terminal and transported to Moscow. After assembly, the bulldozers were registered as self-propelled vehicles.

Passenger Cars

Task:
Transportation and customs clearance of passenger cars for individuals and legal entities.
Solution:
A payment scheme has been developed. Delivery is carried out through friendly countries to the Russian Federation. Obtaining all documents required for registration in the Russian Federation.
Result Obtained:
The client receives any foreign car as personal property in the territory of the Russian Federation.

Metal

Task:
Transshipment from covered railcars and transportation of metal in the port for subsequent export shipment along the route suburban warehouse — Novorossiysk port.
Solution:
Cargo transportation using flatbed semi-trailer trucks.
Result Obtained:
In this transportation case, the timing of loading and unloading operations is crucial. Since the cargo is not sensitive to moisture and the flatbed semi-trailer allows loading and unloading without additional equipment, this transportation method is the most optimal.

Small-Sized Cargo

Task:
Transportation of small-sized cargo through Turkey.
Solution:
Multimodal (truck–sea–truck) or road transportation of small-sized cargo in a consolidated container or vehicle.
Result Obtained:
No need to pay for the entire container/vehicle. Low logistics cost.

Truck Tractor with Semi-Trailer

Task:
Customs declaration of a truck tractor with a semi-trailer that arrived under its own power to a Kazakhstani company.
Solution:
The truck tractor with semi-trailer arrives at the temporary storage warehouse (TSW) and completes delivery. We provide recommendations for correcting the recipient’s documents to a Russian company. We submit the declaration to the excise customs and obtain release.
Result Obtained:
No need for additional back-and-forth transport to and from Kazakhstan. Vehicle Passport (PTS) and Trailer Passport (PSM) obtained.

Small-Sized Cargo

Agricultural Equipment

Task:
Transportation of agricultural equipment that arrived by ferry from the port along the route Novorossiysk — Saratov.
Solution:
Development of a loading and securing scheme for transportation in a curtain-sided semi-trailer.
Result Obtained:
The agricultural equipment was loaded and secured according to the scheme and delivered to the customer intact.

Cargo transportation cases