Export Knowhow Jan 09, 2024 DDP versus DAP: A definition of terms If you sell your goods to foreign countries through e-commerce, you will definitely come up against the Incoterms DDP and DAP. What do they mean ...
Export Knowhow Jan 04, 2024 Regulatory and legal matters – things to consider The careful coordination of your products and business projects with country-specific regulatory and legal regulations, norms and standards is on...
Export Knowhow Nov 22, 2023 Union residence for declarants in the EU The Union Customs Code of the European Union (EU) requires mandatory Union residence for commercial customs declarations. It is therefore not pos...
Export Knowhow Sep 28, 2023 Tariff classification and rates Are you an exporting SME? After reading this article, you will know what an HS code is, where to find your customs tariff number and what customs...
News Aug 11, 2023 Australia: Seasonal measures affect Swiss exporters The brown marmorated bug (BSMB) is spreading rapidly in Europe and North America. To protect the local ecosystem from the stink bug, Australia's ...
News Dec 05, 2022 Egypt: ACI - pre-registration system Egyptian customs has introduced a electronic system for the pre-registration of shipment information: the "Advanced Cargo Information (ACI)". The...
Export Knowhow Aug 31, 2022 WORKING TOGETHER TO TACKLE THE MISUSE OF SWISSNESS ABROAD The high market value of goods labeled as made in Switzerland is subject to various threats. One of these is the misuse of declarations of origin...
News Jun 28, 2022 Nigeria: SON-Conformity program To ensure that only products that comply with the standard and technical requirements of the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON ) are importe...
News Jun 23, 2022 Name change: Turkey becomes Türkiye Since December 2021, it has been known that Turkey wishes to change its English name internationally. The United Nations have confirmed this chan...
News Jun 22, 2022 The Packaging Act (VERPACKG) in Germany and what you need to know about it The new Packaging Act (VerpackG) has been in force in Germany since 1 January 2019. Germany wants to create more transparency and increase recycl...
Export Knowhow Apr 20, 2022 Israel: Import liberalization and exemption from customs duties In connection with budget legislation, the Israeli parliament decided to liberalize the import of goods to a large extent as of June 1, 2022, whi...
News Apr 01, 2022 What Brexit means for Swiss exporters What underlying conditions will apply to trade between the United Kingdom (UK) and Switzerland now that they have left the EU?
News Mar 14, 2022 Important update regarding the export of food items to Australia Australia’s department of agriculture, water and the environment has announced import restrictions for various food items, starting on September ...
Export Knowhow Jan 04, 2022 Export to Russia: These documents are needed The Russian Federation ranks twenty-second on Switzerland’s list of trade partners and holds high potential for the development and expansion of ...
News Dec 09, 2021 Punitive tariffs: Customs dispute with the US The EU and the US have announced the suspension of US steel and aluminum punitive tariffs as well as all EU countermeasures. Tariff-free quotas a...
News Oct 28, 2021 Abolition of industrial tariffs: Entry into force postponed With its decision of 1 October, Parliament approved the abolition of industrial tariffs as well as the simplification of the tariff structure (19...
News Sep 09, 2021 Switzerland–UK: New rules of origin apply from September 1, 2021 On June 8, 2021, Switzerland and the United Kingdom decided that the revised rules of the PEM Convention will be incorporated into the trade agre...
News Sep 03, 2021 Switzerland-EU: alternative application of rules of origin as of September 1 The revised rules of origin will be introduced at the Regional Convention on preferential pan-Euro-Mediterranean rules of origin (PEM Convention)...