Is Customs House Agents (CHA ) required to be appointed mandatory?
Is Customs broker required to be appointed by an Exporter or Importer for completing necessary export or import customs clearance activities?
If you are in to an import export trade, I know, most of you appoint a Customs House Agent to do necessary import and export procedures and formalities of customs. These Customs House Agents act on behalf of you with customs officials to undergo necessary export and import clearance procedures and formalities.
In an export, a customs broker delivers documents to exporter after completing necessary export formalities with customs. In an import trade, goods are delivered to importer by customs broker after completing necessary import customs clearance procedures and formalities with custom department.
Here the question is, whether an importer or exporter need to appoint a customs broker to complete import or export clearance procedures?
The answer is ‘No’. As per customs law, any exporter or importer can directly file documents of their own shipments and complete the procedures and formalities. It does not mean that the exporter/importer can file documents of other exporter or importer. There are many firms appointed their office personnel to clear the cargo of their own. Normally ‘self clearance’ arrangements are done by some of the firms to have a complete transparency between customs authorities and firm. However, most of the companies appoint a CHA for smooth clearance of their goods which saves more time and concentration their own trade, as CHA has more ‘communicating strength’ with the customs authorities as they know exact language of customs.
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