Import readiness
Import readiness starts with clean supplier documents.
Most consignments that sit at a port sit there because of a document, not a product. We read the paperwork before it ships, while it can still be corrected for free.
What we read
The six places a shipment usually goes wrong on paper.
- Packing details
- Carton dimensions, gross and net weight, units per carton and pallet configuration. These decide the container fill and the freight quote, and they are missing more often than not.
- Invoice and packing list
- Whether the commercial invoice, the packing list and the bill of lading describe the same goods in the same words, in the same quantities, for the same value.
- Certificate questions
- Which certificates the goods need at your port, whether the ones supplied cover this product, and whether they are in date on the arrival date rather than the order date.
- HS-code questions
- Whether the code on the supplier's documents is consistent with the goods described, and what that implies for duty. Trillions does not assign final HS codes — your broker does.
- Shipping terms
- Which party is contracting the freight, where the risk transfers, and whether the incoterm on the quotation matches the one on the invoice.
- Labels and regulated products
- Country-of-origin marking, language requirements, and whether the product falls into a category that needs registration or approval before it can be cleared.
Limits
A documentary review, not a customs decision.
We read the paperwork against what your port normally asks for. The decision at the border belongs to the authority, and the classification belongs to your broker.
This review does not
- Assign final HS codes, or bind any customs authority.
- Replace customs, legal, tax or regulatory advice.
- Guarantee clearance, duty treatment or regulatory approval.
- Cover inspection of the physical goods.
Send the invoice, packing list and certificates.
Send them before the goods leave, not after. A document gap found at origin costs an email; the same gap found at the port costs storage.