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Warehousing, Customs and Steel Guide

60 articles in four topics, from warehousing legislation to steel product codes and from transit trade to stacking rules.

Machine parts dismantled for maintenance and repair in an industrial workshop
Warehousing and Customs

What Is the Outward Processing Procedure?

The mirror image of inward processing: this time the goods leave the country, are worked on and come back, and duty is charged only on the value added abroad.

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Export file: invoice, movement certificate and customs documents
Foreign Trade and Transit

A.TR, EUR.1 and Origin Documents

All three can reduce duty at destination, but they rest on different agreements. The wrong document means the buyer pays duty and the shipment waits.

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Warehouse staff taking stock in front of the racking
Storage and Stock

Stocktaking, Shrinkage and Loss

In bonded stock a discrepancy is not only an accounting problem; the gap between the declaration and the physical stock has administrative consequences. There are clear ways to prevent it.

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Hot rolled product line in a steel production plant
Steel Product Guide

What Drives Steel Prices?

No single factor explains the price. Once the five main items and the way they trigger each other are clear, reading a quotation becomes easier too.

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Measuring sheet thickness with a micrometer
Steel Product Guide

Sheet Thickness and Dimensional Tolerances

A sheet marked 1.20 mm is not always 1.20 mm. Tolerances are defined in the standards; the party that does not know them loses money per tonne.

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Palletised goods racked inside a warehouse
Warehousing and Customs

What Is a Bonded Warehouse?

A bonded warehouse is a customs procedure that lets you hold your goods without paying duty until you sell them. We explain how it works from start to finish.

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Aisle of a high-bay warehouse
Warehousing and Customs

Types of Bonded Warehouse: A, B, C, D, E and F

Warehouses are divided first into general and private, then into six types by responsibility and operation. Which one suits you?

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Articles on warehousing, customs and steel products

Machine parts dismantled for maintenance and repair in an industrial workshop Warehousing and Customs

What Is the Outward Processing Procedure?

The mirror image of inward processing: this time the goods leave the country, are worked on and come back, and duty is charged only on the value added abroad. 3 min read
Export file: invoice, movement certificate and customs documents Foreign Trade and Transit

A.TR, EUR.1 and Origin Documents

All three can reduce duty at destination, but they rest on different agreements. The wrong document means the buyer pays duty and the shipment waits. 3 min read
Warehouse staff taking stock in front of the racking Storage and Stock

Stocktaking, Shrinkage and Loss

In bonded stock a discrepancy is not only an accounting problem; the gap between the declaration and the physical stock has administrative consequences. There are clear ways to prevent it. 3 min read
Hot rolled product line in a steel production plant Steel Product Guide

What Drives Steel Prices?

No single factor explains the price. Once the five main items and the way they trigger each other are clear, reading a quotation becomes easier too. 3 min read
Measuring sheet thickness with a micrometer Steel Product Guide

Sheet Thickness and Dimensional Tolerances

A sheet marked 1.20 mm is not always 1.20 mm. Tolerances are defined in the standards; the party that does not know them loses money per tonne. 3 min read
Palletised goods racked inside a warehouse Warehousing and Customs

What Is a Bonded Warehouse?

A bonded warehouse is a customs procedure that lets you hold your goods without paying duty until you sell them. We explain how it works from start to finish. 5 min read
Aisle of a high-bay warehouse Warehousing and Customs

Types of Bonded Warehouse: A, B, C, D, E and F

Warehouses are divided first into general and private, then into six types by responsibility and operation. Which one suits you? 3 min read
Warehouse entrance door and loading ramp Warehousing and Customs

The Difference Between a General and a Private Bonded Warehouse

The difference is clear in one sentence: whose goods are they? But the consequences run from responsibility all the way to cost. 3 min read
Containers awaiting customs inspection at the port Warehousing and Customs

What Is a Bonded Warehouse?

A bonded warehouse is not a depot but a customs procedure. We explain the difference and what it gains you. 3 min read
A book of regulations and documents on a desk Warehousing and Customs

What Is the Customs Warehousing Procedure?

The warehousing procedure is an economically significant customs procedure that lets goods wait duty-free. What is its legal framework? 3 min read
Official documents being signed in an office Warehousing and Customs

How Is a Warehouse Declaration Filed?

Your broker files the declaration, but if the information on the warehouse side is not prepared correctly the process stalls at the first step. 3 min read
A calendar and a clock — planning deadlines Warehousing and Customs

How Long Can Goods Stay in a Bonded Warehouse?

"Unlimited" is a correct answer but an incomplete one. The event that actually starts the clock is registration of the declaration. 3 min read

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