Most consignments need three or four of these at once. Keeping them under one roof is the difference between a six-day clearance and a fortnight of phone calls.
8Desks under one file
6.2 daysMedian berth to gate out
2Custom house licences
IMP
01 — the core desk
Import customs clearance
From IGM matching to gate pass, handled by one executive at the custom house who owns your file and answers their phone. Everything else is built around this.
What we handle
IGM line matching and delay-notice follow-up
HS classification against the invoice
Bill of entry on ASYCUDA World
Assessment and query response
Examination attendance at the shed
Out of charge and line settlement
What you receive
Duty, VAT, AIT and AT estimate before filing
Assessed B/E with the challan number
Treasury challan and port money receipt
Out of charge copy, timestamped
Gate pass and handover receipt
Close-out cost sheet vs the quote
EXP
02 — outbound
Export clearance & documentation
Shipping bill to on-board confirmation, with the bank formalities kept in step so your proceeds are never sitting behind a missing EXP form.
What we handle
EXP form issue through your AD branch
Shipping bill preparation and lodgement
Customs assessment and examination
VGM declaration before the CY cut-off
Stuffing supervision and seal recording
On-board B/L collection and courier
Certificates we arrange
Certificate of origin (EPB, chamber)
GSP Form A and EUR.1
Fumigation and phytosanitary
Health and halal certificates
Inspection and quality certificates
Consular and embassy legalisation
FRT
03 — origin to gateway
Freight forwarding, sea & air
FCL, LCL and air out of the Far East, Europe, the Gulf and the Americas through a vetted agent network. Quoted all in, so nothing surfaces later as a local charge.
Modes
FCL — 20', 40', HC, reefer, flat rack
LCL consolidation and co-loading
Air freight via DAC and CGP
Sea-air via Dubai and Colombo
Break bulk and charter
Around the freight
Marine cargo insurance placement
Transhipment at Singapore, Klang, Colombo
Ex-works pickup and supplier follow-up
Incoterms advice before the LC opens
DDP and door-to-door pricing
Why one roof
“A container rarely loses time on the water. It loses it waiting for a form that could have been finished weeks earlier.”
— The operating principle behind every desk on this page
BND
04 — the desk others subcontract
Bond, EPZ & RMG clearance
The paperwork most agents quietly send out, which is also the paperwork that holds up a garment order. We do it in house.
Bond work
Bonded warehouse licence and renewal
Passbook entry and debit reconciliation
UP and UD at BGMEA / BKMEA
In-bond and inter-bond movement
Bond audit preparation
Zones and cargo
CEPZ, DEPZ, AEPZ in-gate
Fabric, yarn and knit raw material
Accessories, trims and packing
Machinery under SRO
Sub-contract and deemed export
INL
05 — our own wheels
Inland transport & delivery
Our own covered vans and trailers rather than spot-market hire. Gate out is not waiting for someone to find a vehicle on the day at Friday rates.
Fleet
Covered van, 5 to 15 tonne
Open truck and flatbed trailer
Lowbed and multi-axle for heavy lift
Prime mover and chassis for FCL
Contracted backup at peak
Corridors
Ctg to Dhaka, Gazipur, Savar
Ctg to Cumilla, Sylhet, Khulna
ICD Kamalapur and Pangaon
Benapole and Bhomra haulage
Empty return and handover
CFS
06 — piece by piece
LCL handling & warehousing
De-stuffing supervision at the CFS and short-term storage when your floor is full, with a piece count you can actually reconcile against the packing list.
At the shed
CFS de-stuffing supervision
Piece count, tally and damage report
Photographic condition record
Short-shipment and survey support
Storage
Short and medium-term bonded storage
Palletisation, wrap and re-packing
Part-delivery against one B/E
Inventory handover on release
ODC
07 — where it won't fit a box
Project & over-dimensional cargo
Generators, boilers, printing lines, transformers, wind components. Where the cargo will not fit a container, the real work starts weeks before the vessel arrives.
Before arrival
Route survey and height study
RHD, bridge and police escort permits
Lifting plan and crane coordination
Jetty or GCB berth arrangement
On the ground
Break bulk, flat rack, open top
Lashing, choking and securing cert
Night movement scheduling
Site offloading supervision
ADV
08 — before you buy
Tariff advisory & compliance
Before you open the LC, not after the container lands. On a repeat import, a wrong HS code costs more over a year than any agent's commission.
Advisory
HS classification opinion with reasoning
Full landed-cost model before purchase
SRO exemption and concessionary review
Incoterm and LC term structuring
Valuation dispute representation
Permits
BSTI standards and CM licence
BAEC radiation clearance
Plant and animal quarantine
DGDA, BTRC, Explosive Directorate
Duty drawback and refund claims
Not sure which of these your shipment needs?
Send the commercial invoice and the B/L. We will come back with the scope, the duty estimate and a timeline before you commit to anything.
