Tag: customs

Belgium – changes as of 1 of October 2012 in connection with ET 14000 licence

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Section 5, §3 of Belgian Royal Decree no. 7 provides the opportunity that the payment of VAT due on importation of goods can be shifted to the periodic VAT return. Instead of payment of the VAT to the Customs Authorities only declaration is done. Read More »

Mexico – Customs-Single Point of Contact (“Ventanilla Unica” or “VUCEM”)

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The Mexican Customs and Foreign Trade Authorities are implementing changes to modify and simplify the customs process and have a paperless customs.  These changes are mandatory and will be implemented from 1 June 2012.

VUCEM is divided in three main modules with the following functionality:

  • Customs Single Point of Contact (VUCEM): Requesting health, agriculture, defense and other import and export licenses issued by the government.
  • COVE Electronic Value Voucher (“Comprobante de valor electrónico” or “COVE”): Electronic filing of information that supports the value of the goods (e.g. invoice data), previous to the customs clearance.
  • Digitization: Electronic filing and storage of digitalized documents required for the clearance of goods at customs (e.g. Certificates of Origin, customs value declarations, import/export licenses, etc.)