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Typical Import Rates- Air Shipments

  1. Pick Up : € 0.18 per kilo/ volume
  2. Export Customs :  € 35.00 per shipment
  3. Export Documentation : € 25.00 per shipment
  4. Export Handling : € 0.10 per kilo/ volume
  5. Insurance : ( Invoice Value x $ 0.005), Minimum : $ 40.00
  6. Air freight :
  7. Minimum : $ 70 per shipment
    Less than 100 kilos : $ 1.60 per kilo
    Over 100 kilos : $ 1.50 per kilo
    Over 500 kilos : $ 1.45 per kilo
    Over 1,000 kilos : $ 1.40 per kilo

  8. Export AMS : € 8.00 per shipment.
  9. Fuel Surcharge : $ 0.30 per kilo/ volume
  10. Security Surcharge : $ 0.15 per kilo/ volume
  11. Destination Documents Charge : $ 65.00
  12. Breakbulk Charge : $ 0.10 per kilo.
  13. US customs entry/ clearance : $ 100.00
  14. US Customs Bond : $4.50 per $ 1,000.00; Minimum : $ 45.00
  15. Delivery to your warehouse : $ 0.08 per pound.

You received a shipment of 1,043 kilos and an invoice for $ 3,664.48.
How can you tell whether the invoice respects the rates offered ?

( Hint: You were certainly overcharged. But, this rating scheme is so convoluted that you decide to pay the invoice rather than trying to figure out the correct amount. They won- you lost.)

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