1. International freight forwarders development background

Since the 1950s, the economic and trade relations have become increasingly frequent among all countries in the world, transnational economic activities are increasing, the process of the world economic globalization is speeding, the international freight forwarding industry has rapid development throughout the world.

In a sense, the agency system is along with the development of social economic relationship， and gradually formed and developed. Especially with the development of the commodity money relationship, it produced the "entrust" of this kind of phenomenon, such as the transport of goods, goods storage, even transaction of goods, etc. Many businesses proceed through the various types of agents. In other words, international trade, transport has development up to today's scale, and the forwarding industry plays a big role.

Along with the development of the international trade and the mode of transport, it brings about the trade, transport operator mostly can't deal with each specific business in person, a large number of business need to trust others to deal with. At the same time, in order to make the international trade transportation become simplification, unified development, it is necessary to complete the goods trade transportation by the same agent completed or organized, therefore, the "freight forwarder" emerge as the times require.

2. International Freight Operation Procedure

2.1 Maritime Operation Procedure

2.2 Offer

1)Shipping inquiry

(1) master the specific information about the port service around each big route, which are commonly needed by customers, and the detail price.

(2) the shipping date information in the main ship company;

(3) need to inquiry the owner timely about some category information, such as the name, risk level, etc.

2)Land inquiry

(1) master the mileage and towing tank prices in major cities ;

(2) the port container price;

(3) customs clearance fee, commodity inspection and quarantine fees.

(4) needs to leave the customer telephone number, name and contact elements, so that reply to the owner in the shortest possible time when it can't provide.

2.3 Customer order

Customer order includes the customer proxy and booking.

2.4 Business review sheet, fill the form

After receiving customer proxy, the trial order, fill the work form, deliver to operating personnel after the manager signed the name. Review the content of the list:

The customer address, telephone, contact person, convenient contact; Shipping address (including the factory name), telephone, contact; Towing tank date

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specific time, lest cause return empty produce unnecessary costs; Port departure, unloading port, destination port, ark type, cargo weight and confirm the specific number and cabinet type, whether small tank placement have special requirements, whether two small tanks need double drag, but we must comply with the vehicle's optimum load capacity.

2.5 Booking

Promptly BOOKING to the FORWARDER, requires to put SHIPPING ORDER in our company timely.

(1) make the customer proxy sheet (10 duplicate); should try best to guarantee original holder single data are correct, worded , in order to reduce the frequent change in follow-up process.

(2) stamp company's booking chapter booking: must provide booking accessories (such as ship company price confirmation copy), they shall be disposed before go to booking.

(3) receive match tank receipt, and gather name, voyage, extraction number information.

2.6 Arrangement trailer

According to the customer’s time requirements, book trailer order to trailer company, and fax the SHIPPING ORDER to tow garage, asking them to come to port and pick the order, tell towing tank and the driver material, pack ark in the customer’s requirement time according to our company regulations, timely return ark, give heavy tank to our designated customs broker, in ORDER to facilitate customs clearance.

2.7 Customs

(1) to understand the required information of export goods customs.

① the commodity inspection

② the needs to quota

③ permit certificate

④origin certificate

⑤ must provide trademark license, trademark name

⑥ export Hong Kong value with more than $100000, value with more than $500000 in other areas, need to provide foreign exchange settlement slip (copy) when check reimbursement

⑦ must provide chamber of commerce nuclear price cachet

(2) fill the name of vessel, extraction number, corresponding to the packing list (packing list), invoice, shows gross weight net weight, number of packages, packing type, amount, volume, review the correctness of the customs declaration form with the terms.

(3) shows that "Chinese name" of the goods in customs declaration, the comparison to the customs code, refer to the commodity code, review both codes whether conform, according to the code determine the unit of measurement, and muster whether is lack of customs requirements according to the list of the customs supervision conditions.

(4) prepare customs proxy form, customs declaration, manual, invoice, packing list, check verification, match tank receipt (10 duplicate immovable later), change single (if necessary) and other required material, to cut off the day before customs clearance.

(5) tracking dock receipt, ensure that loading aboard.

(6) all shut out to match, if there is next voyage, shipment still needs, such as license, quota, commodity inspection, quarantine file material, shut out, to match the configuration should be noticed prior to shipment arrived before a week, in order to sign up for shipping and smooth revulsion of material to be used next time. Otherwise it will cause trouble and postpone the shipment.

2.8 Check offer

(1) inquire customer issue form of "bill of lading" :

① the telex release: customers need to provide with the original "release the guarantee" (purpose), the company "guarantee" issued later to ship company surrendered.

② the imprest (if possible), customers need to provide with the original "imprest guarantee" (purpose), the company "guarantee" issued later to ship company borrowing in advance.

③ fall sign (if possible), customers need to provide with the original "antedated guarantee" (purpose), the company "guarantee" issued later to ship company pour sign. In this case, it mostly issues HOUSE B/L.

④ points single: you should wait for the ship has leaved for 3 ~ 4 days (passenger manifest sends to customs, to ensure that the tax refund), then a single customs ticket is shut down into many customs tickets.