Reasons for delay in cargo clearance

What is customs clearance:

Customs clearance, refers to the formalities that should be performed according to various laws, regulations and provisions when import, export or transshipment goods enter and leave the customs territory of a country. During customs clearance, goods, whether imported, exported or transshipped, are under Customs control and are not allowed to circulate freely.

So, what are the reasons for the delay in customs clearance?
Reason of goods
1.Goods are prohibited goods: all countries in the world have their prohibited goods, such as drugs, guns, ammunition, weapons, etc. we are all familiar with them, which are prohibited by all countries in the world. Animals and plants, meat and books are banned from almost every country; The United States prohibits the entry of Chinese herbal medicine; Britain prohibits the entry of milk and meat products; Singapore prohibits the entry of e-cigarettes; Commodities prohibited from entering the country will be detained or returned directly by the Customs after reaching the customs of the country of destination;
2.The goods are famous brand and infringing products: protected by intellectual property rights, when you sell products, you must have brand authorization. When these products enter the country, the customs will require a brand authorization. If not, customs clearance will be delayed, the customs will detain the goods, or even order them to be returned directly.

Agent or cargo owner itself
1.The complete information of the goods is not standardized and complete: the agent or the owner of the goods does not fill in the data and documents completely, such as incorrect product quantity, random writing of product name (for example, the product itself is shoes, and the declared product name is clothes), and the declared value is inconsistent with the actual value of the goods (many sellers have done this. In order to make the recipient pay less tax or exempt from tax, they report the declared value of the goods lower, but if it is too low, it will attract the attention of the customs and lead to customs clearance delay). If the commercial invoice is incomplete, the sender needs to provide a new and complete commercial invoice.
2.Logistics transportation mode: in order to save freight and earn the freight difference of the recipient, the seller selects the logistics transportation channel with cheap price and long transportation time. The cheaper the price, the longer the transportation time, the slower the customs processing speed and the easier the goods are to lose their packages.

Customs
1.Customs routine inspection : Customs routine inspection of sampled goods, if your goods are spotted, can only wait, do not require any assistance from the recipient, routine inspection generally 1-3 days can be completed, if the customs think the goods are not problem, will be released.
2.Taxation: the customs considers that the declared value of your goods is inconsistent with the actual value, and the recipient needs to clear the customs. If your declared value is consistent with the value of the goods, but the customs thinks it is different, in this case, you can clear the customs with the value certificate of the goods. If the declared value of your goods is indeed inconsistent with the actual value, understated or overstated, and is found by the customs, the recipient needs to pay customs duties.
3.Customs：Some countries and regions of the customs is relatively wicked, in order to make money, even if your goods without any problems, he will also give you tax, that is not to give you customs clearance, after you pay taxes to you.

Addressee
1.Unwilling to pay taxes: the goods need to pay taxes. The taxes are too high or the taxes have exceeded the value of the goods. The recipient is unwilling to pay high taxes and does not pay taxes for customs clearance. The goods are stored at the customs and auctioned or returned by the customs when the customs clearance period expires.
2.The recipient does not have relevant certificates: for example, the recipient does not have an import license, and the recipient is unable to provide the required customs clearance certificates, resulting in the delay of customs clearance.

Other factors
1. Environment: such as customs strike, port workers' strike, airport workers' strike and logistics personnel strike; Or natural disasters or wars.
2. Policy: some countries have slow customs clearance speed, slow customs clearance efficiency and cumbersome and complex customs clearance procedures, such as Brazil. Or the corresponding national policies require the customs to clear the customs clearance.