Customs clearance of clothing, shoes, things

In this part, we want to tell you about customs clearance of clothing, shoes, handbags, glasses, linens, swimwear, accessories and other things in the Ukraine.

Let’s start in order from the beginning.

1. Prior to order clothes, shoes or any thing from Europe and import (customs clearance) to Ukraine first you need to find a manufacturer or supplier of the product and sign a contract with him. You can search for your desired product provider on their own or with the help of specialized companies that are seeking suppliers of shoes and clothing for a certain % or a fixed amount of remuneration.

Seller of goods can be:

• factory. For example, in Italian factories are located spachchi (spatchi) – are small shops where you can buy clothes, shoes and other clothes and accessories at retail and wholesale. Also, when factories, especially that produce branded items, clothing, shoes, you can see the showrooms. This trading rooms, where samples are usually things in one size. Usually visit the showrooms wholesale buyers of commodities, which are the owners of retail stores in the country. Purchase of goods at the factory assumes the cost of invoice without VAT (VAT);
• exclusive marketing company that works on behalf of the manufacturer and can often be in the same group of companies with the manufacturer of the goods. Typically, an invoice is issued by companies such as excluding VAT;
• trading company that works with different manufacturers and sells products for export with a discount on the sale. These companies do not include VAT in the price of goods;
• warehouses, which sell for export brand clothes and shoes. Usually it stores selling luxury and premium segments of the things known brands. These stores have contracts with manufacturers and have their discount from the sale of goods. Invoice for export also issued without VAT;
• wholesale warehouse stock, which resells the goods one group from different manufacturers. It happens that such warehouses may put the cost of the goods, including VAT, is not. It all depends on the desire of the warehouse and process documents;
• malls and outlets – this is the big shopping centers, which once represented a lot of brands, trademarks, or shop for men ‘s, women’s, children’s clothing, shoes, handbags, bedding, accessories, glasses and other things. In these places you can find such world famous brands such as: Armani, Baldinini, Blumarine, Brioni, Burberry, Calvin Klein, Cerruti, Coccinelle, Ferrari, Frette, Fendi, Elisabetta Franchi, Escada, Roberto Cavalli La Perla, Luisa Spagnoli, Pal Zileri, Paul Smith, Patrizia Pepe, Prada, Hugo Boss, Valentino, Versace, Salvatore Ferragamo. Here, you will not enter into a contract, but this method of buying things anyway has its advantages. For example, in Italy, if you are a non-resident EU and purchase goods worth more than 154,94 euros, the seller must issue the Tax Free (Tax Free) minus the amount of 21% of the value of the goods. This means that you end up buying goods without VAT (VAT) and pay 21% less.

2. Let’s return to our contracts and procurement process for clothing, shoes and other things at the factory or warehouse, not in malls and outlet . Typically, the contract specifies the conditions of delivery according to the Incoterms. More often than not enter into a contract in English or in both languages??, if necessary. Often, the contract for approval by the customer sends the factory (manufacturer, exporter, seller of the goods). The customer (buyer, importer, distributor) may change the points of the contract with which he disagrees and make their adjustments and changes. In the experience of working with European manufacturers of clothes, shoes and other things, we can say that the contracts they offer to sign are usually very concise, precise, clear and involves the interests of both sides. The important points of the contract are the terms of delivery according to the Incoterms terms of manufacturing goods, the terms of payment (usually 100% prepayment or partial prepayment with a long cooperation and good reputation of the customer), the value of the goods, the distribution of risks and force majeure.

The most common conditions of delivery in Europe under the Incoterms are:

• EXW, when the factory ships the goods from the warehouse, and the care of the registration of the export declaration EX, delivery and customs clearance of clothes, shoes and other things – it’s care of the customer (importer, buyer). The Parties agree that, sometimes, the opening of the export declaration has been EX factory;
• FCA, CPT, CIP – it is also a common condition of delivering the goods when the goods are delivered to the factory or dealer consolidation warehouse of the carrier. Our company has 3 warehouses in Europe, where we are consolidating loads in Italy ( 31057 Treviso), Slovakia ( 07651 Pribenik), Poland ( 37,700 Przemysl).

3. Once you have decided on an assortment of goods is ordered. This can occur through catalogs, the online store or in person at the factory or dealer. After that handles the seller of the goods your order, preparing documents and send you a proforma invoice or preliminary invoice for the goods, on the basis of which then formed the final invoice or invoice.

4. Then you confirm the order, pay for the goods, and get from the factory invoice and packing list. It is important to know at this stage, the number of pallets, cartons on a pallet and items in the box, the total weight and dimensions of cargo. Sometimes goods may selectively pass customs inspection in the country of export, and the Ukraine. Customs inspection of goods is to break the original container or pallet boxes, visual inspection, the selective conversion of units sold. Therefore, to minimize the risk of the carrier, and the factory owner of the goods, it is important to understand how many pallets, boxes and cargo units were sent factory. Sometimes there are situations where the factory packaging goods is not broken, but some units do not have enough in cargo. In this case, we can say that the factory did not report item by accident, was mixed up the order or in stock at the supplier may not work conscientious employees. In this case, the importer wrote a letter to the complaint, to the factory, add a photo or video of the incident, and often with the next delivery factory reimburse the slack. We want to immediately put you at ease on the subject that such questions arise infrequently and not all the factories and customers, so that you may have a situation in general will never be.

5. Once your order is ready, and you will receive a confirmation from the factory about the shipment, you will pass your goods to the carrier, which will take delivery of your clothes and shoes in the Ukraine. Normally at this point we call our clients and tell to pick up goods from the factory, or were waiting for him at our warehouse in Europe. If the factory is very big and has its customs department, then with the load, except the invoice and packing list can be sent to more open export declaration EX. But often, the issue of opening EX engaged our European expedition.

6. Once the cargo is delivered to us on a European warehouse (3-5 days for Europe ), runs a transit waiting time machine, which should be in the Ukraine . On average, a machine that delivers general cargo to Ukraine is a frequency of 1 every 2 weeks . Accordingly, if the machine is left only to Ukraine, and your shipment just arrived on the European stock, the transit time delay on stock for your shipment will be about 14 days.

7. After loading your clothes, shoes, and other things in the car, which should be held in Ukraine for about two weeks required for delivery and customs clearance.

8. First of all, we have been closing the export declaration EX to return your factory VAT . Then we prepare all the necessary documents to Ukrainian customs, in process of customs clearance of your clothes and shoes we will pay all taxes and fees for import and give you the goods after customs clearance.

9. Payment for our services is in fact the goods arrive in Dnipropetrovsk, after customs clearance . 1-2 days is required for cargo delivery to any city of Ukraine. We deliver clothes , shoes and other things in the following cities : Kiev, Donetsk, Dnepropetrovsk, Lugansk, Odessa, Nikolaev, Simferopol, Sevastopol, Yalta, Kharkov, Zaporozhye, Ivano-Frankivsk and others.

10. We have a special offer on shipping and customs clearance clothing, shoes and other things. With this offer you can save considerably when transporting goods with us every month. If you have an order that you want to count and get the value of the goods in Ukraine with all costs of shipping and customs clearance, you can contact us and we will gladly help you and let you know the exact cost.

From this range, which may interest you, we have experience in delivery and customs clearance :

• women’s and men’s clothing;
• wedding dresses;
• maternity clothing;
• children’s clothing and footwear;
• handbags, suitcases, belts;
• eyeglasses, frames;
• clothing and footwear for sports, things for bikers, skiers, snowboarders, clothing for competitions, uniforms;
• sports clothing and equipment;
• lingerie, swimwear, clothing for the house;
• bed linen, towels and home textiles.

Our customers – is:

• wholesale and retail warehouses;
• formal and informal exclusive distributors;
• retail stores;
• online shopping;
• individuals.

The list of products that we import from Europe for our clients constantly updated and growing.

The main countries of Europe of which we deliver goods and doing customs clearance for our clients: Austria, England, Belgium, Hungary, Germany, Greece, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland.

We also provide transport of goods to Ukraine from the following countries : Australia, Africa, Brazil, Vietnam, India, Canada, China, Korea, Malaysia, the United Arab Emirates, United States, Taiwan, Turkey, Japan.

Still, our company is engaged in shipping and customs clearance of such goods:

• industrial, consumer, medical equipment, accessories, consumables, spare parts;
• auto parts;
• cosmetics and perfumery;
• clothes, shoes, stuff, handbags, lingerie, swimwear, accessories, belts, sunglasses and frames;
• jewelery and costume jewelery;
• textiles and leather;
• construction and finishing materials;
• non-perishable foods and food additives;
• medicines;
• musical instruments;
• furniture, window fittings and materials for the manufacture of furniture;
• raw materials for the food, cosmetic and chemical industries;
• household and industrial chemicals;
• chandeliers, lamps, tableware and decorative elements;
• fireplaces;
• sports equipment and fitness equipment;
• stationery.

If your product is not listed, do not worry, please contact us with a request and we shall count individually and let you know the cost of shipping and customs clearance for your specific product.