How to Avoid Customs Delays: A Practical Guide for China Importers

Young importer checking CBP customs status alert on laptop as China cargo shipment arrives at US warehouse dock

Most customs delays are entirely preventable  and they almost never start at the border. They start weeks earlier, in a supplier’s factory or a freight forwarder’s inbox, when someone writes a vague product description, enters the wrong HTS code, or assumes somebody else filed the ISF. By the time a shipment is sitting in a […]