Charter provides a complete range of customs and export services. Our substantial expertise enables us to assure our clients that their import and export operations will be administered with the highest levels of compliance thereby minimizing issues, reducing costs and expenses, and improving their bottom lines.Charter Brokerage is a licensed customs broker, freight forwarder, and validated C-TPAT member that provides specialized customs services customs clearance, export forwarding and regulatory compliance services to importers and exporters of petroleum, petrochemical and other products;
extensive services for the recovery of customs duty drawback on exported products;
administrative and inventory tracking services necessary to meet the customs requirements for the operation of foreign-trade zones and bonded warehouses.
Chartern clear cargoes for clients at nearly all ports in the United States. For the few ports where the remote filing process is not available, Charter utilizes corresponding brokers to make entry for its clients.
Charter also holds an Ocean Transportation Intermediary License as an Ocean Freight Forwarder issued by the Federal Maritime Commission. As a freight forwarder, Charter prepares and files the bills of lading and related documentation required for the exportation of merchandise from the United States.
Charter is a validated participant in the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) program and has extensive experience with the Importer Self Assessment (ISA) program, facilitating entry into these program for various clients. Charter maintains records, provides support services in the event of reviews, requests for information, audits or issues raised by U.S. Customs.
