Customs delays and demurrage charges are rarely caused by exotic problems. Analysis of recurring shipment holds points to the same few documentation errors.
The repeat offenders
- HS code mismatches between invoice, shipping bill, and certificate of origin
- Declaration values that don't reconcile with payment records
- Certificate of origin errors — wrong scheme, expired certificates, inconsistent product descriptions
- Incomplete fiber composition declarations, which trigger scrutiny under textile-specific rules
Why they persist
Each document is often prepared by a different person or system, with no single source of truth. Manual re-entry multiplies the chance of drift.
The fix
Treat shipment data like product data: capture it once, validate it, and generate every document from the same record. This is precisely the class of problem EasiTex is built to eliminate.
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