Logistics (Cargopilot)

Customs and HS codes

Classify each product with the HS code classifier and the dangerous-goods classifier, and prepare the customs data, the documents, and the duties for each cross-border shipment.

A cross-border shipment needs customs data. The most important part is the HS code of each product. The HS code is the number in the Harmonized System that tells customs what the goods are. The customs authority uses it to set the duty and the tax, and to find goods that need a permit.

Cargopilot keeps the customs data on the product, and uses it for each shipment. Thus you classify a product one time.

HS codes

Each product and each sales order line has an HS code. The HS code comes from one of these sources:

The HS code classifier. The classifier suggests the HS code of a product from its title, its description, and its category. A person confirms the code, or selects a different code.
A person. Enter the code on the product in the portal.
A connected store. When a commerce connector syncs a product or an order, it sends the HS code. When Miridia creates a product in a connected store, it sends the HS code with the product. Thus the HS code in your store and in Miridia stay the same.

Dangerous goods

The dangerous-goods classifier finds the products that are dangerous goods, for example batteries, aerosols, or flammable liquids. For each such product, it records the UN number, the class, and the packing group. A person confirms the classification.

Cargopilot uses this data when it quotes and books a shipment. A carrier that does not accept a class of dangerous goods does not quote for it.

Customs data

Record	Customs data
Product	The HS code, the country of origin, a customs description, a customs value, and the dangerous-goods data.
Shipment	The Incoterm, the importer of record, the direction (export or import), and the transport mode.

Documents

Cargopilot makes the customs documents from the shipment:

the commercial invoice
the packing list
the declaration data for your clearing agent

The documents are attached to the shipment. Read Shipments.

Duties and taxes

Before you book a shipment, Cargopilot calculates the duties and the taxes as a landed cost, and records them on the shipment. Thus you know the full cost of a cross-border shipment before it leaves.

Clearance rules

Cargopilot follows the clearance rules of the destination country in a workflow:

the de-minimis test
the permits
the prohibited and restricted goods

A shipment with a product that has no HS code, or that needs a permit, stops until a person corrects it. Attach your own workflow to add more rules, for example a message to your compliance officer. Read Workflows and events.

Markets

The first market is South Africa. To ask about your market, email team@miridia.io.

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