Trade & Customs Compliance Manual Programs
Why Should I Have a Compliance Manual?
If your company, regardless of size, participates in the importing or exporting of goods, then you are held responsible for complying with the Trade laws and regulations enforced by the country's Customs Administration.
In order to minimize your risk of shipment delays, financial penalties and/or sanctions for customs non-compliance, the development and annual maintenance of a Trade & Customs Compliance Manual is paramount.
This manual is key to demonstrating due diligence in the eyes of your local Customs Administration and could be the difference between being found negligent versus wilfully non-compliant in the eyes of the government.
The burden of customs compliance is placed on the importer, and it is critical that you document your policies and procedures in a centralized Trade & Customs Compliance Manual to ensure trade regulations are adhered to.
How Does Dominion's Program Work?
The Trade & Customs Compliance Manual Program is designed to have minimal impact on your day-to-day operations.
Our team will first conduct a Kick-Off Orientation meeting with all relevant stakeholders, explaining the purpose behind this project and providing each stakeholder with a checklist of the information we require.
Following the collection of data, we will conduct stakeholder interviews to capture any additional relevant information required for your Trade & Customs Compliance Manual.
Your Trade & Customs Compliance Manual will be divided into six sections, each section containing many chapters dedicated to a specific area of customs compliance. These six sections are:
- Customs policies
- Roles and responsibilities
- Import/export procedures
- Internal controls
- Record keeping
- Company-specific requirements
With our Trade & Customs Compliance Manual Program, we can either review your existing manual for potential gaps & update your manual accordingly, or create for you a completely new Trade & Customs Compliance Manual from the ground up.
Simply decide what makes business sense for you.
Reporting and Visibility
As our Compliance Programs Department team members are collecting, reviewing, and developing your Trade & Customs Compliance Manual, our interactive and customizable reporting will provide you with full visibility and transparency to monitor our progress in real-time.
Your team and various stakeholders will be able to review the Trade & Customs Compliance Manual as drafts of each chapter are completed, allowing the ability to provide us feedback, or to ask us any questions and make recommendations, when it is convenient for you.
You can stay focused on your day-to-day activities while monitoring the progress of your Trade & Customs Compliance Manual on your schedule.
The Dominion Commitment
We will be transparent.
You will be assigned a dedicated Manager from our Compliance Programs Department who will support your team throughout the entire program.
From the Kick-Off Meeting to your final approved Trade & Customs Compliance Manual and through our 12-month follow-up, our team is committed to supporting you and your team.
