Customs Brokerage

Clearance & Consulting:  When your business have goods to be exported/imported relating to Vietnam, you need to work with a customs brokerage company that can get your shipment through customs in a timely manner. HL Shipping Vietnam is made up of a team of highly-experienced customs brokers and logistics supervisor. Our brokers are licensed through the VN Customs Department and are well-versed in tariff and custom laws, allowing them to foresee and avoid potential obstacles to customs clearance.

Permits application:  Depending on the goods you are importing/exporting, you may need special approval from Government agencies, for example, the Ministry of Health, MOIT, Department of Agriculture. Our customs clearing agents communicate with the necessary agencies to ensure your merchandise meets all rules and regulations before entering the country.

Importer of Record (IOR): Sometimes your client in Vietnam buy some spare parts or replacement which they just need the items to be delivered as fast as buying domestically. And they don't want to involve into a complex documentation procedure. HL Shipping can secure your transaction with IOR service, eliminating a potential roadblock in the shipping process.

​Project logistics: Project-customs clearance is one of the most complex types of work performed by a customs representative. This usually means customs clearance of production equipment (from single lines to a whole complex of equipment for a factory or a plant). Over the last decade the number of machines and equipment imported into Vietnam has considerably grown. Foreign investors, especially from China starting or expanding production face the necessity to choose the nature of transaction under which the used equipment from China. Knight Logistics is a professional in handling project-customs clearance. We're able to help you get through the complexity of customs clearance for used equipments into Vietnam. We're also able to arrange smooth OOG transportation for heavy or over-dimensional items and hoisting.

Transshipment: HL Shipping is one of a few Customs Brokers in Vietnam that obtained MTO licensed (Number: #14-14/ GP-BGTVT) and able to provide transshipment service & cross border bonded trucking to Cambodia via Vietnam ports and airports. Sometimes your clients sell to Cambodia and those buyers want delivery throught Vietnam. Knight Logistics can help you to secure such requirement with our transshipment service.

Fairs & Exhibitions: You should be awared that Vietnam has not been a member of ATA Carnet agreement yet. Depending on the goods you are importing/exporting, you may need special approval from Government agencies for temporary import, for example, the Ministry of Health, MOIT, Department of Agriculture. Our customs clearing agents communicate with the necessary agencies to ensure your merchandise meets all rules and regulations before entering the country.

Unaccompanied personal effects: We specialise in the customs clearance of personal effects in fact we offer a complete Customs and Quarantine clearance with delivery to your client's door step. Yes our professional service will take care of everything, your client only need to be home on the scheduled delivery day. Our dedicated team of customs brokers are fully licensed with the Vietnam Customs Office and have over 13 years experience in customs clearance.

Certificate of Origin application: When your client buy from suppliers in Vietnam who sell Ex-works without C/O application service, your client may seek a broker who can help with this issue so that their goods possibly be granted favored tariff according to related Free Trade Agreement. This does help bring huge money saver in term of duty. HL Shipping' experienced team can help you through this often complicated process.

Remote Location Filing: Our brokers have the national permits & computer technology necessary to qualify for remote location filing, which means we can file data for clients from any location in a timely manner, regardless of the imported goods’ port of entry. This helps us streamline the shipping process for many of our clients. But pay attention that for shipments classified into yellow or red lines, client shall need to send us paper documents to submit to Custom office.

Cargo Manifest: If you are shipping international ocean cargo, you are subject to Cargo Manifest rules. This means that at least 48 hours before ocean vessel arrived in a Vietnam port, your shipment's information must  be submitted to Vietnam Customs Office. At HL Shipping, we have ample experience in Cargo Manifest rules, and we will ensure that the required information gets to Customs Office on time. This is a free service we provide to agents who send shipments to us.

Once you try our services, we are confident you will be pleased. Our team has over 13 years of combined experience in customs clearance, and we’re able to streamline the international shipping process while keeping you informed every step of the way.

Why choose HL Shipping Logistics?

• Experienced unit, ready to effectively handle unexpected cases.
• Professional process, ensuring the safety of goods.
• Quick time, meet your progress.
• Reasonable cost, cheapest market up to the present time.
• Professional staff, dedicated advice.
• Flexible, responsive, ensuring customer benefits.