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International Trade Consultancy

ICS Global Services provide professional and expert advice within the fields of international trade, logistics, imports, exports and trade compliance. As consultants, we can identify business strategies to maximise your international business opportunities.

If you’re just starting up in business or you’re looking to begin importing and exporting overseas, then it’s crucial that you understand how the industry works. Our consultancy service provides you with all the support you need, advising you on a variety of different subjects including how to approach working with foreign countries and dealing with their government bureaus.

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Wealth of Experience

We offer flexible consultancy services designed to suit your needs. Our wealth of experience across numerous industries means we are uniquely suited to offer support and advice for a wide variety of importing and exporting issues. Despite working across an assortment of industries, our core skill set has remained the same and we applied those skills across each industry we have worked within.

I provide consulting services for my clients to help them navigate the sea of documentation, shipping procedures and regulations, ensuring successful, international importing and exporting. I also provide customs brokerage and import and export documentation services to help companies feel more confident in dealing with overseas governments.

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Business Consultant

Our business consulting services are essential for companies wishing to grow globally, run more effectively, or discover solutions to a variety of global operational challenges.

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Import and Export Consultant

To reduce costs, optimise global supply chains, and guarantee customs compliance, we offer flexible, expert export and import consulting services.

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Customs Consultant

We provide adaptable, expert export and import consultancy services to reduce costs, optimise international supply chains, and ensure customs compliance.

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Import Tax Consultant

Offering a variety of ethical and efficient import tax planning and problem-solving services, we can assist you in lowering your import tax expenses.

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How We Can Help

With over 30 years’ experience of importing and exporting, we have helped numerous companies build successful international trade businesses while ensuring they remain compliant with laws and regulations.

We provide consulting services for our clients to help them navigate the sea of documentation, shipping procedures, and regulations, ensuring successful international importing and exporting. We also provide customs brokerage and import and export documentation services to help companies feel more confident in dealing with overseas customers and governments.

Our international business consultancy can offer a useful combination of knowledge and new ideas to assist with your international business modelling, whether you want to maximise your overseas operations, are searching for expansion prospects, or need independent advice or due diligence.

Our customs consultancy provides professional and expert advice within the fields of customs compliance, customs clearance process, and product classification, while identifying opportunities to reduce customs duty and tax payments.

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Requirements for UK safety and security declarations when importing products from the EU.

Safety and Security Declarations for EU Imports

By Ian Simmonds • January 28, 2025

Border officials utilise a Safety and Security Declaration (SSD) to assess the possible risk that items crossing their border pose to their jurisdiction. It has nothing to do with taxes and duties. Declarations come in two varieties: exit summary declarations (EXS) and entry summary declarations (ENS).