What are the business scope of international freight forwarders? According to the basic nature of international freight forwarders, freight forwarders mainly accept the entrustment of the entrusting party to handle matters related to the transportation, transshipment, storage, loading and unloading of goods. On the one hand, it signs a transport contract with the cargo shipper, and at the same time, it signs a contract with the transport department. For the cargo shipper, he is also the carrier of the goods.
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What are the business scope of international freight forwarders
1、 Business scope of international freight forwarding
According to the detailed rules for the implementation of the regulations of the people's Republic of China on the administration of international freight forwarding, the business scope of international freight forwarding enterprises is as follows:
（1） Cargo collection, booking (including chartering, chartering and chartering), consignment, storage and packaging
（2） Cargo loading and unloading supervision, container unpacking, distribution, transit and related short-distance transportation services
（3） Customs declaration, inspection application, inspection application and insurance
（4） Preparation and issuance of relevant documents, delivery of freight, settlement and delivery of miscellaneous expenses
（5） International Exhibition, personal goods and transit goods transportation agency
（6） International multimodal transport and consolidation (including LCL)
（7） International Express (excluding personal letters)
（8） Consulting and other relevant international freight forwarding business
However, these are not the business scope of every international freight forwarder. As the specific conditions of each international freight forwarding enterprise are different, the business scope of international freight forwarding business approved by the competent department of commerce is also different.
The details are as follows:
1. Handle the specific matters of goods in export transportation on behalf of the consignor, arrange transportation, packing, storage, preparation of documents, one customs and two inspections, supervision of loading goods, settlement fees, insurance, bill of lading collection, and other consulting and services
2. Handle the specific matters of the goods in the import transportation on behalf of the consignee, arrange "one customs and two inspections", pick-up, payment, unpacking and storage, inland transportation, empty container return, and other consulting and services
3. On behalf of the Freight Forwarder at the place of export or the place of import, arrange the distribution and consignment of goods, receive the goods at the place of export, pack them, issue the freight forwarder's bill of lading, collect the freight, pick up the goods from the carrier according to the bill at the place of import, unpack, store, handle the distribution and delivery of goods
4. Organize transportation in the capacity of NVOCC or multimodal transport operator, issue their own transport documents (bills of lading), and provide all-round services.
5. As the carrier's sales agent, the carrier's cargo collection agent, booking hatch, issuing transport documents and collecting fees
6. Pre entry of EDI data for import and export of goods serving the customs
