Our Customs Clearance services include:
Our trained and experienced staff are experts in the field of customs clearance and port procedures, be it Air or Ocean, Full Container Load (FCL) or Less-than-Container Load (LCL) shipments. With our direct link to the Jamaica Customs' computer systems, this enables us to pre-clear commercial shipments up to 5 days prior to the arrival of a vessel. For more in depth Jamaica customs regulations, please click here.
Our customers are assured of:
The Customs laws or regulations applicable to the arrival of imported goods must be adhered to for the smooth clearance process of shipments. The Customs authority has powers to examine goods imported. The examination may be documentary, or physical including visual inspection, counting, weighing, measuring and chemical testing. Let the experts do it all for you. Whether it is a FCL or Groupage LCL shipment, by Sea – “Port to Port or Door to Door”, or by Air; you are promised efficiency and professionalism in the handling of your shipment. The following documents will assist in the speedy processing of consignments.
These documents are:
No matter the size of the shipment, by sea or by air, customs and port formalities must be done, before goods can be removed from Customs control. We have been providing first class Customs clearance service to our customers since 1989. With our own “in-house” customs brokerage team, we have been working with Customs Authorities worldwide, offering expert and efficient Customs Brokerage Service to our customers locally and internationally (DDU/DDP).
We are experts in the clearance process of:
When goods are entered for warehousing by JLB International on behalf of the importer, an application for permission to warehouse the goods and a BOND of an amount to be determined must accompany the Customs Entry. Customs will then authorize the goods to be warehoused. No duty will be collected at this stage. The BOND binds the owner of the goods to observe all the customs laws and regulation and to pay on demand duties, rent and other charges. We facilitate the speedy clearance of shipments also at Inland Container Depots (ICD) for urgent and time sensitive shipments.