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export processing
Export processing covers all logistical, administrative, and customs steps required to move goods lawfully out of a customs territory.
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Export processing covers all logistical, administrative, and customs steps required to move goods lawfully out of a customs territory. The workflow includes preparing export documentation – commercial invoice, packing list, certificate of origin –, filing the customs export declaration, organising carriers, and managing payment and insurance arrangements. Freight forwarders and customs brokers act as central coordinators, liaising between the shipper, the carrier, the destination agent, and customs authorities. Depending on the destination and commodity, additional steps may apply: export licences, sanctions screening, or preferential origin calculations to leverage free trade agreements. Where 'export' refers to the legal act of moving goods across a border, 'export processing' describes the operational execution of that act.
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