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| Domain | Definition |
Occupations | Prepares and compiles documents required by federal government for discharge of foreign cargo at domestic port to serve as intermediary between importers, merchant shipping companies, airlines, railroads, trucking companies, pipeline operators, and the United States Customs Service: Prepares entry papers from shipper's invoice in accordance with U.S. Customs Service regulations, and regulations of other federal agencies bearing on importation of goods, such as Environmental Protection Agency and Food And Drug Administration. Files papers with Customs Service and arranges for payment of duties. Quotes duty rates on goods to be imported, based on knowledge of federal tariffs and excise taxes. Prepares papers for shippers desiring to appeal duty charges imposed by Customs Service. Provides for storage of imported goods and for transportation of imported goods from port to final destination. May register foreign ships with U.S. Coast Guard. Must be licensed by U.S. Treasury Department or operate under corporate license granted to employer by Treasury Department. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | It is recommended using a reputable customs broker to properly prepare the paperwork needed. (references) | |
This document may be issued by the exporter or by a customs broker and does not have to be validated or formalized. (references) | ||
However, use of a customs broker is recommended if the importer is unfamiliar with customs regulations, which are strict. (references) | ||
Trade | Argentina | The handling of samples under a bond should be entrusted to a customs broker. (references) |
Argentina | Registration procedures are relatively simple; however, exporters are advised to consult a customs broker. (references) | |
Argentina | Please consult a freight forwarder, an insurance company, a port terminal, or a customs broker for exact costs. (references) | |
Travel | Guatemala | Larger quantities of products and display systems for participation in trade events or tools and equipment for projects should be imported temporarily with the assistance of a customs broker. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
customs broker | 319 |
us customs broker | 20 |
canadian customs broker | 19 |
customs broker job | 4 |
atlanta customs broker | 4 |
u.s customs broker | 3 |
new york customs broker | 3 |
chicago customs broker | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "CUSTOMS BROKER"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
German | Zollamtmakler. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | vámőr (customs officer, customs official, shark). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ustomscay okerbray despachante aduaneiro. (various references) agente de aduana. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-c-e-k-m-o-o-r-r-s-s-t-u" | |
-3 letters: combustors, motorbuses. | |
-4 letters: bookrests, buckeroos, combustor, costumers, customers, obscurest, outscores, outsmokes, restrooms, rockroses, sombreros, sorcerous, subsector. | |
-5 letters: becrusts, bescours, bookrest, boosters, brockets, bruskest, buckeroo, bursters, combusts, costumer, costumes, coursers, courters, crumbers, crustose, customer, kurtoses, mobsters, motorbus, obscurer, obscures, oestrous, oestrums, outcomes, outcross, outrocks, outscore, outsmoke, restocks, restroom, restruck, robuster, rockrose, roebucks, roosters, rostrums. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Quotations: Non-fiction 2. Expressions: Internet 3. Translations: Modern 4. Anagrams | 5. Bibliography |
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