Need a Qualified Customs Broker?
Are you are looking for a qualified, experienced, professional and efficient customs broker in the Long Beach area? If so, Packair is the company to call! We have years of experience in the international freight forwarding and logistics industry, and have helped countless clients (from large film companies to E-Commerce business owners) get their products into the United States. Our goal is to provide clients with highly efficient regulation-compliant service, so that they can import their products with minimal hassles or headaches. Our team is comprised of fully licensed customs brokers and logistics experts, who have years of experience helping clients both large and small.
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Focus on what your business does best. Save money, time, and delays. Clear your precious cargo in Long Beach, Los Angeles, or any port in the country today. Whether your logistics are done in house, with a freight forwarder, or if you’re looking for a complete all-in-one logistics solution, Packair’s Long Beach customs brokerage can get your shipment where it needs to go in no time.
Why Choose Packair?
Packair has over 47 years of experience in the logistics industry, and has served as a customs broker and freight forwarder in Los Angeles and internationally for large commercial clients including Sony Pictures Studios, Paramount Pictures, JPL, and the California Institute of Technology. We have also helped numerous local and national businesses import goods efficiently and at an affordable rate. Our services are comprehensive, and include everything from customs brokering to land, air, and sea freight forwarding, which makes us a one-stop-shop for any product shipping needs you may have. Throughout our years of operation, we have created a truly unique logistics experience for our clients. Whether it be fulfilling time-sensitive shipments, or saving money in customs fees, our dedication to our customers has earned us a reputation as one of the go-to companies in Long Beach and throughout the surrounding areas.
What can a Customs Broker do for You?
Formally entering foreign-made goods into the United States requires paperwork, red tape, fees, and liaising with the U.S. Customs Service. Due to the complicated nature of import processes, and the risk of running higher fees than needed when attempting to import goods on their own, many business owners and importers utilize the services of customs brokers. Brokers are intimately familiar with the 200+ laws that Customs implements, and are able to save their clients money and time throughout the import process. Packair has experience helping clients in Long Beach and in ports across the greater United States, and has imported everything from military technologies to film equipment and products sold in retail stores or online.
When you work with us, you get a company that not only has years of experience with customs, but that is also dedicated to getting your goods imported at an affordable price.
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Long Beach Customs Broker With A Worldwide Reach
Packair is proud to be the trusted customs broker of choice by Hollywood, California State University, and the US government. Our clients include JPL, the US military, and Hollywood studios such as Sony Pictures, 20th Century Fox, and Paramount Pictures. Our first-class service, our commitment to our clients, and our long relationship with US Customs and Border Protection has made Packair Long Beach and Greater Los Angeles’ #1 most trusted customs broker.
We’ve been performing customs brokerage for a long time. Our global experience, our 50-year presence in Long Beach and Los Angeles, and our ability to clear customs at any port has made Packair the most dependable customs broker operating at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, and major Hollywood studios partner with Packair to ship and import/export their film and set equipment to film set locations abroad for Hollywood, and shipping military equipment from Long Beach to allied military bases around the world.
Unique Requirements Are Our Normal
Packair is ideally positioned to provide customs brokerage for unique, custom, and special requirements. Our customs brokerage is truly a “custom” service. Where many customs and logistics providers provide flat, cookie-cutter customs and freight solutions, Packair has the agility that allows us to excel in providing tailored solutions for all customs and logistics needs. A small but veteran global shipping and customs provider, we have customs and logistics consultants available to answer your questions, help provide tailored customs solutions, and clear your cargo in any port, even (and especially) if you’re not currently a Packair client.
Being a customs broker in LA brings a lot of unique and diverse needs for customs brokerage. There is no “one-size fits all” solution for movie sets, jet engines, and laboratory equipment, and we create unique customs and freight forwarding solutions for all needs to provide you with the best import and export rates.
Have Cargo Stuck in Customs? We Can Help!
Many of our clients come to us when their cargo is stuck in customs with a different logistics provider. Many big and small freight forwarders alike provide the white label approach: outsourcing the different steps in their logistics chain to 3rd party companies. For example, a logistics provider may provide real-time tracking on their website yet contract their transportation out to an air freight or ocean freight company, use a different company for customs brokerage, and then have it carried off by a trucking company. If something gets stuck in customs, which it often does in logistics when things are outsourced and lines get crossed, the disastrous can happen in customs. Cargo gets stuck, delayed, or even seized. Panicked clients facing a delay in their product can’t get past customer service at their logistics provider, much less have any idea what company is providing the customs brokerage. Shipments get lost in the cracks. Stuck cargo can rack up tens of thousands of dollars in fines, fees, and lost revenue very quickly.
We often get these clients calling us, rightfully worried about their cargo. Packair makes it our business to help clients clear cargo in any port, with any logistics company, whether you’re our customer or not. We can help you clear the hurdle in customs, or even take over the rest of your journey for your shipments, as all our logistics are done in-house. These clients often end up as our clients, and we are thrilled to get their cargo safely to their destination. We have hundreds of clients that unloaded their cargo burdens to Packair, many who now use Packair for their complete start-to-finish logistics provider.
That's Great, But Why Do I Need A Customs Broker?
A custom broker’s job description is a long one. A custom broker’s main job is to get your cargo through customs, without incident, without delay or seizure, and to follow compliance and regulations correctly so no fines are incurred. A simple mistake in filing can result in high fines and customs delays. A miscommunication can see your shipment stuck in customs, racking up even higher fees and delaying your project or costing your business revenue. Good customs brokerage looks like a quiet and speedy transition on a shipment tracking app.
- Acts as a liaison with regulatory and government agencies and with the port’s customs
- Ensures your commercial documents are compliant with customs regulations, submits necessary information to customs authorities (such as origin and destination, suppliers and routes used)
- Determines the correct and most cost-efficient classification for duties, tariffs and taxes
- Coordinates with your freight forwarder
- Provides consulting on customs brokerage for new and future shipments
There are a lot of legal papers, compliance, categorization, laws, and procedures to follow, and a good customs broker does all of this in such a way to get you the best possible rate possible, while saving you as much money as possible. A customs broker is like a customs lawyer, accountant, and logistics professional combined, according to the CBP’s own Office of Trade, as well as a global trade analyst and port agent.
Customs Brokerage At Both The Port of Long Beach and the Port of Los Angeles
Packair has been providing customs brokerage to our own home Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, the biggest and second-biggest ports in the US, respectively. It’s hard to believe that the two ports are a 10-minute drive away from each other, collectively making up the 10th biggest port in the country.
Operating in the biggest two ports in the country for over 50 years, we have a lot of experience dealing with all kinds of cargo, and have customs brokerage down to a science, making us one of Hollywood’s go-to customs brokers (we naturally also do much of their film production shipping). California State University also calls Long Beach home, and we have partnered with CSU on customs brokerage and freight forwarding, as well as California Institute of Technology located in Pasadena. JPL, also located in Pasadena, partners with us as well with us on customs brokerage and logistics, as do NASA and the US military.
We have had the opportunity to call many of LA’s best and brightest our clients, and we’d love to do the same for you.