Air cargo is grappling with increasingly complex compliance requirements as governments respond to emerging security risks and chop and change tariffs.
Speaking on a panel moderated by James Van Epps, managing director for cargo security, customs & facilitation, Airlines for America, speakers described compliance as a “tremendous challenge”.
They highlighted the spate of new data elements required by governments following incendiary devices being found in DHL’s network in the UK and Germany last year.
Meanwhile, constantly changing tariff requirements in the US are also driving up complexity.
The rising volumes of e-commerce also present challenges.
Kale Logistics Solutions vice president Donna Mullins said: “From a compliance standpoint it has been very difficult to keep up with changes and I know that changes that happen in the US create changes across the globe.
“The only thing we can really do is go back to our foundation, look at your regulations and see how any of these new changes are going to affect the way you are doing business.”
Mullins pointed out that there was previously one tariff number for a particular product and now there are five following new 301 and 232 duties in the US.
Meanwhile, the number of shipment data elements required for a shipment heading to the US has increased from seven to 20.
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