{"id":64,"date":"2026-03-27T18:56:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T18:56:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/falcontracking.live\/?p=64"},"modified":"2026-03-27T18:56:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T18:56:19","slug":"customs-clearance-what-slows-shipments-down-and-how-to-avoid-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/falcontracking.live\/customs-clearance-what-slows-shipments-down-and-how-to-avoid-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Customs Clearance: What Slows Shipments Down (and How to Avoid It)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Most customs delays are preventable. Over 80% of holds we see come down to paperwork quality, not commodity issues.<\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pre-flight checklist<\/h3><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Commercial invoice<\/strong> with clear HS codes (6-digit minimum, 10-digit preferred)<\/li><li><strong>Packing list<\/strong> matching the invoice exactly \u2014 weights, dimensions, piece counts<\/li><li><strong>Declared value<\/strong> matching the commercial invoice &amp; country of origin declared<\/li><li><strong>Licenses<\/strong> where required (dual-use, pharma, food, lithium batteries)<\/li><li><strong>Incoterms<\/strong> clearly stated (EXW, FOB, CIF, DDP, etc.)<\/li><\/ul><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Red-flag commodities<\/h3><p>Lithium batteries, textiles under quota, hazmat, food &amp; beverage, and anything branded that might trigger IPR checks.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Missing HS codes, mismatched values, and unlicensed commodities are the top three reasons shipments get held. Here is your pre-flight checklist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[10,9],"class_list":["post-64","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-compliance","tag-customs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/falcontracking.live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/falcontracking.live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/falcontracking.live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/falcontracking.live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/falcontracking.live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/falcontracking.live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/falcontracking.live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/falcontracking.live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/falcontracking.live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}