International security concerns are increasingly driving governments to tighten control and demand advance notice of import and export freight transiting their borders.

Initiatives introduced by customs authorities are placing a huge burden on cargo carrying airlines. The lack of a global standard for customs causes a diverse set of interfaces and leaves the airline with the burden of repeatedly investing in technology just to adapt to the latest customs specification.

Overview

Single source advance cargo reporting for airlines and forwarders with a global freight presence

With the Global Customs Gateway cargo airlines can confidently exchange information electronically with various country customs authorities regardless of format, communications protocols and processing rules.

The Global Customs Gateway recognizes existing air cargo information exchange standards such as IATA CargoIMP. This makes the interface to customs simple and immediately available without investing in new technologies.

• quick adaptation to new country customs requirements

• lower risk of blocked freight
• shared development cost
• allows freight partners to participate
• no need for multiple third party suppliers