Case studies

Proof, not promises.

A sample of the customs and SPS work we do for food & drink businesses — the held consignments freed, the certificates got right, the processes that now just work. Names withheld; the detail is real.

Tariffs & Finance

Duty suspension approved for a UK food manufacturer

We built the case, evidenced the need with HMRC and secured a duty suspension on a core imported ingredient — cutting landed cost without touching the supply chain.

Duty reliefManufacturing
ChallengeHigh landed cost
ApproachEvidenced to HMRC
ResultSuspension granted

Selected work

More outcomes

Across agrifood, manufacturing and trade — import and export, both directions.

Agrifood

First-time CHED clearance for a chilled-food importer

We set up the IPAFFS process and got the CHED type and commodity detail right from day one. Consignments now clear first time, with no port-health holds on perishable stock.

SPS & foodIPAFFS
Customs Procedures

CHIEF to CDS migration, multiple sites

We mapped declarations across sites, cleaned the data CDS is strict about, and moved everything across with no gap in clearance capability.

CDSOperating model
Brexit

Rules-of-origin review unlocks preference

A manufacturer was paying duty it didn't owe. We evidenced preferential origin under the agreement and removed the charge going forward.

OriginPreference
Agrifood

EHCs keep an exporter's EU market open

We selected the correct Export Health Certificates and lined up an authorised signatory so a POAO exporter kept shipping to the EU without turn-backs.

EHCExports

Anonymised, qualitative outcomes — no invented figures. Full case studies move to Sanity with the content migration.

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