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Customs and international trade

Increasing trade volumes together with greater scrutiny of cross border flows and a focus on compliance with export controls and import regulations can combine to create significant challenges to your supply chain.

In today's global economy, moving goods internationally can be a complex and costly activity. More than ever before, effective management of customs and international trade issues is crucial to maintaining competitive advantage.

Our global network of Customs and International Trade (CIT) professionals can help you to operate more effectively in moving goods around the world. We can develop and implement strategies to help you to manage duty costs by utilizing free trade agreements, special programs, and transactional structuring. We can help you proactively manage the risks of global trade, improve your international trade compliance and increase the operational effectiveness of your supply chains.

Our core offerings include strategic planning to manage customs and excise duties; trade compliance reviews for imports and exports; internal controls and process improvement; and participation in customs supply chain security programs.

Our talented people develop proactive, pragmatic and integrated strategies that help you to address the challenges of doing business in today's global environment and help your business achieve its potential.

To find out more about the services we offer in this area please contact us.

To find out more about the services we offer in this area please contact:

Cash Tax Planning

René Röthlisberger

+41 58 286 31 78

Country Tax Advisory

René Röthlisberger

+41 58 286 31 78

Cross Border Advisory

Daniel Gentsch

+41 58 286 36 13

Custom and International Trade (Zurich)

Barbara Henzen

+41 58 286 62 14

Custom and International Trade (Geneva)

Susanne Gantenbein

+41 58 286 57 92

Global Compliance and Reporting

Thomas Lüthi

+41 58 286 30 41

Global Mobility

Kevin Cornelius

+41 58 286 56 78

Performance and Reward

Kevin Cornelius

+41 58 286 56 78

Personal Taxes

Michael Hildebrandt

+41 58 286 52 45

Tax Accounting

René Röthlisberger

+41 58 286 31 78

Tax Performance Advisory

René Röthlisberger

+41 58 286 31 78

Tax Policy and Controversy

Walo Stählin

+41 58 286 64 91

Transaction Taxes

Dr. Georg Lutz

+41 58 286 44 16

Transfer pricing and tax efficient supply chain management

Stephan Marx

+41 58 286 38 13

Value added tax (Indirect Tax Services)

Philip Robinson

+41 58 286 31 97

Related content

Global trade management: adapting to polycentric markets

This new report summarizes the findings and identifies leading practices from the 2011 Ernst & Young LLP Customs and International Trade Symposium.

TradeWatch, September 2011

The latest issue of TradeWatch, our global customs and international trade publication, takes an in-depth look at the World Customs Organization (WCO) Harmonized System Committee (HSC) amendments to the international Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (HS).

Contact us

Zurich:

Barbara Henzen 
Custom and International Trade Leader Switzerland
+41 58 286 62 14

Geneva:

Susanne Gantenbein 
Custom and International Trade
+41 58 286 57 92

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