Failure to apply for FMC qualification will directly affect the following specific business:
1. Cargo transportation and bill of lading issuance
Can not legally transport goods: no FMC qualification companies can not legally engage in the U.S. NVOCC business, its goods may be detained by the U.S. Customs or related agencies, resulting in transportation interruptions, adding additional logistics costs and time to solve the problem of detained goods.
Unable to issue bill of lading: Unable to issue a legally valid bill of lading for the shipper. This will affect the transfer of ownership of the goods and the division of responsibility in the transportation process, and may also lead to customers not being able to pick up the goods smoothly at the port of destination, which in turn affects customer satisfaction and the credibility of the enterprise.
2.Cooperation with Shipowners and Forwarders
Obstructed cooperation: Cannot directly carry out business with shipowners and U.S. freight forwarders, and must pass through intermediate links such as shipping agency or generation. This will increase the communication cost and business complexity, limiting the space for business expansion, and it is difficult to get the first-hand space resources and preferential tariffs from shipowners.
Difficult to get advantageous resources: without FMC qualification, the enterprise can't directly inquire and bargain with shipowners, and can only accept the price and space arrangement provided by intermediaries, and can't flexibly adjust the tariff strategy according to the market changes, and is at a disadvantage in the market competition.
3. Tariff filing and declaration
Unable to declare independently: unable to declare AMS (American Manifest System)/ISF (Importer Security Filing) independently, can only rely on the shipowner or the first-class forwarder to complete, which will increase the cost of declaration ($25-40 per article), and can not guarantee the timeliness and accuracy of the declaration, which may lead to delays in customs clearance of the goods.
Unable to file tariffs: Cannot directly register and manage tariffs in FMC's tariff filing system, which can't ensure the transparency and compliance of tariffs, and may also face competitors' low price competition and can't effectively respond to it.
4. Unable to provide 24-hour declaration service: Unable to have a 24-hour declaration service system to submit declaration information such as AMS/ISF, the cargo declaration and clearance status and cargo information are not timely and flexible enough, and the declaration time cannot be reasonably arranged according to the actual situation of the cargo, which may easily lead to problems such as delayed cargo and reduce customer satisfaction.