The Certificate You Did Not Know You Needed
Regulatory Compliance Support
Duty is not the only thing standing between cargo and release. Depending on what the goods are, an authority approval, a product certificate or a permit may be required before customs will clear them at all - and the time to discover that is before the goods ship, not after they land. We check what a consignment needs and help put it in place, alongside the declaration itself.
What Needs Checking
Where Approvals Commonly Apply
The requirement follows the product, not the shipper, so it changes with what you are importing.
- Food and consumable products
- Cosmetics and personal care
- Electrical and electronic goods
- Medical and healthcare products
- Chemicals and hazardous materials
- Goods subject to standards or conformity rules
Importing Regulated Goods?
Tell us what the product is before you ship it
Check My Requirements Call +971 4 239 7107Finding Out Early Enough
The same missing certificate costs nothing before shipment and a great deal after arrival.
Before you order
Establishing what a product needs at the sourcing stage can change which supplier you use, or whether the item is worth importing at all.
Before it ships
Most approvals need documents from the manufacturer. Getting them while the supplier is still motivated is much easier than afterwards, and it lets the classification be settled at the same time.
After it lands
The goods are now accruing charges while you obtain a certificate that may take weeks. This is the expensive version.
At inspection
A regulated consignment checked against approvals it does not have is the worst case. See inspection coordination.
What We Do
Practical Support
The aim is that nothing about the regulatory position is discovered late.
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Identify the requirement
Establishing what approvals the specific goods need, based on what they actually are rather than what they are called.
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Assemble the documents
Working out what the manufacturer has to provide and making sure it arrives in a usable form.
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Align it with the entry
Approvals referenced correctly on the declaration, so the two do not contradict each other.
Why Cannata
Checked Before the Cargo Moves
A broker who only sees your shipment on arrival cannot warn you about anything.
Checked at booking
The regulatory position is raised when the shipment is planned, not when it is stuck.
Somewhere to wait
If an approval is genuinely outstanding, goods can sit in our own warehouse rather than at the terminal.
One file
Compliance, classification and the declaration are handled together, so they agree with each other.
Rate Request
Get a price for this shipment
Give us the route and the cargo and we will come back with a rate, usually within one working day.
Our FAQs
Frequently Asked Questions
What importers ask about approvals and permits.
