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Air freight forwarders-A freight forwarder, forwarder, or forwarding agent, also known as a non-vessel

operating common carrier (NVOCC), is a person or company that organizes shipments for individuals
or corporations to get goods from the manufacturer or producer to a market, customer or final point
of distribution.[1] Forwarders contract with a carrier or often multiple ...

charter flight- a flight by an aircraft chartered for a specific trip, not part of an airline's regular
schedule.

Consignment-a batch of goods destined for or delivered to someone:

Consign-deliver (something) to a person's custody, typically in order for it to be sold:

Consolidation-the action or process of combining a number of things into a single more effective or
coherent whole:

Container-an object that can be used to hold or transport something:

custom clearance- The documented permission to pass that a national customs authority grants to imported goods
so that they can enter the country or to exported goods so that they can leave the country. The custom clearance is
typically given to a shipping agent to prove that all applicable customs duties have been paid and the shipment has
been approved.

customs entry- Declaration of information on imported or exported goods, prepared by a customs broker on a
prescribed form called entry Form or duty entry Form, and submitted to the customs. It states the customs
classification number, country of origin, description, quantity, and CIF value of the goods, and the estimated amount
of duty to be paid. If upon examination by a customs officer the entry is verified as a correct or 'perfect entry,' the
goods in question are released (on payment of duty and other charges, if any) to the importer, or are allowed to be
exported. Main types of entry are: (1) Consumption entry: for goods to be offered for sale (consumption) in the
importing country, (2) Formal entry: that is required to be covered by an entry bond because its aggregate value
exceeds a certain amount, (3) Informal entry: that is not required to be covered under an entry bond because its
value is less than a certain amount, (4) In-transit entry: for the movement of goods from the port of unloading to the
port of destination under a Customs bond, (5) Mail entry: for goods entering through post office or courier service
and below a certain value, (6) Personal baggage entry: for goods brought imported as personal baggage, (7)
Transportation and exportation entry: for goods passing through a country enroute to another country, and (8)
Warehouse entry: for the goods stored in a bonded warehouse.

unit load device (ULD)- Standardized cargo container for air, land, or sea transportation.
Embargo- Official suspension of import and/or export of some specific or all goods, to or from a specific port,
country, or region, for political, health, or labor related reasons, for a specified or indefinite period.

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