An agent is an individual or a firm that serves as the foreign representative of a domestic supplier and assists a business in transporting and/or selling their products abroad.
Customs brokers, freight forwarders and clearing agents are all customs intermediaries that help exporters and importers to declare and move goods internationally. These services include preparation of shipping and export documents, warehousing, booking cargo space, negotiating freight charges and freight consolidation.
For further information, please refer to the Agents and Intermediaries Guide.