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UPS to offer customs clearance programs

Jan. 31, 2003

Express carrier United Parcel Service is stepping up its efforts to win more cross-border shipment business with a new customs clearance program. UPS said its new World Ease service combines the speed and tracking of express delivery with a consolidated customs clearance program, allowing shippers to send multiple packages to many destinations in the same country as one consolidated shipment. This

Sean Kilcarr

Express carrier United Parcel Service is stepping up its efforts to win more cross-border shipment business with a new customs clearance program.

UPS said its new World Ease service combines the speed and tracking of express delivery with a consolidated customs clearance program, allowing shippers to send multiple packages to many destinations in the same country as one consolidated shipment.

This allows goods to move directly through customs as a single unit, reducing the need for warehousing, inventory and shipping, said UPS.

The service is available to 61 countries, the company added.

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