Warehousing and Distribution
Our warehousing and distribution service is a very important link in the logistics chain.
This is the point in which you define where, under what conditions and for how long, you need your cargo to be received, stored and distributed before or after import or export.
There are two main types of storage for shipments in transit.
Going far, staying close.
Our Services
Fiscal Storage
It’s the storage of products of foreign origin in warehouses authorized by customs and it’s necessary that they comply with the terms and requirements established by law.
Stored cargo can be partially or fully removed to be imported when convenient.
This type of warehouse is a good option, when merchandise arrives in the country when importing and is not needed immediately.
By transferring the merchandise to this type of warehouse upon arrival of the cargo to the country, the importer is allowed to postpone import taxes and duties incurred at the moment of entry.
This figure allows these taxes to be paid only when it is decided to nationalize the merchandise, that is, at the time of customs clearance.
Additionally, this type of warehousing lets partial imports to be made. It is a great solution to streamline the cash flow of the importer by only paying import taxes as your operation demands it.
The fiscal warehouse can also be used to label merchandise and adapt it to regulations required by the authorities.
There are goods that can’t be kept in the fiscal warehouse, such as: Illicit, explosives, radioactive material, or contaminants, among others.
The merchandise has a period of one year to be used, after that term, it is considered abandoned and the customs administration will be able to do with it as is sees fit.
In this type of warehouse there is a 24-hour custody to guarantee safekeeping of the merchandise.
At SCL we work with fiscal warehouses in the main cities, ports and airports in the countries where we operate.
General Storage
They are warehouses prepared to receive cargo and store it for as long as the owner decides.
Here, the cargo is stored and in optimal conservation, offering the importer or exporter the space they require for their accommodation without having to get and pay for rent of a warehouse or have their own.
Almost all types of merchandise can be stored and this offers agility to the storage needs of each client by only paying for the space occupied each month.
The fact of being charged for this used space, rented every month, allows you to manage your possible “storage peaks”, given you only pay for this storage capacity when you require it.
We offer the service of warehouses specialized in the handling of merchandise, preparation of orders and additional services:
- Harvest. We collect your merchandise and prepare it for export.
- Kitting packaging and labeling. Kitting refers to the preparation of kits or groupings of products prior to their delivery. You tell us how we should prepare your products and orders to be delivered.
- Cross Dock. This refers to the use of a physical space or warehouse short-term to make a change of transport mode. For example: When the merchandise is collected in a truck tractor with a 53-foot box and in the warehouse we shovel it into an Ocean container.
- Distribution. We take care of its distribution according to your needs. There can be deliveries from the size fitting of a motorcycle to a 53-foot truck.