Deep-dive guides on international freight, customs clearance, trade lanes and import processes — written by SIMBA-LOG experts with 13+ years of hands-on experience moving cargo worldwide.
Full breakdown of Chinese export ports, transit times, how LCL and FCL pricing is structured, the types of local charges at Ashdod, customs clearance process, and the common mistakes first-time importers make.
Read the guide →The 2025 EU-alignment reform replaced per-product registration with a notification regime — CPNP record, Product Information File, Israeli Responsible Person, EU Regulation 1223/2009 annexes for substances, and Hebrew labelling.
Read the guide →Ministry of Health Food Service regulation, the 2025 EU-equivalence reform for standard packaged food, the five food categories, Hebrew labelling with red-stamp warnings, shelf-life rules, cold chain, and kashrut as a commercial reality.
Read the guide →The 1 January 2025 cross-ministry reform that accepts EU-directive compliance as basis for import into Israel — covering standardisation, food, and cosmetics. What changed, what didn't, and how importers use the three routes.
Read the guide →The 1 July 2024 reform that lets importers in Groups 2 and 3 release cargo using exemption codes 60–64 in Sha'ar Olami without a pre-submitted lab approval — what changed, who's covered, and where responsibility now sits.
Read the guide →Three tax layers stacked, how Incoterms change the tax base, Israel's 48 trade agreements, Pan-Euro-Med and EUR.MED, the Bank of Israel customs exchange rate — everything that shapes your real landed cost.
Read the guide →Freight vs Courier, the two dimensional-factor formulas (1:6 and 1:5), chargeable weight, Air Waybill (Master and House), IATA DGR for lithium batteries and DG, perishables, CEIV Pharma, and global cargo hubs.
Read the guide →How ocean freight is actually priced — container types (20DV, 40HC, RF, OT, FR), BOX RATE vs W/M, carrier surcharges (BAF, LSS, WRP, PSS), free time, demurrage, Bills of Lading and global alliances.
Read the guide →ICC Clauses A/B/C, specific vs open-cover policies, General Average (and why it matters), mandatory cover under CIF/CIP, and the step-by-step claim process — everything a shipper needs before loading.
Read the guide →The 4 import groups, the Kasis international-standards route, the Free Import Order 1979, exemption codes 60–64 introduced in the 'Don't Stop at Port' reform, and restricted origins — everything needed before booking.
Read the guide →All 11 Incoterms in 4 groups (E, F, C, D), the FOB-vs-FCA distinction every importer gets wrong, and why CIF/CIP are dangerous traps that look cheap on paper.
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