Hendrik “Henk” Alma

Europe has also its fair share.

But yeah, customers have become now more demanding as it becomes in regards to classification of goods, the traceability of origins.

We have to provide information all the way, and it needs to be traceable, right?

To mill certificates in very specific detail.

Now that's not easy.

We fabricate all over the world.

in various shops.

And those shops, they source also from various origins.

So that is quite a challenge.

We worked on that actually.

Gradually, we hired an extra ECC officer for that to assist.

We also added an ECC external advising bureau for this one because obviously we are not a big multinational.

We are NEM 250 FTEs operating worldwide, strong focus on America.

So we have to deal with all these complicated effects and keep monitoring the developments.

But I think all in all, it's still a challenge, but we will be okay on that one.

Yeah, but I don't think the shipping lines or the forwarders will be affected with our obligations toward our customers because that is for custom clearance purposes.

Once you arrive with your ship, you will unload and customer have fun with your custom clearance and all your onshore.

It may have effect on onshore activities where delays could occur.

So what you see now is that

In the past, more and more in the US, you could be red flagged upon arrival of a container in a port of import or orange flagged.