JAS Forwarding (Scandinavia) AB is now a certified partner of Swedish Customs Authorities. Sweden, a member of the European Union, has among the best Customs system globally.

Several years ago, the Swedish Custom Authorities decided to start a partnership with Swedish importing and exporting industries, as well as with selected forwarders, to streamline Customs procedures. The goal was to partly outsource customs formalities by implementing quality approved systems, i.e. companies systems worked in conjunction with the requests stipulated by the Swedish customs for imports and export to and from Sweden.

This whole procedure is called "Tulltrappan" (Staircase of Customs) and involves 5 steps.

Since the start of JAS Sweden back in December 2003, the company worked to obtain to become a partner of the Swedish Customs. Thanks to the efforts of JAS Sweden's crew, the first step of Tulltrappan was achieved straight away and electronic declarations for import and export were allowed all over Sweden: no paper documents were needed for each and every delivery.

After the good start, JAS Sweden continued to work to achieve the remaining steps of Tulltrappan and, on December 15.2006 the dream became reality: JAS Sweden reached the third step, and in the process it became a recognized partner of the Swedish Customs. The goal for JAS Sweden, now, is to continue working hand in hand with the Swedish Customs during the years to come to achieve an even higher rank.

The partnership benefits JAS Sweden’s customers and other offices of the JAS Group, reducing the paper flow and granting a significative streamlining of customs procedures.

In the picture: representatives of Swedish Customs Authorities with a smiling JAS Sweden crew. Second from the left is Mr Johan Björklund, Regional MD Scandinavia, then Mrs Irma Wallsten, Ocean Exports Manager, and Mrs Christina Isaksson, Import Specialist.