--- title: Blog description: Stay up to date on EU customs laws, UK customs regulations, and changes to worldwide customs procedures, posted regularly by customs and legal experts. image: https://www.portorium.solutions/hubfs/portorium%20banner%20Map.png --- [![](https://www.portorium.solutions/hs-fs/hubfs/Logo-blue-3.png?width=9300&height=2650&name=Logo-blue-3.png)](https://www.portorium.be) - [Blog](https://www.portorium.solutions/blog) [![Logo-blue-2](https://www.portorium.solutions/hs-fs/hubfs/Logo-blue-2.png?width=300&height=85&name=Logo-blue-2.png "Logo-blue-2")](https://www.portorium.be) [![Logo-blue-2](https://www.portorium.solutions/hs-fs/hubfs/Logo-blue-2.png?width=300&height=85&name=Logo-blue-2.png "Logo-blue-2")](https://www.portorium.be) - [Blog](https://www.portorium.solutions/blog) ## Customs Corner: Navigating Global Trade Stay up to date on EU customs laws, UK customs regulations, and changes to worldwide customs procedures, posted regularly by customs and legal experts.    ## [Q2 2024 Free Trade Agreement Updates for the EU](https://www.portorium.solutions/blog/q2-2024-free-trade-agreement-updates-for-the-eu) With elections taking place in the EU, UK, India, and Indonesia in Q2, there was not much progress on the FTA front. The most notable event was the entry into force of the EU-New Zealand FTA, which will have a significant impact on EU traders. In this blog, we cover those implications along with updates on Q2 negotiation rounds in the Indo-Pacific region. ## [The rise of sanctioned parties and sanction regimes, an ever-growing importance for trade compliance](https://www.portorium.solutions/blog/the-rise-of-sanctioned-parties-and-sanction-regimes-an-ever-growing-importance-for-trade-compliance) Trade compliance is a topic that has been around for quite a while now and, while it has always... ## [4 Challenges of Claiming Preferential Origin and How Customs Software Overcomes Them](https://www.portorium.solutions/blog/4-challenges-of-claiming-preferential-origin-and-how-customs-software-overcomes-them) When there is a free trade agreement (FTA) between countries, the parties who have signed the... ## [Exporters can now be fined for proof of origin errors](https://www.portorium.solutions/blog/penalties-for-mistakes-in-proofs-of-origin) In February 2024, UK Parliament passed the [Customs (Preferential Trade Arrangements: Error in...](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/166/made) ## [Q1 2024 EU & UK Free Trade Agreements: Key Negotiations and Developments](https://www.portorium.solutions/blog/q1-2024-review-eu-and-uk-free-trade-agreement-activity) ## [Unveiling the New EU Customs Ruling: Binding Valuation Information (BVI)](https://www.portorium.solutions/blog/the-final-touch-binding-valuation-information-completes-the-foundations-of-advanced-rulings) In addition to the [Binding Origin Information](https://trade.ec.europa.eu/access-to-markets/en/content/binding-origin-information-2#:~:text=Binding%20Origin%20Information%20(BOI)%20relates,from%20the%20date%20of%20issue.) (BOI) and [Binding Tariff Information](https://trade.ec.europa.eu/access-to-markets/en/content/binding-tariff-information-1) (BTI) advanced... ## [Unlocking Trade Opportunities: Benefits of Modernised PEM Rules of Origin](https://www.portorium.solutions/blog/benefits-of-modernised-pem-rules-of-origin) Last December, the European Commission [announced](https://taxation-customs.ec.europa.eu/news/pan-euro-mediterranean-pem-countries-agreed-unlock-full-potential-trade-region-2023-12-07_en#:~:text=The%20rules%20of%20origin%20will,more%20flexible%20and%20business%2Dfriendly.) that the Pan-Euro-Mediterranean (PEM) Joint... ## [Q4 2023 Free Trade Agreements Review: EU and UK Updates](https://www.portorium.solutions/blog/free-trade-agreements-quarterly-update-q4-2024-a-busy-end-of-year) As we wrap up the year, we had a lookback at what has happened on the preferential origin and free... ## [MASP-C Part 3: The Inbound Release Platform, Streamlining Processes at the Port of Antwerp-Bruges](https://www.portorium.solutions/blog/masp-c-part-3-the-inbound-release-platform-is-the-way-forward-to-further-digitalise-the-port-of-antwerp-bruges) Continuing on our previous blog post about the [Certified Pick up (CPU)platform](https://www.portorium.solutions/blog/masp-c-part-2-certified-pick-up-platform) and the further... ## [MASP-C Part 2: Modernising Port Operations - The Certified Pick up Platform](https://www.portorium.solutions/blog/masp-c-part-2-certified-pick-up-platform) In our [previous post](https://www.portorium.solutions/blog/masp-c-the-steps-and-delays-toward-electronic-customs-part-1), we talked about the history of the MASP-C journey toward electronic customs... 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