David Spottiswood, co-founder of Hurricane, and Cyril McGrane, Director International Trade at An Post, discuss An Post's experiences in implementing HS codes for inbound and outbound international parcels.
- Why data is king in cross-border e-commerce delivery
- Governments no longer ignore cross-border e-commerce
- Ireland was an early adopter of cross-border data obligations
- How An Post approached changes to security and data, while trying to meet delivery service level obligations
- Working with the regulator, Customs, and global trading partners
- How C2C transactions differ to B2B or B2C international shipments
- Why posts have to help customers in lodging international parcels
- An Post's investment in facilities in Ireland
- Building infrastructure with An Post's retail post office counters
- Handling data before the parcel arrives in Ireland
- Airlines requiring data about shipments before accepting them
- Building systems to support outbound parcels and inbound international parcels
- Postal operators don't want parcels to come back!
- Impact on customer experience
- ICS2
- An Post's international cooperation with other postal operators
- Non-compliance is no longer an option
