Customs Clearance Services across Europe.
Gaston Schul manages your import, export, transit and customs warehousing through one European operating model. Local execution with central accountability.
AEO Authorised
across our markets
Independent
and privately owned
Local teams
across Europe
180+ years
as customs and trade experts
OUR SERVICES
The customs clearance service you need, across Europe.
Four customs clearance services, run through one operating model, across Europe. Choose the declaration your goods need.
Import Declarations
Bringing goods in from abroad? Your import declarations are filed, your duty and import VAT handled, and your data checked before anything reaches customs, so your goods clear into free circulation.
Export Declarations
Sending goods abroad? Your export declarations, origin and preference documents and Export Accompanying Document (EAD) are prepared, and your export controls and sanctions checks cleared before goods leave.
Transit Declarations
Moving goods under customs control? Your T1 and T2 documents are opened and discharged through NCTS, your guarantee arranged, and your open movements monitored through to discharge.
Customs Warehousing
Storing goods under duty and VAT suspension? Your bonded entries, stock records, removals and reconciliations are run for you, for your own or a third-party warehouse.
Gaston Schul is a reliable business partner who will help guide your business through the challenges of dealing with HM Customs legislation and import and export requirements
Tony Wearing
Company Secretary, Mammoet Ferry Transport
MORE THAN DECLARATIONS
Looking for more than declaration filing?
Filing declarations is where customs starts, but a full-service partner does more. If you are managing several brokers, losing margin to hidden costs, or moving into new European markets, the challenge is bigger than a single declaration. Tell us the problem, and we'll point you to the right solution.
WHY ONE MODEL
Customs clearance at European scale.
Customs across Europe is not one job, it is a dozen. And every country has its own rules. Hand that to a different broker in every country and you get a dozen standards, a dozen invoices, and no single view of any of it. In our experience, that fragmentation is where cost quietly leaks and audits begin.
One operating model fixes that: the same checks, one standard, one point of accountability, and one view of every movement. That is the difference between outsourcing customs and controlling it.
HOW TO CHOOSE
What to look for in a customs partner.
Not all customs providers are the same. Before you sign with anyone, here is the standard worth demanding.
- Truly independent. Gaston Schul is privately owned, with no parent company above us and no outside shareholders to satisfy. Your data stays yours, you are never sharing your customs provider with a direct competitor, and what we earn is reinvested in the service rather than paid out elsewhere. The only interest we serve is yours.
- Multi-country coverage under one model. One partner, one standard and one point of accountability, across Europe, not a different broker and a different inbox in each country.
- Data-driven visibility. Up-to-date status, documents and costs in one place, and the data to evidence compliance on demand, not something you have to chase by email.
- Proactive risk mitigation. Errors caught before they reach the border, regulatory change flagged before it affects you, and an audit-ready record kept without you having to ask.
RELATED NEWS
Customs & Trade. Controlled.
Gaston Schul does more than clear your declarations. We connect it all and run it as one. That is what one full-service operating model gives you, across all your customs and trade in Europe: the clarity to see, the control to govern, and the confidence to decide.
GET IN TOUCH
From customs questions to clear answers.
Tell us what you move and where, and an expert will tell you exactly how we'll handle it. No obligation, just a clear answer from someone who knows customs.
Customs Clearance FAQs
Customs clearance: frequently asked questions
Looking for how customs clearance actually works, step by step? Our Trade Intelligence Hub covers the detail - this page keeps to the commercial questions.
Can one partner clear my imports and exports across Europe?
Yes. Gaston Schul clears import, export and transit across the markets we operate, and coordinates wider European flows through our alliance network, all under one operating model. We act as your direct or indirect customs representative throughout, so you deal with one partner, not a different broker in each country.
Is Gaston Schul a customs broker or a full-service customs partner?
Both. We do the operational customs work, the broker execution, and connect it with advisory, technology, reporting and customs control, so your compliance is easier to manage rather than another thing to chase.
Can you replace our current broker network?
Yes. We can act as your sole customs partner across several markets, or coordinate your existing brokers through a central Control Tower model. The right setup depends on your countries, volumes, systems and risk profile. Tell us your flows and we will recommend one.
Do you support logistics service providers?
Yes. We work as a neutral, independent partner to logistics service providers that need reliable customs execution for their own operations and the customers they serve.
Do you provide physical customs warehousing?
We manage the customs administration of warehousing, the bonded entries, stock records, removals and customs controls, for your own or a third-party bonded warehouse. You keep the warehouse; we run the customs side.
Can you help reduce duty, VAT or customs costs?
Often, yes, where available and where your setup allows. We can review classification, origin, valuation, special procedures, duty suspension and VAT deferment to find practical savings, and tell you which apply to your goods.
What customs clearance services does Gaston Schul provide?
Customs clearance for import declarations, export declarations, transit declarations and customs warehousing, connected to advisory, technology, VAT and fiscal representation, excise and special procedures, and Control Tower support where you need it.