The following are the approved freight forwarders for Essen:

IET - International Exhibits Transport
444 Madison Avenue, 37th Floor
New York, NY 10022
Tel: 212-980-7010 x-23
Fax: 212-751-8283
Contact: Elizabeth Vega
Website: www.ietweb.com
e-mail: evega@ietweb.com

TWI Group
145-43 226th Street
Springfield Gardens, NY  11413
Tel: 718-712-6300
Fax: 718-712-6053
Contact: Tommy McDonald
Website: www.twiglobal.com
e-mail:tmcdonald@twiglobal.com

Schenkers

150 Albany Avenue

Freeport, NY  11520

Tel: 516-377-3140

Fax: 516-377-3111

Contact: Joseph Picone

Website: www.schenkers.com

Email: joseph.picone@schenkersusa.com

Please ship your products to the following freight forwarder in Essen:

Schenker Deutschland AG

(Show name, Company name, Hall & Booth #)
Messehaus Mitte
Norbertstrasse 56

D-45131 Essen
Tel: 011 49 201-4373644 / 4367997
Fax: 011 49 201-4367998
Contact: Udo Beyer
Email: fairs.essen@schenker.com

Please make sure that you always indicate the following items on the label:

• Name of the show
• Your company's name
• Hall number
• Booth number

In order to obtain duty-free temporary admission of certain goods into the countries that are signatories to the ATA Convention, an Exporter/Exhibitor may use a standardized international custom document Carnet. According to the ATA convention, commercial and professional travelers may take commercial samples, tools of the trade, advertising material and cinematographic, audio-visual, medical, scientific, or other professional equipment into member countries temporarily without paying customs duties and taxes, or posting a bond at the border of each country to be visited.

The Carnets generally are valid for 12 months and have the following benefits:

1. Eliminates value-added-taxes (VAT), duties, and the posting of security normally required at the time of importation;
2. Simplifying customs procedures, Carnets allow a temporary exporter to use a single document for all customs transactions, make arrangements in advance and do so at a predetermined cost;
3. Facilitates reentry into the US by eliminating the need to register goods with US Customs at the time of departure.

For further information, contact your freight forwarder.