Phlo systems offers a solution to help manage customs requirements from and to the UK or the Netherlands via TradePhlo, an AI-driven platform for self-declaration or managed declaration. I had never seen a customs solution and so I wondered what it was and how it worked. To find out, I talked with Neil Morrow, Account Director for tradePhlo over at Phlo Systems about the problem and its’ solution. “The solution was built to assist businesses that needed to manage HMRC requirements in the UK originally and has now been extended to include Netherlands customs as well,” Neil told me. It is currently used by hundreds of companies, including channel partners, bringing commodities and products into the UK including traders, brokers, and others moving goods in and out of the UK. Indeed, as Neil said, Phlo acts as a broker in this regard as well and can offer operational outsourcing for a client for multiple ports around the UK. Recently, it has been extended to cater for Netherlands customs as well. “This is also starting to gain traction and build trust in that market,” Neil said. According to Phlo’s website, tradePhlo is ‘a cloud-based platform designed to simplify international customs clearance… continue reading