Frictionless customs clearance & compliance.
Streamline releases, reduce duties, and avoid fines with Argents. With nearly 50 years of licensed brokerage experience, we deliver accurate customs clearance across classification, valuation, and admissibility.
Quick consult with a customs specialist — accelerate releases and stay compliant.
Proven results in
customs & compliance.
Avg release time
Classification accuracy
Customs hold rate
One team.
One standard.
With decades of logistics expertise, Argents combines strategic insight, proactive planning, and clear communication to deliver faster, more cost-effective global shipping – without surprises.
Proactive Risk Mitigation
We stay ahead of regulatory changes, port conditions, and capacity shifts, and stage documents before departure. Entries move cleanly because our customs brokerage team prepares complete files and manages exceptions early.
Duty & Cost Optimization
Programs are built on correct classification and customs valuation. We pursue binding rulings when needed, align terms and data, and design flows that legitimately lower landed cost.
Transparent Communication
Real-time milestones, shareable links, and on-demand documents keep everyone informed. Receipts, photos, and POD live with each shipment file in our WMS.
End-to-End Integration
One team owns freight, customs, and delivery under a single standard. EDI to retailers and API to carts connect your channels to our warehouses for fewer handoffs and predictable outcomes.
Classification & valuation.
During onboarding, Argents reviews past transactions, confirms compliance, and flags risk. This groundwork accelerates import customs clearance and sets the right path for entries. Our team is licensed and applies brokerage discipline, so decisions are predictable, not reactive.
Classification
More than only "what it is."
More than only “what it is.” Classifying merchandise requires technical specs, end-use context, and awareness of marking, antidumping, trade-remedy, or PGA release exposure. As your customs broker, we map SKUs to HS codes, pursue binding rulings when appropriate, and document the rationale so files stand up to review.
Valuation
Pay duty on the lowest, legitimately entered value.
Pay duty on the lowest, legitimately entered value. Once classification is set, we select the correct method – transaction, computed, or first sale where supported. We align terms and commercial data up front, maintain evidence in the file, and help reduce landed cost without compromising compliance.
Admissibility: what can
enter U.S. commerce.
CBP and multiple federal agencies decide what may enter U.S. commerce to protect agriculture and consumers and to block counterfeits and goods made with forced labor. Argents prepares files right before departure, so releases are faster and predictable.
We coordinate with CEEs and the relevant PGAs, stage accurate commercial data, and document supplier attestations. Our customs brokerage services align classification, valuation, and admissibility in one workflow, from origin handoff to final mile.
Lacey act TSCA shipments.
Shipping commodities that need some extra love? At Argents, we specialize in customs clearance for shipments regulated under both the Lacey Act and the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Our compliance experts ensure that all required filings, declarations, and certifications are completed accurately and on time.
We manage communication with U.S. Customs, the EPA, and other regulatory agencies to prevent delays and keep your cargo moving. Whether your goods include plant-based materials or chemical substances, Argents ensures full regulatory compliance and smooth import clearance.
Lacey Act
Importing Wood or Plant based products?
At Argents, we handle all aspects of customs clearance for shipments regulated under the Lacey Act, ensuring full compliance with U.S. import laws for wood and plant-based products. Our team manages the documentation and filing process end-to-end, minimizing delays and keeping your cargo moving smoothly through customs.
TSCA Shipments
Chemical Supply Chain?
Argents provides complete customs clearance services for TSCA-regulated shipments, ensuring compliance with all EPA chemical import requirements. Our experts manage documentation, certifications, and communication with regulatory agencies so your goods clear customs efficiently and without delays.
Your trusted
customs specialist.
Liz Deaton
Argents’ Director of Import Operations
Liz Deaton has led import operations at Argents since 2003, with an additional decade of industry experience before that. She blends practical air and ocean know-how with deep regulatory insight, keeping cargo moving while files stay audit-ready. Her guidance to new importers is simple: build and implement a compliance plan early – don’t wait for CBP to flag a deficiency. The time and cost of remediation will outweigh the savings of delaying.
Easy customs
compliance.
From intake to audit support, Argents runs a transparent, disciplined process that protects timelines and landed cost. As your customs clearance company, we align data, documents, and decisions so entries move cleanly – every time.
Data Intake
HS Review
Entry Filing
Post-Entry
Optimization
Connected to our community.
Advocating for you.
Mark Cooper
Southwest Research Institute
“Are you looking for a freight forwarding company to handle your import and export shipping needs? Then, I would HIGHLY recommend ARGENTS! This company has made my shipments, or delivered, with no headaches. No shipment is too small or big for them to handle. I would not trade Argents for any other freight forwarder out there. They are part of my team. Their e-commerce order fulfillment has been seamless for our projects.”
Hilda Treviño-Chenevert
Director, Trade Compliance, Nutrabolt
“I have worked with Argents for 10+ years, and they have consistently delivered outstanding freight forwarding services for our international shipments, along with warehousing operations and storage in the USA. Their attention to detail, proactive communication, and ability to navigate complex circumstances have made them an invaluable partner to our supply chain operations.”
John E. Joyner
President, Blue Phoenix Group
“As a US startup of a Netherlands-based parent company, Inashco North America, Inc. has relied on Argents for a broad spectrum of services, including the international shipment of millions of dollars of equipment from Europe; transport from the port to project sites; and arranging of cranes for installation. Their product fulfillment services integrate smoothly with our shipping and installation timelines.”
Richard Temples
Martin Patrick Evan
"Argents Express Group is 'Top of the Heap' when it comes to Global Logistics. MPE can always count on Argents and our fearless rep Janee Ruffin to get our product where it needs to be and when it needs to be there. Even when the request seems like it can't be done, they always come through! Thank you Janee & Argents Express!"
Cecilia Martinez
International Sales Manager, Performance Health
"During the past fifteen years, our operations have worked directly with several members of the Argents team on numerous transportation projects. The company offers top-notch quality, service and rates. Across the board, we are always pleased with their work."
Barbara Saboe
Scent Air
"As a global company we work with a variety of different carriers from around the world. When looking for a good carrier you want one that is well connected in all of your target markets, one that is knowledgeable, and one that genuinely is interested in helping you further your business. I have found all of those things with Argents."
Rick Solis
Farren International LLC
"Luckily, I met with one of the partners at Argents, and admired their business model. For the past eight years, I have worked hand in hand with the Argents Express group on some very interesting, cumbersome, and very important projects. No matter what I throw at them, they do it the right way, right on time, every time."
Matthew Palmer
Videray Technologies Inc.
"Working with Argents feels like working with an extended branch of our own company. Adam, Will, Liz, Marc, and the rest of the team are always a pleasure to collaborate with, and we look forward to growing alongside Argents for many years to come!"
Frequently
asked questions.
Get quick answers to common questions about our logistics services, capabilities, and how we help streamline your supply chain so you can ship smarter and faster with confidence.
What industries does Argents specialize in?
Argents supports brands across retail, consumer electronics, health & beauty, and DTC marketplaces (including FBA/FBM models). Programs are tailored by channel – B2B, DTC, subscriptions – with compliance, inventory visibility, and retail EDI built in.
Can Argents handle international shipments?
Yes. Argents pairs forwarding and licensed brokerage to manage air and ocean moves door-to-door. We align classification, valuation, and admissibility up front, work with CEEs and PGAs where required, and coordinate handoffs to the final mile for predictable arrivals.
How does Argents ensure real-time shipment visibility?
WMS and tracking connect your channels via API/EDI. You get live milestones, shareable links, and on-demand documents – photos, receipts, and POD – in one place. The result is clear status from pickup to the final mile.
What makes Argents different from other logistics providers?
Owned and operated facilities – no middlemen – plus a single accountable team across forwarding, brokerage, and fulfillment. Nearly 50 years of customs and forwarding roots, deep integrations (EDI to retailers, API to carts), and proven execution for specialized moves, including project cargo logistics – setting higher standards for speed, control, and compliance.
Shipment tracking &
warehouse management.
Never wonder – know. Argents connects WMS and tracking to your sales channels with API/EDI. Milestones, inventory, and documents stay in one place from receiving to the final mile. Photos, receipts, and POD are stored with each shipment for on-demand clarity.
Stay ahead of exceptions with live updates and shareable links for your team and customers. Need to combine flows? Our freight consolidation services keep orders visible as they move, reducing cost without losing control.