All Customs bonds are NOT created equal! Following are some key advantages you will gain by allowing Roanoke Trade to service your Customs bond program:

FastBond™ Online
Flexible Electronic Reporting Options
Management Alert reports
Comprehensive Reference Materials and Computer Forms
Dedicated Personnel and Decades of Industry Involvement

FastBond™ can do more than eliminate repeat data entry and produce laser printed bonds as approved by U.S. Customs.

• Email Continuous Bond Packages to the CBP Revenue Division
  Including a cover letter, bond front/back, co-principal addendum, letter of application and 5106 form, FastBond™ allows you to save, print or email a complete bond package for processing.
   
Access & Manage Previously Created Bonds
A real-time bond history of previously issued bonds allows you to easily edit, re-print, cancel or view bond invoices. Advanced bond searching capabilities allow you to query manual bonds which were issued outside of the system. 
 
• Protect Your Issuing Authority & Minimize E&O Exposure
  The system automatically keeps users within your company’s underwriting authority. Bond limits are automatically built into your rate schedule so warning notifications can prompt users to obtain prior approval before issuing high-value bonds.
   
• Add Sales Finesse Through Online Technology

FastBond™ is an online application and it can be used from virtually any remote location (i.e. multiple offices locations, client-site meetings, etc.). Impress your clients by providing same-day delivery of PDF documents (via email) of bond packages to almost anywhere.
 
• Effortless Upgrades
  Hassles with software installations, worries about changes in documentations or procedures disappear with the use of FastBond™  Online. Upgrades occur seamlessly and appear the next time you log in.

To schedule a live demonstration, please call 1-800-ROANOKE or email us at fastbond@roanoketrade.com.  

We recommend FastBond™ for its high quality bond output, fill-able forms, resourceful reference materials, report generation capabilities, and ease of electronic reporting. However, if you will not be using FastBond™ for its bond issuance and management features, we may alternatively accommodate electronic reporting via file transfer from your ABI system or by downloading your Customs Bond data from the surety. If you would like to learn more about these reporting options, ask your Roanoke Trade account representative for details, or contact us now online.

As an added value, Roanoke Trade can provide concise listings of your company's entries nationwide with our Management Alert Reports. These reports can provide valuable information on U.S. Customs activity—such as dates of entry and liquidation, entries with increased duty bills, entries assessed with fines, penalties or liquidated damages and entries that remain unliquidated, extended or suspended. Management Alert reports will help you supervise the progress of increased duty bills and/or penalty cases from beginning to end. They will also help you stay on top of mandatory protest or petition filing dates.

Knowing the status of your goods throughout the Customs clearance process can give you the information you need to prevent or try to resolve fines, penalties and/or increased duty bills—and the savings to your company over time could be substantial!

Providing this data in electronic spreadsheet files typically offers our clients the greatest flexibility. However, the amount of information, and the format in which you receive it, can be structured in various formats depending on your needs. For further details, consult the Management Alert Reference Guide in the Added Services section of your Roanoke Trade Bond Manual (accessible from the Help section of FastBond as well as in Client Support.) Or contact us to obtain more information.

Work smarter and save valuable time with our automated client tools. Companies who use Roanoke Trade’s Customs Bonds receive access to our online Client Support. From Client Support, you will have access to comprehensive Customs Bond Manuals—complete with U.S. Customs directives, underwriting guidelines, glossaries and even a quiz with answer key (reference CDs are also available for your convenience). You will also gain access to Microsoft® Word and PDF fillable templates for all of your necessary bond rider forms, applications, termination letters and more!

While technology is offering our clients greater efficiencies than ever before, our caring and knowledgeable staff will always be our greatest asset. We strive to make a difference with our friendly and reliable service—and we actively participate and stay informed on Customs, surety and importing issues in an effort to maintain focus on our clients needs and to position ourselves with the most innovative products and services.