You will be surprised just how vigorous they can be..
Without wanting to sound like a know it all, but I am errr a know it all when it comes to customs, airfreight, dog lines, decompression units, xray machines, DFT, vat/duty/admin/handling charges.
I also know a lot of consultants and trainers in this field and I can tell you one of the big name players has just had half it's uk organisation shut down and set for a hefty fine. If it's a container then I'm assuming it's sea freight not air freight. The uk is on the highest terror alert in Europe - threat is imminent. So customs are over everything like a rash.
Well, if I pack the container full, both end they cant take out everything and search the whole container, can they?
And what sort of fees are there?