- Julio Rodriguez US Customs Broker
- Fort Lauderdale
A licensed customs broker for Fort Lauderdale freight
Fort Lauderdale is the Florida market most often treated as an afterthought to Miami, and for an importer that is a costly habit. Broward County has two ports of entry of its own, Port Everglades and Fort Lauderdale International Airport, each with its own CBP port code. Freight arriving here is not Miami freight, and it should not be filed as though it were.
Two ports of entry in one county, and they are not interchangeable
Port Everglades files under CBP port code 5203. Fort Lauderdale International Airport files under 5210. They are minutes apart on the map and separate on every entry you will ever file.
An importer bringing goods into Broward by both ocean and air is filing under two port codes, in one county, in one CBP district. If your records show a single code for everything arriving in Fort Lauderdale, something is being filed against the wrong port, and that is the sort of quiet inconsistency that invites a question years later.
Port Everglades is not a smaller PortMiami
It is the fifteenth busiest container port in the country in its own right, about twenty five miles up the coast from PortMiami, working with ten terminal operators alongside one of the largest petroleum trades in the United States.
The practical difference for you is that your carrier decides which of the two South Florida seaports your container lands at, and the same goods from the same supplier can arrive at either depending on the service booked. We ask which port before anything else, because the answer changes the port code, the terminal, the trucker and the free time you are working against.
What a Broward importer actually needs from a broker
Someone who files at both 5203 and 5210 regularly rather than someone with an address nearby. Under the national permit a licensed customs broker conducts customs business in any district and entries move through ACE, so proximity buys you nothing that competence does not.
What it does buy, if your broker also works Miami, is one file when your freight moves between the two markets. A great deal of Broward cargo is trucked to or from Miami-Dade warehousing, and a broker who treats those as two relationships makes that your problem.
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Licensed customs brokers since 2007, filer code EWV. We file your refund under our own license: IEEPA claims through CAPE, protests, post-summary corrections and duty drawback. Priced per entry and quoted before you commit, with no percentage of your refund.
Services
- Tariff Refunds
- Customs Clearance
- Duty Drawback
- ISF Filing
- Customs Bonds
- Customs Exams
- In-Bond and Bonded Moves
- HTS Classification
- Trade Agreements
- PR Excise Tax and SURI
- AES Export Filing
- APHIS Permits
- Warehousing and Distribution
- Freight Forwarding Arrangements
- Binding Rulings
- Duty Payment
- Government Agency Filings
- Compliance and Recordkeeping
FAQ
What is the CBP port code for Fort Lauderdale?
There are two, because Broward has two ports of entry. Port Everglades is 5203 and Fort Lauderdale International Airport is 5210. Your entry names whichever one your goods actually arrived at.
Is Fort Lauderdale freight the same as Miami freight?
Not on the paperwork. PortMiami is 5201 and Miami International Airport is 5206, and Broward's two ports are 5203 and 5210. Four separate ports of entry across two counties, and an entry names one of them.
Do you have an office in Fort Lauderdale?
No. Our offices are Cataño and Orlando, and under the national permit a licensed broker files in any US district through ACE. We file at Port Everglades and at Fort Lauderdale International regularly, under filer code EWV.
My container was routed to Port Everglades instead of PortMiami. What changes?
The port code on the entry, the terminal your trucker collects from, and the free time you are working against. What does not change is who files it: we file at both every week under the same filer code.
Can you work in Spanish?
Yes, and in English. Both languages, on the phone and on the file, which in this market is not a courtesy but a requirement.
Which of Broward's two ports is it?
Port Everglades and Fort Lauderdale International are separate ports of entry with separate codes. Send the bill of lading or the airway bill and we will confirm which one you are on and what the entry needs.
CTPAT certified broker · EWV