Customs API Integration & Compliance for Freight Forwarders & 3PLs — Latin America

Customs API built for freight forwarders & 3pls in Latin America

Belli rebuilt customs API from first principles for freight forwarders & 3pls in Latin America — not as a bolt-on to a legacy core. Customs compliance is increasingly complex. Belli provides direct API integration with customs authorities in 50+ countries. Latin American air cargo is driven by perishable exports, mining equipment, and growing e-commerce.

Operators routing through Lima (LIM) and Bogotá (BOG) — carriers in the class of Avianca Cargo, Azul Cargo — face the same pressure: more volume, tighter slots, and zero tolerance for a load plan that leaves revenue on the ramp. Belli's customs API targets a measurable outcome — 50+ countries automated — and goes live in 10 days for teams operating in Latin America, not 12–18 months.

The operational reality in Latin America

The friction is specific, not generic.

• Booking air cargo across airlines through fragmented portals and email — compounded in Latin America by mining and energy sector equipment cargo
• No single view of shipment status once cargo leaves the warehouse — compounded in Latin America by miami as primary gateway for Latin America-US cargo flows
• Re-keying data between forwarding software and airline EDI

What changes with Belli

Belli replaces that with a single platform tuned for Latin America's requirements:

• Self-service customer portal with live tracking
• Buy/sell rate management with real-time margin visibility
• Automated eAWB and HAWB creation with IATA ONE Record transmission

Before Belli: Manual customs filing creates delays and compliance risks. Each country managed separately. After Belli: Automated filing across 50+ countries from a single system. Zero PLACI compliance failures.

How Belli's Customs API works in Latin America

Under the hood, customs API is engineered to remove the manual steps that slow freight forwarders & 3pls down.

In practice, that means automated hold/release response management, canada PACT and UK PreDICT support, and EU ICS2 full compliance. Belli also covers US ACAS/ACMS integration against Latin America's specific constraints. Every step is auditable, and changes deploy continuously rather than in quarterly batches.

Built for Latin America's requirements

Latin America is not a single market — it is a set of regulators, hubs, and carrier models that punish one-size-fits-all software. Latin American air cargo is driven by perishable exports, mining equipment, and growing e-commerce.

That shows up in the details: currency volatility requiring multi-currency pricing; growing e-commerce driving air freight demand; and perishable cargo dominance requiring cold-chain management. Carriers such as Avianca Cargo, Azul Cargo, Copa Airlines Cargo operate against exactly these conditions.

Going live in 10 days in Latin America

There is no multi-quarter cutover here. Historical AWBs, allotments, and contracts move across without re-keying. Operators train on their own cargo, so day one feels familiar. Post-launch, changes ship continuously rather than waiting for a quarterly release.

The bottom line for Freight Forwarders & 3PLs in Latin America

The bottom line for freight forwarders & 3pls is direct. Every week on legacy software is revenue quietly left on the ramp. 50+ countries automated is the outcome Belli is engineered to deliver. Carriers like Avianca Cargo, Azul Cargo, Copa Airlines Cargo already operate at this standard. The next step is a working demo, not a six-week sales cycle.