I had never imported anything before, so when I needed to have some building materials shipped via ocean from Europe I was very nervous about how this would play out. I found MBC on Yelp and decided to give them a shot and I am beyond thrilled with my decision. Not knowing much about what to expect I was prepared for an expensive and complicated process, but Katie made everything so simple and straightforward. Always available , friendly and easy to communicate with, Katie took care of absolutely everything from A to Z. MBC will definitely become my go-to customs broker and I absolutely recommend them to anyone considering importing goods. read more

Let's just say, John knows his stuff. This importing can be confusing. John was patient and guided me through every step of the process. I have used him multiple times and he will be my go to. I highly recommend him for your go too, also. read more

I was clueless when I ordered some car parts from Europe to the US, and it was being stuck at the port/customs. MBC brokers helped me get it cleared and transported it right at my front door. excellent customer service read more

I was looking for a customs broker to help me import my pet dog from Russia. I reached out to multiple agencies and I am just so happy that I decided to use their services. Both John & Katie were professional and responsive. They provided me with what I needed in 2 days. I would highly recommend their company coz they definitely know what they are doing. Thank you so much for your professionalism and efficiency. Soon we'll be with our pet dog, Yuki. read more

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Katie at MBC brokers helped me immensely. I had gone from never importing a single thing in my life, to picking up my package and happily driving it home. There is such a process involved and a lot of points of contact to insure that the import can occur. Katie went above and beyond making sure everything was in order and kept in close contact with me, and instructed me on anything I had to do on my end. It was truly a learning experience and Katie didn't seem to mind one bit that I was an absolute newbie with zero experience. I strongly recommend MBC brokers and Katie, to anyone that is thinking of importing for the first time. read more

These folks totally messed up a perishable shipment of vaccines for me this week. They told me to meet a certain plane to pick up the shipment, then neglected to track the package and notice that the shipment wasn't on that plane. Nor had they given me a link to track the package myself. As a result I drove for 90 minutes to SFO and then waited around for another 90 minutes as the cargo people tried to figure out what had happened (they were utterly confused). Even worse, I was splitting the shipment with other veterinarians, one of whom drove for 2 1/2 hours (!) from east of Sacramento to pick up the nonexistent shipment. Meanwhile, a friend who had a vaccine shipment scheduled to come in on the same plane was told by her (different) customs broker about the delay long before she would have left for the airport. I did eventually get the package two days later, after another fun afternoon of driving to and from the airport. I had used Katie and John in the past without incident, but now I realize I got lucky the first time. As soon as there was a complication they failed. read more

Thank you Katie for quickly clearing our air shipment of herbal wraps from the Dominican Republic. Your speed of response to everything is amazing! You just gained in us SCM investment LLC another loyal customer! read more

Very manipulative brokerage. I definitely don't recommend their service. Ensure exactly for what you are paying money. I lost about $177 and they ignored to refund. read more

This is our 3rd time using MBC Brokers. Great service and always very professional. I strongly recommend MBC brokers. KING USA SPORTS read more

Awesome service! I needed to import something from the UK and had no idea what to do. Katie was extremely patient, responsive to email questions, and had my back with the final leg of the shipment from the port to my delivery location. I don't know how I would have gotten this done without their help and expertise. read more

I highly recommend MBC Brokers! I recently began importing goods from China for resale here in the US. This morning I was notified that of my shipments was unexpectedly stuck at customs at LAX. Having never experienced this situation before I frantically searched for a customs broker. Im so happy I found MBC Brokers! Katie was very knowledgable about my predicament and so patient with all of my rookie questions. She was able to have my goods cleared within a few hours. What a relief! Five stars for Katie and MBC! read more

Awesome couple! They are super responsive to their emails. My shipment was in and out within a day. Highly recommend !!

MBC called me within 90 seconds of my submitting an urgent email query and helped this newbie to the world of shipping and customs figure out a tricky issue. Extremely accommodating, knowledgeable and kind. I think I have found my personal customs broker for my next shipment! read more

Katie and John was so professional. I was bringing shrink wrap from China, they created a plan with is very helpful to complete custom clearance. As we had a problem with tariff at the end we moved to another broker who was doing this specifically. read more

This company is as easy and as simple as it gets, are you looking to get something cleared, read no further you've come to the right place. The paperwork​ can all be done through email in my case, they are responsive and pricing is beyond fair(in my case). Every item is different of course. What​ more can I say beyond give them a call. You get what you pay for, AND they can even deliver your products to boot. read more

I would not recommend this company for several reasons: -The did not communicate the pricing clearly, they told me their fee and the customs/tax but once the goods arrived the bill was much higher and they had marked up the pallets and added other charges that were not agreed upon in the beginning. -My good were held up from being release because they overnight ed the check instead of sending a wire transfer to the logistics company which ended up costing me more money in storage fees. -They charged me for coordinating the pick up of the good and I ended up doing most of the work -Communication was poor, when asked about overcharges it took them 2 days to respond Lastly their attention to detail was very poor on the shipping releases the shipping company and destination were wrong and i had to request corrections on the documents. read more

John & Katie are one the oldest & most knowledgable in industry I really recommend their service to every one read more

We had bought something from China that was being ported at the Los Angeles Port. To be honest, i had absoluetly no clue how to get my Crate out of the port and or what to do? Thankfully i had the pleasure of dealing with Katie, which went out of her way to explain everything in detail and rested my worries. At the end, i had my Crate out of the dock and delivered right to my door. All of this done with very great communication and step by step directions. She took care of everything and made what looked to be such a headache, a very easy experience. Thanks again Katie, you were awesome. read more

First time ever having to use a broker and Katie was great got my shipment cleared in no time. Happy I found them. Will recommend to all family and friends read more

I'm importing something for the first time and called MBC brokers for guidance on where to start. Other reviews stating how positive their interaction with MBC was and their years in the industry led me to call.Katie was able to help me out and was so polite and happy to guide me in the right direction. I really appreciated this as I am not one of their clients yet. Thanks to her info, I was able to respond quickly to my partner overseas and get started ASAP on getting our items together. Thank you Katie! I look forward to working with MBC soon. read more

We recently shipped a large air freight shipment from Europe to Los Angeles via a well known freight forwarder. We let them broker the shipment, which was a big mistake. Even though the forwarder's brokerage team got the paperwork before the shipment left and it was crystal clear this was a shipment for a company, their brokerage was clueless, insisted on unnecessary paperwork, and sat on the shipment for nearly two weeks. The shipment was close to being put in a GO warehouse which would have cost us a lot of money (and which would have made the forwarder a lot of money!). The weekend before this was going to happen I found MBC brokers on Yelp, called them and left a message. John responded right away, called me up and instantly understood the situation and told me he would be able to get the paperwork done in an hour. I was blown away by John's professionalism and attention to detail and fired our forwarder's broker team and hired John right away. That same weekend John simplified the paperwork for us and filed it with customs and got the shipment immediately cleared. He patiently worked with us through getting the shipment out of the hands of our forwarder on Monday after the weekend, and got it delivered to our door. John is awesome and we'll be working with MBC brokers again! read more

Imported an item for the first time and had a great experience using MBC Brokers. They held my hand from the very beginning as I knew nothing to the very hand. Fair prices and great communication which I really value when working with a new vendor.. would highly recommend! read more

I called atleast 6 customs brokers first before speaking with MBC. Some were on lunch some didn't answer at all and 1 gave a quote via email (which was more expensive than MBC) I was stressed and on a big time crush and had a shipment sitting at lax that I didn't even know was going (CIF) only to port. When I spoke with Katie she was super sweet, understood that I was a newbie and helped me get my shipment the very next day? And very affordable. I 100% recommend them if you ever need a customs broker! Sooo easy to work with! read more

I had a great experience with John from MBC Brokers! As it was my first time importing something, I was overwhelmed with the thought of everything that goes into it, especially since my item was large and expensive. John was SO responsive and answered all of my questions. The process was smooth and I picked up my item with ease! I'll definitely be using them again whenever I have an import. read more

Great company, they KNOW what they are doing and do it 110% perfect. Do not use any other company, they guys are the best!!! read more

BEWARE of fake positive reviews for MCB! Understated quote, failed to disclose all fees, charged excess credit card fees, added fees and new charges. Whoever you go, DO NOT GO with John at MCB. read more

Similar to other comments here, l was in a bind getting a shipment that was being held hostage by a shipping company. By chance l found MBC Brokers and contacted them. Katie responded immediately and had me dialed in within minutes. She knew exactly what needed to happen and got it handled promptly and efficiently. MBC is now "my" broker. Thank you! read more

the only thing i know about getting stuff through customs is, it's a pain in the ass! had a large crate incoming via slow ship from australia - had various furniture, artwork, antiques, what not, with a 4 week estimated arrival time. let me tell you, it really is complicated. it is not nearly as simple as UPS or FedEx providing tracking updates and delivering an oversized box to your door step with home or ground delivery. nope. if it has to go through customs and if it is big, with lots of different items... it's complicated. if you can believe it, there were "department of homeland security" forms where we had to describe not only the incoming items but if i.e. it was made of wood, you had to list the genus of the wood. the what?! i didn't even know what that was. thank you google -- it means like, species origin. not only that, but whoa then there's also this other form, that other form, ISF this and that, you have to prove your taxpayer number because california will later tax you out the wazoo with use tax. and more! then besides these forms, you also have to arrange pickup and transport of your shipment / crate, and once again, it's not as simple as you drive up to the ship unloading area and you throw it in your truck or tie it to your roof! so ugh. all these details and procedures and forms. all this government stuff, in the name of taxes and "security". i get it, i get it. and i'm also getting a headache from it! anyway... that's where mbc brokers comes in! because everything you don't know about dealing with the details, intricacies, forms and headaches of a shipment... they do! i was actually told upfront by the australian shipping company that i would need to get a customs broker to guide it through the system on this end. customs broker check up on yelp... here i come! contacted MBC by email, and was promptly answer in a few hours back by katie. more and more emails back b/c lots of initial details to pin down -- bill of lading number, ship, origin yada yada yada! i'll be honest, it is a laborious and time-consuming process -- just like going to the dmv and filing income taxes are! and it's an expensive process too. that's the way the guhvuhment works i guess! i can't say it's pleasant, because lets face it -- it's not. but i'm glad that MBC and katie knew exactly what was going on and what to do. and what i can tell you is, they got my crate delivered to my door (which took a mini unloader off a flatbed truck...) and that's exactly what i hoped they would do! 'cause i sure as hell didn't know how to do it...! suffice it so say if you're confused about customs... in utter confusion about imports... MBC will help un-confuse you and get your stuff to you! read more

MBC Brokers - a 500lb crate of art coming off a Australian cargo ship that had to get to my doorway. i fo'sho didn't know how to get it there but MBC did! - Customs Brokers Near Me

Thank You Katie!! & Joe! 1st time I've ordered a very large item from China and supplier kind of cut the cord after air shipping the 700+lb. crate. Got the call from customs it had arrived a day early and was in a time crunch because of the holiday wkend. Katie not only organized and facilitated the entire pick up/delivery to our site process but did it all in time to save us hundreds of xtra $$ in storage fees due to her fast acting professionalism! She literally held my hand thru the process of filling out forms, very helpful and responsive. When we do this again I will definitely call MBC. read more

MB Customs brokers did a great job with my reptile import. I've never imported anything before and they made it easy and seamless. They helped me with everything and did a great job. I'll definitely use them again and recommend you do too. read more

MBC Brokers are the real deal. They were able to assist us through every step of our companies importing needs. Thanks for all your help Katie. read more

They know the import export business 100%! I've used them since 2008 and I do recommend them to anyone importing. More then just professional, they care and that is valuable to me. read more

We just received two large crates from Europe and John made the process as smooth as I could imagine it going. With so many different parties involved, trying to translate various customs fees and simply trying to understand how the shipment gets from one place to the next can be daunting. John was incredibly responsive, especially when anything was time sensitive. A true professional and I will certainly work with MBC again in the future. read more

Awesome Company! I had a great experience with Katie at MBC Brokers. I originally called Katie because I was lost as what to do in my situation. Katie explained to me what EXACTLY needed to be done and how everything should work out. Well, EVERYTHING happened just like she said it would. WOW! what a relief that was! MBC Brokers is a very professional and easy to work with company. Thank you Katie for your all hard work! Go MBC Brokers! read more

Just got off the phone with Katie, and like everyone else has said, she had great advice for a start-up. She was patient with me and answered all of my questions. I'll be using them in the near future! read more

This was my second time working with Katie and I'm beyond pleased with her knowledge, professionalism and helpfulness. Will always hire MBC for all my antique shipments from EU Thanks Katie !!! read more

After living in Europe for 3.5 years, we had a personal shipment of 170 bottles of wine incoming from Italy to LAX. We were told by several people that a customs broker was not necessarily required until a customs agent told us we would indeed have to hire a broker. We were scrambling to find someone at 4 pm on a Friday and were questioning whether we'd ever see our wine. Based on the good Yelp reviews, we contacted MBC and Katie helped us work through all the paperwork and clearances with no problems. She communicated with us thoroughly and promptly throughout the whole process both by phone and email and we successfully picked up our wine yesterday! I definitely recommend MBC and would use them again without hesitation read more

I am not the kind of person to write reviews about much of anything unless I am extremely impressed by something I experienced with the company or their product. My experience with this company left me asking if there was a place I could write a review or someone I could share our experience with. I was sent here to Yelp. So, my family and I live in Nicaragua. We drove down in a Toyota Sienna AWD from Northern California. We found that we needed a 4x4 pick-up for what Yeshua (Jesus) sent us here to do (and something better built for this terrain and for which we could obtain parts without having to import them). There being really no market for our Sienna and ridiculous import taxes, we decided to try to ship the Sienna back to the US and sell it there. After a nightmare experience with the shipping broker on the Nicaragua side, it finally shipped 2 months after we dropped it off. The Nicaraguan company also failed to file an import document that told the Port of LA what was in the container. As a result, we had to pay all kinds of fees and get x-rays and exams, and we had to find a broker to help us get the Sienna released. My wife found 3 options, and after praying about them, we sensed we should go with John Hanson at MBC Brokers. He wasted no time and took great care of us. Though he had to work with a friend in the Anaheim area who was in California functioning on our behalf, John's communication was exceptional, he was very professional, he did a great job, and he got it done very quickly considering our situation. Even after all that he did, because of some weird bureaucracy, the man who ended up buying our car had an issue with the CA DMV that required some special form from The Port Authority and Customs. John and Katie Hanson went the extra mile to get the appropriate information from my friend in Anaheim and from me, even making personal trips down to the port and meeting up with the new owner of the Sienna to make sure he got the paperwork that he needed. Again, the communication was exceptional, they wasted no time, did a very thorough job, and got it done. Our biggest disappointment with the whole transaction was with the Nicaraguan shipping broker--how unprofessional, inefficient, and negligent they were. On the other side of this whole ordeal, it became obvious how severely lacking in knowledge the company from Nicaragua was regarding how to properly ship a vehicle to the US and how things run in the US port with which they would be dealing. Their communication was also horrible. (Should have taken more time to pray into this one!) On the other hand, it became ridiculously obvious from the very start that John and Katie really know their stuff or will do whatever is necessary to find out whatever is needed to get the job done with the highest level of professionalism and expertise. In addition, they made us feel like we were working with a close FRIEND of a family member, and when it was all said and done, 6-7 months after closing our case, they went the extra mile for the new owner of the Sienna and us so that Sienna could be properly registered in California. Class act, professional, humble, and like a neighbor or friend... I recommend John and Katie with highest regards and wouldn't even consider trying another broker should we ever need their services again. And if their service to us is at all a reflection of the overall quality of this company as a whole, you will not be sorry for choosing them. read more

Where do I begin? Katie is simply the most pro/informative/problem-solving individual anyone should hope to work with. I speak 3 languages, and 'import' was not one of them. That said, I was educated and walked through the process, till the very end. I am so appreciative to have found MBC Brokers, which feels more like a Ma Pa operation in terms of customer service and integrity. read more

Katie was amazing! She helped us get loose cargo through customs quick, and was an absolute doll to deal with! We would definitely use this company again! (Thank you, Katie!) read more