The designated freight forwarder designated by overseas customers or the freight forwarder you found yourself.
The price of EXW, according to reason, of course, is that you only care about the goods that leave the factory, and you didn't do anything when you left the factory.
But this is not the case. For example, EXW, when you leave the factory, do you really care about everything?
Don't you need to provide customs declaration information? Of course, you are obliged to provide it, and only you can provide export customs declaration materials.
So the freight forwarder pays the bill for customs declaration, and you agree with him.
Sure, you pay. Freight forwarders can only pay this fee temporarily. If you don't agree, let him go to the consignee. This goes back to what I just said. Have you appointed a forwarder or a consignee?
Generally speaking, the consignee entrusts an agent to do EXW. If it is a foreign designated agent, as long as you have not confirmed this fee or agreed to do so with him, he will ask the consignee to collect it. Actually, this operation can only be operated with the consent of the consignee. Every day, we make a list of global customers such as Agilent and General Motors. It's basically EXW's.
The general factory will not confirm the special operation, and must send an email to confirm it from overseas. I have a feeling that something will go wrong. The crux is that there is no clear level of freight forwarders. Who appointed him? It is designated by the consignee, so you let him and the consignee do a good job.
In short, it has nothing to do with whether you have import and export rights. It is not your responsibility to pay the customs declaration fee, unless the freight forwarder is appointed by you. Or if you agree to the above operation, the consignee simply doesn't know the extra cost.