J. Cortès Cigars

Listed in a source registry

Belgium Crossroads Bank for Enterprises (KBO/BCE)

What is established and what is not

No researcher review has been written for this company yet. 8 official records from 5 official sources are on file. 2 other entries are not official records: our own technical checks and searches, open directory listings, our inferences or the company's own statements. Everything is listed below with its evidence type: each entry confirms only what it literally says; none of them is a review. Nothing here confirms manufacturing, ownership or trading status beyond what each record literally says.

Facts on file, each with its evidence type

• No match found in the debarment registers we checked (record type: debarment-clear) [our own observation, not an official record; name search, no matching candidate] We searched the public debarment datasets and found no matching candidate. Absence from these lists is a search result, not a certificate. checked 2026-08-24. OpenSanctions
• No match found on the sanctions lists we checked (record type: sanctions-clear) [our own observation, not an official record; name search, no matching candidate] We searched the public sanctions datasets and found no matching candidate. A name search is not full compliance screening. checked 2026-08-24. OpenSanctions
• Active legal entity ID (LEI) (record type: lei-active) [official record; status green] A global identifier used in finance; an active one is renewed yearly. checked 2026-09-07. GLEIF global LEI register (golden copy)
• Named directors on file (record type: directors-on-file) [official record; status green] 4 directors on file. The register names the people who run the company, so there is someone answerable if something goes wrong. checked 2026-10-03. Crossroads Bank for Enterprises (KBO/BCE) public search, Belgium
• Street address on file in the state register (record type: registered-address) [official record; status green] Registered address: Pannenbakkersstraat(M) 1, 8552 Zwevegem. The address the company itself gave the register, so post and inspectors reach it there. checked 2026-10-03. Crossroads Bank for Enterprises (KBO/BCE) public search, Belgium
• On the company register (record type: registered-since) [official record; status green] On the company register since 1968-01-01. Shows how long the company has been on the state register, which is hard to fake and easy to check. checked 2026-10-03. Crossroads Bank for Enterprises (KBO/BCE) public search, Belgium
• Workforce size in the company register (record type: workforce-on-record) [official record; status green] Tells you whether the supplier can realistically take on your volume. checked 2026-10-03. Crossroads Bank for Enterprises (KBO/BCE) public search, Belgium
• Authorised Economic Operator in the EU customs register (record type: aeo-certified) [official record; status green] Customs granted trusted-trader status after auditing its procedures. checked 2026-08-30. EU AEO register (European Commission)
• Registry ID checks out with the state register (record type: registry-id-verified) [official record; status green] Helps confirm the company on this page is the same legal entity as in the register. checked 2026-09-10. GLEIF Global LEI record
• Registered business units on file (record type: registered-units) [official record; status green] 4 active business units on the register, 4 with a manufacturing activity code. The register lists how many sites the company runs. effective since 2026-10-02. Crossroads Bank for Enterprises (KBO/BCE), establishment units

Registered business units

4 active units in Crossroads Bank for Enterprises (KBO/BCE), establishment units (its open data lists active units only, so closed units are not counted here); 4 active units carry a manufacturing activity code (section C of the activity classification). The activity code is what the register records for each site, not a finding that goods are made there.

• Pannenbakkersstraat(M) 1, 8552 Zwevegem: Establishment unit 2.004.461.151, trade name VCF, active, manufacturing activity code 12.00001 (Fabrication de produits à base de tabac tels que les cigarettes, les cigares, le tabac à cigarettes, à pipe, à mâcher ou à priser), manufacturing activity code 12.00002 (Fabrication de tabacs "homogénéisés" ou "reconstitués"), trade activity code 46.360 (Commerce de gros de sucre, chocolat et confiserie), opened 1961-09-01. Crossroads Bank for Enterprises (KBO/BCE), establishment units
• Kronevoordestraat 33, 8610 Kortemark: Establishment unit 2.277.329.871, trade name VCF, active, manufacturing activity code 12.00001 (Fabrication de produits à base de tabac tels que les cigarettes, les cigares, le tabac à cigarettes, à pipe, à mâcher ou à priser), manufacturing activity code 12.00002 (Fabrication de tabacs "homogénéisés" ou "reconstitués"), trade activity code 46.360 (Commerce de gros de sucre, chocolat et confiserie), opened 2018-06-26. Crossroads Bank for Enterprises (KBO/BCE), establishment units
• Pannenbakkersstraat(M) 2, 8552 Zwevegem: Establishment unit 2.387.918.482, trade name VCF, active, manufacturing activity code 12.00001 (Fabrication de produits à base de tabac tels que les cigarettes, les cigares, le tabac à cigarettes, à pipe, à mâcher ou à priser), manufacturing activity code 12.00002 (Fabrication de tabacs "homogénéisés" ou "reconstitués"), trade activity code 46.360 (Commerce de gros de sucre, chocolat et confiserie), opened 2026-03-01. Crossroads Bank for Enterprises (KBO/BCE), establishment units
• Generaal Deprezstraat 16, 8530 Harelbeke: Establishment unit 2.387.918.581, trade name VCF, active, manufacturing activity code 12.00001 (Fabrication de produits à base de tabac tels que les cigarettes, les cigares, le tabac à cigarettes, à pipe, à mâcher ou à priser), manufacturing activity code 12.00002 (Fabrication de tabacs "homogénéisés" ou "reconstitués"), trade activity code 46.360 (Commerce de gros de sucre, chocolat et confiserie), opened 2026-01-01. Crossroads Bank for Enterprises (KBO/BCE), establishment units

Import rules for these goods

Product-specific import rules not established for the catalog category Produk Tembakau & Merokok: neither the company's own description nor an official activity code shows that its own goods are of this kind. A catalog category alone is our classification, not proof of what the company makes or sells.

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