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AI agent for customs brokers

Customs Classification and Duty Check Agent

Each new or changed product has an approved tariff code with a duty and landed cost estimate.

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Customs Classification and Duty Check Agent: what goes in, what the agent does and what you get

What it does

A new product arrives with a guessed tariff code and nobody checks it until a customs query comes in. This agent works when a product is new or changed. It reads the product data, such as materials, function and construction, and proposes candidate codes with reasons. It compares each against past entries for similar goods and the current rate tables, and flags conflicts, such as the same product filed under two codes before. It checks origin rules and any duty changes, like added tariffs, then recomputes landed cost. If origin or rates change the result, it reruns. A trade compliance owner approves the code before it is used. Edge case: a product with a mixed material gets two candidates, each with the duty difference shown.

How it works

Follow the arrows from top to bottom. The orange dashed arrow is the loop: when a check fails, the agent goes back and tries again.

Start and resultWhat it doesA check on its own workWaits for your OKGoes back and retries
Yes, continueYes, continueApprovedNoNo 1 STARTS WHEN New or changed product 2 USES A TOOL Read product specification and past entries forsimilar goods 3 DOES Propose candidate tariff codes with reasons 4 CHECKS THE RESULT Do candidates conflict with past entries for similargoods? If not: List the conflict, review the differences andnarrow the candidates. Back to step 3. 5 USES A TOOL Look up duty rates, origin rules and currentadditional tariffs 6 DOES Compute duty and landed cost per candidate 7 CHECKS THE RESULT Is origin and rate information complete and current? If not: Request the missing origin data and rerun thelookup. Back to step 5. 8 DOES Rank candidates and draft the recommendation 9 YOU APPROVE Trade compliance owner approves the code 10 RESULT Approved classification record
Read the steps as a list
  1. New or changed product
  2. Read product specification and past entries for similar goods
  3. Propose candidate tariff codes with reasons
  4. Do candidates conflict with past entries for similar goods?If not: List the conflict, review the differences and narrow the candidates. Back to step 3.
  5. Look up duty rates, origin rules and current additional tariffs
  6. Compute duty and landed cost per candidate
  7. Is origin and rate information complete and current?If not: Request the missing origin data and rerun the lookup. Back to step 5.
  8. Rank candidates and draft the recommendation
  9. Trade compliance owner approves the codeThe agent waits here for your OK.
  10. Approved classification record

How it decides

It ranks candidate codes by fit to product function and materials, then by consistency with past accepted entries.

  • Prefer the code accepted on past entries when the product matches
  • Show every candidate within 2 percentage points of duty difference
  • Recompute landed cost when additional tariffs apply
  • Escalate to the owner when no past entry exists

Make it yours

Every agent is a starting point. You choose these settings for your own situation.

  • Tariff tables and countries
  • Which products need review
  • Duty difference to highlight (default 2 points)
  • Landed cost fields

What keeps you in control

It always asks you first

  • Trade compliance owner approves each code before use

Hard limits

  • Never file customs entries or give legal opinions
  • Never use a code without approval

It stops when

  • Done: approved code recorded
  • Stop: product details too thin to classify

Set it up

We guide you through the set-up, step by step

Members get the full set-up guide for this agent. No technical skills needed: you copy, paste and upload.

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  • The agent then walks you through connecting your own data, one source at a time
  • A downloadable copy with the flow chart, the rules and the full guide
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An example run

What happensFor a steel-framed storage cabinet from Vietnam, the agent offered two codes with duties of 2.9% and 5.7%. Past entries showed the first accepted twice. Origin data was missing a certificate, so it requested it and recomputed landed cost at $41.60 per unit. The compliance owner approved the lower code.

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