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AI agent for customs brokers

Trade Agreement Certificate Expiry Agent

Keep valid, complete certificates in place for every shipment that claims a preference.

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Trade Agreement Certificate Expiry Agent: what goes in, what the agent does and what you get

What it does

A supplier certificate expires in March, nobody notices, and the next ten shipments pay full duty, or a renewed certificate arrives missing the HS code. The agent tracks every preference certificate with its supplier, products, validity dates and required fields. It matches certificates to upcoming shipments and warns the client 60 and 30 days before expiry. It requests renewals from the supplier. When a new certificate arrives, it verifies the required fields: exporter, product description, tariff classification, origin criterion, signature and date. If a field is missing or wrong, it sends it back to the supplier and rechecks before the shipment is entered. Edge case: a certificate that covers a blanket period but not a product added later. The broker approves duty claim decisions.

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 Daily certificate check 2 USES A TOOL Read the certificate register and upcoming shipments 3 DOES Match each shipment to a certificate and check thedates 4 DOES Warn the client of certificates expiring in 60 and30 days 5 USES A TOOL Request renewals from suppliers 6 USES A TOOL Read each new certificate when it arrives 7 CHECKS THE RESULT Does the certificate have every required field andcover the product? If not: send it back to the supplier with the missingfields listed. Back to step 5. 8 DOES Update the register and attach the certificate tothe shipment 9 CHECKS THE RESULT Does every shipment claiming a preference have ausable certificate? If not: flag the shipment and propose entering withoutthe preference. Back to step 3. 10 YOU APPROVE Broker approves duty claim decisions 11 RESULT Register and shipment list updated
Read the steps as a list
  1. Daily certificate check
  2. Read the certificate register and upcoming shipments
  3. Match each shipment to a certificate and check the dates
  4. Warn the client of certificates expiring in 60 and 30 days
  5. Request renewals from suppliers
  6. Read each new certificate when it arrives
  7. Does the certificate have every required field and cover the product?If not: send it back to the supplier with the missing fields listed. Back to step 5.
  8. Update the register and attach the certificate to the shipment
  9. Does every shipment claiming a preference have a usable certificate?If not: flag the shipment and propose entering without the preference. Back to step 3.
  10. Broker approves duty claim decisionsThe agent waits here for your OK.
  11. Register and shipment list updated

How it decides

A certificate is usable when it is within its dates, covers the product and has every required field. Shipments without a usable certificate do not claim the preference.

  • Warn at 60 and 30 days before expiry
  • Require exporter, product, classification, criterion, signature and date
  • Do not claim a preference without a usable certificate
  • Check product scope against blanket certificates

Make it yours

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

  • Warning periods (default 60 and 30 days)
  • Required fields
  • Agreements covered
  • Clients
  • Register format

What keeps you in control

It always asks you first

  • Broker approves duty claim decisions
  • Broker approves requests to suppliers

Hard limits

  • Never claim a preference without valid support
  • Do not alter certificates

It stops when

  • Done: all shipments covered or flagged
  • Stop: agreement rules change, ask the broker for updated field rules

Set it up

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An example run

What happensA supplier certificate expires in 28 days, with 6 shipments due after that. The agent warns the client at 60 and 30 days and requests renewal. The new certificate arrives with no signature date. The agent sends it back, and a corrected version arrives 3 days later. The recheck passes, and the broker approves the preference claim for all 6 shipments.

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