In short: a written briefing on the trade measures currently landing on your product categories and origins — with every statement dated and sourced, the volatile layers marked as volatile, and a checklist of the supplier-side documents your customs broker will ask for. From US$350. We map; a licensed professional decides.
Read how the tariff stack works first. If that page answers your question, you do not need this service — and we would rather you knew that.
What the briefing covers
The stack, for your categories
Which measures currently touch your goods, under which authority, with the date checked and the official source for each.
Stable versus volatile
Which layers move on political timescales and which do not — so you know which parts of your model to re-check monthly and which to leave alone.
Origin exposure
Where your goods and their inputs actually come from, and what that means if you are considering or already running a second country of assembly.
The document checklist
The supplier-side evidence your broker will need — production records, material declarations, capability evidence — and which of it your supplier does not currently have.
The boundary, stated plainly
| We do | We do not — a licensed customs professional does |
|---|---|
| Map measures in force, dated and sourced | Classify goods to an HS code |
| Explain who carries the liability | Determine customs value |
| Gather supplier-side evidence in Chinese | Determine country of origin |
| Verify what a factory actually does | Request rulings or file protests and refund claims |
One thing we will never help with. We do not assist with disguising the origin of goods, restructuring shipments to obscure where they were made, or producing paperwork describing a transformation that did not happen. We are asked regularly. The answer does not change.
