Importers
Sourcing products from international suppliers and clearing customs in your home market.
Classify a new product before placing a purchase order
Get the correct HS code and applicable duty rate confirmed before committing to a supplier or price.
On £500k of annual imports, a 3% misclassification costs £15,000/yr in overpaid duty — or triggers a penalty assessment if underpaid.
Screen a new supplier before wiring payment
Check every counterparty against OFAC, EU, and UN consolidated sanctions lists before funds leave your account.
Fuzzy-match screening catches near-name variants and transliteration differences that exact searches miss. One caught match pays for years of screening.
Build a document checklist for a new import corridor
Specify origin, destination, Incoterm, and transport mode — get a complete, route-specific list in seconds.
A single hold at Rotterdam, Felixstowe, or LA for a missing certificate adds 1–3 weeks and thousands in fees. The checklist surfaces requirements before loading.
Choose the right Incoterm before signing a supply contract
Get a confidence-scored recommendation with a full cost and responsibility breakdown for any shipment.
CIF vs DDP on a $200k shipment can mean a $6,000–$16,000 swing in who pays freight, insurance, and customs clearance. Confirm before the contract is signed.
Check whether goods qualify for preferential FTA duty rates
Match your supply chain against applicable free trade agreements and confirm rules-of-origin eligibility.
Most importers leave FTA savings unclaimed because they don't know which agreements apply. On £1M of qualifying goods, a 4% duty difference saves £40,000/yr.
Model the true landed cost before committing to a supplier
Factor in duty rates, import VAT, customs handling, and applicable FTAs across multiple sourcing countries.
The lowest unit price is rarely the lowest landed cost. Sourcing teams regularly pick a supplier on quote price alone and absorb the difference at customs.
Validate your or your supplier's EORI before the first declaration
Real-time validation against the European Commission registry plus country-by-country guidance on registration procedures.
Filing a declaration with an invalid EORI triggers an immediate customs IT rejection. For freight forwarders running hundreds of declarations a week, even a 1% EORI error rate adds up to demurrage charges and missed delivery windows.
Exporters
Selling products to international buyers and meeting destination-market customs requirements.
Find out what documents a buyer in a new market needs
Generate a route-specific export document checklist — certificates of origin, inspection certificates, consular requirements, and more.
Re-export costs, storage charges, and buyer penalties from a documentation failure often exceed the margin on the shipment. Check requirements before packing.
Get instant answers on export rules and tariff classification
Ask any question in plain language — HS codes, export regulations, destination-market requirements — for 180+ countries.
Most export regulation queries take under 5 minutes on the AI Customs Broker. A ten-minute consultant call at $200/hr costs more than a month of Dutifi access.
Check whether your product needs an EU export licence
Screen goods against EU dual-use, REACH, CITES, FLEGT, CBAM, EUDR, and sanitary regimes for a specific HS code and destination.
Missing a required export licence or certificate can result in customs seizure at the port of departure or destination — and prohibition from placing on the EU market. Pre-shipment screening is the only safe step.
Confirm preferential origin to support a buyer's duty relief claim
Verify whether your product satisfies rules of origin under applicable EU trade agreements for a specific market and find the right proof of origin (EUR.1, REX, A.TR).
Buyers choose suppliers partly on landed cost. Confirming preferential origin eligibility reduces your buyer's duty bill and strengthens your competitive position.
Calculate CBAM emissions cost for steel, aluminium, cement, or hydrogen exports to the EU
Embedded emissions calculation, quarterly CBAM report generation, and annual CBAM declaration preparation under Regulation (EU) 2023/956.
From 1 January 2026 every CBAM-covered import to the EU carries certificate cost. Verified actual emissions data from low-carbon producers can significantly reduce the bill versus default values.
Freight Forwarders & Brokers
Managing cross-border shipments and trade compliance on behalf of shipper and consignee clients.
Screen a shipper or consignee before accepting a booking
Run a full sanctions check with downloadable audit certificate — ready for your compliance file before the booking is confirmed.
One unsanctioned booking that gets missed can trigger a regulatory investigation, suspension of your HMRC authorisation, or OFAC enforcement. Screening every booking is the standard.
Generate a document checklist for any client shipment
Enter the route, Incoterm, and commodity type — produce a complete document requirement list to send to your client.
Port holds caused by missing paperwork cost your client $1,000–$5,000/day. Proactively providing a checklist differentiates your service and reduces operational delays.
Answer a client's tariff or customs question on the spot
Look up HS codes, duty rates, and import requirements across any trade lane — without putting the client on hold.
Smaller forwarders lose business to competitors who can answer compliance questions immediately. The AI Customs Broker removes the research delay without adding headcount.
Advise a client on the right Incoterm for their contract
Produce a confidence-scored recommendation with a full responsibility matrix your client can review and share with their counterparty.
Proactively flagging Incoterm suitability before contract sign-off is a value-add that prevents claims, protects your client, and positions you as a compliance partner.
Audit client freight invoices and customs declarations for billing errors
Scan batches of courier and freight invoices against contracted rates to surface surcharge errors. Pre-submission audit of customs declarations to flag classification, valuation, and certificate issues.
Freight carriers rarely self-correct billing errors. Offering invoice auditing as a service generates direct client savings — and a fee opportunity for your business.
Validate the EORI of a new client or counterparty
Real-time validation against the EU EORI registry and country-specific format check before the first declaration is filed on their behalf.
Filing on behalf of a client with an invalid EORI bounces the declaration and delays release. Batch EORI validation cuts the manual-confirmation step out of every onboarding.
Compliance & Finance Teams
Managing trade risk, payment approvals, and regulatory exposure across an organisation.
Screen counterparties before authorising international payments
Add a sanctions check to your payment approval workflow — results in under a second, full audit trail retained.
Sanctions liability is strict — intent is not a defence. A documented screening workflow before every international payment is the minimum standard regulators expect.
Verify product classifications for tariff and VAT reporting
AI classification confirms or challenges existing HS codes across your product catalogue — with supporting rationale, GIR-grounded reasoning, and BTI ruling lookups.
A classification error discovered during a CBP audit triggers retroactive duty assessment, penalties, and a compliance review. Verifying classifications proactively removes that exposure.
Sign off all EU regulatory licences before approving a cross-border sale
Confirm whether a product and end-use combination requires any of the EU's licence or certification regimes — dual-use, REACH, CITES, FLEGT, sanitary, CE marking, drug precursors — before the transaction is authorised.
Finance and compliance sign-off is the last line of defence. A failed regulatory screen before approval prevents a shipment that could trigger enforcement proceedings or product seizure at the EU border.
Prepare for the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) compliance regime
Collect geolocation data from suppliers, classify country risk, and generate Due Diligence Statements for coffee, cocoa, soy, palm oil, rubber, wood, and cattle imports.
EUDR is one of the most material new compliance regimes for EU consumer-goods, foodservice, furniture, and paper-product importers. Pre-deadline data collection is the longest-lead-time element.