What problem does it solve?
This Skill helps you prevent customs and trade compliance mistakes that lead to penalties, seizures, shipment delays, and denied-party issues while keeping duty and tariff treatment optimized.
Core Features & Use Cases
- HS/HTS classification & documentation guidance: Applies GRI-based classification logic and outlines what to include in commercial invoices, packing lists, certificates of origin, BOL/AWB, ISF, and entry summaries for multiple jurisdictions.
- FTA and trade program utilization: Walks through how to analyze rules of origin, calculate RVC, assess eligibility for USMCA/EU-UK/RCEP/AfCFTA, and apply FTZ, drawback, and temporary import concepts.
- Restricted party screening & escalation protocols: Provides a structured approach for handling SDN/Entity List/denied persons hits, false positives, adjudication evidence, and escalation timelines.
- Valuation, Incoterms, and penalties mitigation: Covers customs valuation methods, Incoterms compliance implications, and how prior disclosure can cap penalties where applicable.
Quick Start
Use this skill to draft an end-to-end customs compliance plan for an import shipment, including HS classification rationale, required documents, FTA eligibility checks, restricted-party screening steps, and a penalty-mitigation readiness checklist.
