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What is trade advisory?

Flexport Trade Advisory is a service designed to help businesses navigate international trade regulations, optimize imports/exports, and identify cost-saving opportunities. Our licensed customs experts and trade specialists advise on classification, compliance, duty minimization, and strategic supply chain planning.

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Who should use Trade Advisory services?

Any importer, exporter, or business involved in cross-border shipments can benefit, especially if you:

  • Ship goods into multiple markets
  • Face high tariff costs
  • Want to reduce compliance risks
  • Are onboarding new suppliers or products
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Working with Flexport has been an excellent experience. They manage our global brokerage processing and implemented drawback services that delivered returns that were significantly higher than our prior approach, and also significantly outperforming their competitors. Their technology and expertise, including ACE analysis, have uncovered additional insights and savings that continue to drive supply chain optimization.

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How the trade advisory process works

Step 1

Assessment & Data Review

Reviews documentation and tariff classifications

Step 2

Strategy Development

Customized trade compliance strategy covering duty optimization, FTA qualification, risk-mitigation measures

Step 3

Implementation & Integration

Recommended changes are implemented across customs workflows

Step 4

Ongoing Monitoring & Optimization

Continuous regulatory updates, compliance tracking, periodic audits

Automated

ACE ANALYSIS

Your trade data, optimized by experts

Flexport designed an Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) analysis tool to reveal savings opportunities and compliance risks by using the last five years of your ACE data. The comprehensive results give you a clear path forward.

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COMPLIANCE

How do you save money with an ACE analysis?

Your Flexport Customs Trade Advisor leads an in-depth Compliance Assessment, using your unique ACE Analysis to drive detailed consultations. The outcome? A clear action plan to limit risk and capture potential savings

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DUTY MINIMIZATION

How can you lower your duties and tariffs?

Duty minimization is possible, but it takes expertise to get right. Flexport Customs Trade Advisors can guide you through origin and tariff engineering, organize drawback, and help you capitalize on first sale rules.

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Trade Support

What customs programs should you use?

Flexport Customs Trade Advisors can help you with your CTPAT programs, customs valuation, first-sale programs, post-summary corrections, and other programs to strengthen your business.

How Flexport streamlines your trade advisory

Trade Advisory (Consulting)

  • Guidance on duty minimization and compliance strengthening strategies
  • Binding rulings
  • Trainings & workshops
  • Tariff engineering, country of origin and FTA review
  • Prior disclosures, and more

Global Classification

  • Global HTS Classifications
  • Duty Rates
  • Section 301 Tariffs
  • FTA, PGA & ADD/ CVD Flags.

Customs Bonds

  • Competitive rates on Customs Bonds offered through Flexport
  • We can help you apply for the right activity code, bond type, and bond amount
  • We make the process simple by coordinating with a surety agent and CBP on your behalf

PSC / Reconciliation

  • Assist with Post Summary Corrections, Protest and Reconciliation Filings with CBP
  • Correct declaration errors e.g., HTS, value, country of origin, section 301 exclusions

常见问题

如果我使用其他承运商,我能够雇佣 Flexport 飞协博作为我的贸易顾问吗?

我能自己提取数据吗?

您能够分享您的咨询服务成本吗?

你们能否帮助制定策略,实现 301 条款关税最小化?

What is Flexport Trade Advisory?

Do I need to be a Flexport freight customer to use Trade Advisory?

What specific services are included?

How can Trade Advisory save me money?

Will this help with new regulations like Section 301 tariffs or forced labor compliance?

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报关代理

快速清关商品。使用数据制定策略。

产品分类

分配更为有利的美国 HTS 编码。

关税返还

Receive a duty refund in specific scenarios.

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