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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.

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

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.

Arjun Lal
Chief Financial Officer, Life Fitness
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

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.

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

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.

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