Resource Center

Tools, catalogs, and guides for global trade teams.

A practical index for Tandom's free tools, public data catalogs, developer resources, and evergreen guides for recurring trade-compliance questions.

Free tools

Run a check before you file.

Public tools for quick trade-compliance checks, backed by the same data layer Tandom exposes through its products and APIs.

Industry research

Primary-research analyses of US import policy.

Surveys of customs brokers, importers, and trade lawyers, paired with original analysis. Built to answer the questions trade media and broker LinkedIn actually argue about.

Catalogs and data

Search the source material.

Canonical public catalogs for the reference data behind Tandom's calculations and checks.

Guides

Get the answers to recurring questions.

Short, practical guides for recurring trade-compliance questions. The full library is at tandom.ai/resources/guides.

Most recent guides

How to show landed cost at checkout for cross-border ecommerce

Implementation playbook for showing landed cost (duty + fees) at checkout after the August 2025 de minimis suspension. Decision matrix by volume, runnable Tandom API code, postal vs courier math, and a contrarian callout for when you should NOT integrate.

Open resource

How to choose a duty calculation API for cross-border ecommerce

Honest provider comparison across Zonos, Shopify Markets DDP, Easyship, Passport, Avalara CrossBorder, and Tandom. Pricing, integration breadth, AD/CVD coverage, DDP guarantee fine print, and decision framework by use case.

Open resource

The DTC import playbook after Section 321 ended

Nine operational steps from catalog audit to customer comms. Broker selection, ACE setup, entry-type decision, recordkeeping, and a worked transition timeline for a 80,000-order/month apparel brand.

Open resource

Postal vs courier duty rules for low-value imports

How postal and courier shipments are duty-handled differently into the US. The Feb 28, 2026 ad valorem cutover, per-package math on a $30 phone case, and AOV-band decision framework.

Open resource

How to calculate US import duties

A working guide to the inputs, the layers, and the math behind a US entry summary in 2026. MFN, Section 232, Section 301, Section 122, AD/CVD, MPF, HMF, with a real worked example.

Open resource

How Chapter 99 tariff layers stack on a single entry

How to read, order, and report Chapter 99 HTS codes alongside the base classification on a US entry summary in 2026. For brokers and compliance teams.

Open resource

Developers

Build on Tandom's trade infrastructure.

API and agent resources for teams wiring Tandom into internal tools, broker workflows, and customer-facing software.