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Practical guides to recurring trade-compliance questions. Each guide is broker-grade, primary-source-cited, and walks through a real worked example with deep links into the Tandom calculator and AD/CVD catalog.
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Practical guides to recurring trade-compliance questions. Each guide is broker-grade, primary-source-cited, and walks through a real worked example with deep links into the Tandom calculator and AD/CVD catalog.
8 guides
Step-by-step CAPE Declaration filing for IEEPA refunds: who can file, eligible entries, the 9,999-entry CSV, ACE setup, and the 60 to 90 day refund window.
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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.
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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.
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When to file an eRulings request, what to put in it, where it goes, and how the binding effect works. Written for brokers and compliance teams.
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How to subscribe to CBP Cargo Systems Messaging Service (CSMS) and triage the messages that change broker filing behavior, without losing the ones that matter.
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Set up real-time alerts when a CBP CSMS message changes a duty rate on an HTS code you depend on. Built for brokers, forwarders, and importer compliance.
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Where trade compliance APIs fit in a broker's filing pipeline: HTS classification, duty calculation, AD/CVD scope match, and post-summary corrections.
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Turn a PDF commercial invoice into ACE-ready entry data: which fields to extract, how to chain extraction into HTS classification and duty calculation.
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