Trade compliance analysts
Weigh each product, chase supplier certificates and propose the method
- Every input tied to its certificate or heading
- Both methods worked with headroom
- Products re-weighed when a shared part moves
Features
Free trade agreement qualification features, from BOM to signed certification
For the analyst who weighs the product, the cost accountant who owns net cost, and the manager and director who sign.
demoSample data throughout: the exporter, its customer and suppliers, the people, the parts and the costs.
- 01Origin balance
Rules of origin determination for each bill-of-materials input
- The product-specific rule quoted in full. The analyst sees which branch of the rule carries the product, so the tariff shift test is settled before any sum is built.
- Each input placed by its record. Originating inputs sit on their certificates and non-originating ones show their heading, so the certifier can open any one of them.
- Missing certificates counted against the result. While a supplier's certificate is still out, its input counts non-originating and the banner says which method holds meanwhile.
- 02Verifier
A USMCA origin verification rehearsed before the certification is signed
- Questions the importing customs authority would ask. Rule, net cost, transaction value, affiliate pricing and certificate cover are tested while the certification can still change.
- Mistakes in the agents' arithmetic caught. Export crating left inside net cost is flagged with the general note's definition beside it, before anyone signs on the inflated figure.
- Source shown beside each point. Each answer sits beside the cost roll-up and the definition it rests on, so the analyst checks it in place.
- 03Supplier certificates
Supplier solicitation for certificates of origin, tracked by blanket period
- Cover checked against the whole blanket period. A certificate ending partway through the blanket period counts for nothing, so no input rides as originating on lapsed cover.
- Requests in fixed fields with reminders. Part, origin, criterion, period and producer come back comparable, and reminders go out against the due date.
- Producer changes read from the answer. A supplier reporting a new country of origin moves the input to the non-originating pan from the date it gives.
- 04Supplier note
Supplier free text read by the analyst before the certifier can sign
- Free text stays outside the balance. Origin moves only through the supplier's fields, so a plan mentioned in passing cannot change the balance by itself.
- Certifier held until the note is read. A production move hinted in a note is seen before signing, while the certification can still account for it.
- Follow-up request created from the note. The analyst asks for a revised certificate when production moves, with a check-in date, so the blanket year stays covered.
- 05Net cost
Regional value content calculation on a net cost the cost accountant confirms
- Total cost to net cost, line by line. Sales promotion and packing for shipment come out where the definition says, so the net cost method is tested on the right base.
- The agents' draft shown struck through. The cost accountant sees what changed and why before confirming, so a corrected figure is never quietly swapped in.
- Transaction value terms beside it. Price, delivery terms and related-party status sit next to the cost, so the transaction value rests on checked terms.
- 06Method
Transaction value or net cost method, chosen by the analyst on the record
- Both methods shown against their thresholds. The analyst sees which method holds and by how much, and a failing method cannot be proposed.
- Method chosen by a person. The rule leaves the choice to the exporter or producer, so the agents compute both and the analyst decides.
- Reason and signature meaning recorded. The preparer writes why in plain words, ready for a verification years later.
- 07Certification
USMCA blanket certification signed by preparer, certifier and second person
- Three different people, each in their own view. No one signs work they prepared, and the certifier is held until the balance and the cost roll-up are opened.
- Checks listed before anyone signs. Inputs weighed, verifier points closed, net cost confirmed and notes read are ticked off in one place.
- Any change sends it back to all three. Editing a signed certification clears every signature; a sent one is withdrawn or replaced only with a second person and written notice.
- 08Certification of origin
USMCA certification of origin with the nine minimum data elements
- All nine minimum data elements filled. Every element the rule asks for, from certifier to the signed statement, goes out complete.
- Delivered to the customer's portal. The importer downloads the signed certification instead of waiting on an emailed PDF.
- Records kept for verification. The records behind each element stay with the case, so a verification years later is answered from the same file.
- 09What-if
What-if on a supplier switch before sourcing moves a part
- Supplier or price changed on screen. Sourcing sees whether a cheaper part stops the product qualifying before the purchase order goes out.
- Headroom and price floor redone. The dollars left before the threshold and the lowest price that still qualifies update with each change.
- The customer's duty at stake, labeled as assumed. The duty the buyer would pay is shown on a rate the analyst confirms, so the figure is read as a what-if.