Customs & Export Documentation

Accurate customs paperwork, ready before the shipment leaves, without chasing certificates and HS codes by hand.

188 hrs
Time saved/month
6
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About This Automation

Customs and export documentation requires manual retrieval of order details, lookup of harmonized tariff codes, and verification of destination-specific compliance rules. This repetitive process is error-prone and delays shipments by hours.

Automation retrieves order data, populates customs forms with correct HS codes and compliance requirements, and validates completeness before human review. Shipments move to approval in minutes instead of hours.

Key features
Retrieve order and customer details automatically from your e-commerce platform
Look up harmonized tariff codes and match them to products without manual searching
Check destination country compliance rules and flag required certificates
Populate customs declaration forms and certificates of origin with validated data
Validate form completeness and flag errors before human review
Route approved documents to your freight forwarder and archive them centrally

How The Automation Works

The full workflow, from trigger to completion.

1. International Order Placedtrigger

An order is marked for export. The automation platform detects the trigger and retrieves order details, customer location, and item SKUs.

2. Fetch Product Data and HS Codes

The automation queries the product database to retrieve HS codes, descriptions, and unit values for each item in the order. HS codes are matched from a pre-loaded compliance lookup table.

3. Determine Compliance Requirements

The automation checks the destination country against a compliance rules matrix to identify required certificates, licenses, and declarations for the product category and destination.

4. Populate Customs Forms

The automation fills in the customs declaration form, certificate of origin template, and any required supporting documents with order data, HS codes, and compliance flags.

5. Validate Form Completeness

The automation checks that all required fields are populated, HS codes are valid, and compliance rules are met. If validation fails, the form is flagged for manual review.

6. Route for Compliance Review

Completed and validated documents are sent to the compliance officer for final sign-off. Forms that fail validation are flagged with specific errors.

7. Archive and Notify Freight Forwarder

Once approved, documents are saved to the archive, a summary is sent to the freight forwarder, and the order status is updated to ready for shipment.

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Estimated Time Saving
188hrs/month
Process pain:8.2/10
Mapped by:6 Companies

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