TRADE ADVISORY
Put Your Trade Data to Work
Your trade data has immense power. Use it wisely. Flexport Customs Trade Advisors detect and design fresh strategies to diminish risk and optimize performance across all your transactions.
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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
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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
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I hire Flexport Trade Advisors even if I ship freight with someone else?
Can I extract my data on my own?
Can you share costs for consulting services?
Can you help with strategies to minimize Section 301 tariffs?
What is Flexport Trade Advisory?
Do I need to be a Flexport freight customer to use Trade Advisory?
What specific services are included?
How can Trade Advisory save me money?
Will this help with new regulations like Section 301 tariffs or forced labor compliance?
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