Customs Clear

The goods are ready to ship. Check the paperwork before customs does.

Customs Clear checks your commercial invoice, packing list and transport document against each other, against the official tariff for US, UK and EU destinations, and against sanctions lists before you file the export declaration. It is for shipments paid in cash or on open account too: no letter of credit is needed.

The situation

One inconsistency is enough to hold a shipment

A customs authority that finds a difference between the invoice, the packing list and the declaration can hold the shipment for inspection. From that moment storage and demurrage run while you file the correction and wait for a new slot.

What it checks

The checks on your own paperwork

Invoice totals

That the invoice adds up: line items against the invoice total.

Weights

Net weight on the invoice against the packing list, and net weight against gross weight on the packing list.

Transport document

A bill of lading, air waybill or CMR against the packing list and the invoice: gross weight, consignee, shipper and a stated shipment date.

Country of origin

The invoice's country of origin, and the origin on each line, against the one you confirm.

HS codes and the official tariff

Each dutiable goods line needs an HS code in a valid format. For US, UK and EU destinations the code is also looked up in the official tariff: the USITC HTS, the UK Trade Tariff, and the EU tariff through the UK service for Northern Ireland. For other destinations only format and completeness are checked.

Duty estimate per line

For US, UK and EU destinations, an estimated duty for each line where the tariff gives a percentage rate, calculated on the line's invoice value, with the source and the date it was checked.

Preference and proof of origin

Where a preferential rate exists for the origin you confirm, the saving and the proof of origin the agreement asks for. Whether the goods meet the rules of origin is for you to establish.

Declaration data

Whether the paperwork carries what the declaration asks for: EORI numbers (EU and UK), Incoterm and named place, the build-up of the customs value, net and gross masses, and the number of packages.

Export-control hints

A prompt to check the control list when a line sits under an HS heading that often holds dual-use goods, and a warning when such goods go to a restricted destination. A hint, not a licensing decision.

Destination documents

A dated list of the paperwork importers in 22 destination markets typically need, such as registrations, conformity certificates and pre-arrival filings.

Sanctions screening

Seller, buyer and the countries involved, by name, against EU, UK and US sanctions lists, and the vessel if you enter it.

Declaration CSV

A CSV of the goods lines for your broker: code, origin, quantity, masses, value and the official rates.

Duty research for other destinations, optional

AI-assisted research on tariff classification and import duties, with cited sources, labelled as unverified.

How it runs

From the invoice to a result

  1. 1Upload the commercial invoice. Add the packing list and one transport document (bill of lading, air waybill or CMR) for the cross-checks.
  2. 2A reading model extracts the fields. You confirm the values, and the countries of origin and destination, before any check runs.
  3. 3A fixed rule engine, not the AI, runs the checks and lists each finding.
  4. 4Correct the paperwork, then file the declaration in your own system.

What this check is not

For US, UK and EU destinations the HS code is looked up in the official tariff; for other destinations only format and completeness are checked. Whether the code is the right classification stays with your customs office or broker.

Duty figures are estimates. They use the percentage rate on each line's invoice value and leave out freight and insurance in the customs value, import VAT, anti-dumping and countervailing duties, and duties set per unit.

Export-control hints and destination document lists are prompts to check. They are not a licensing decision or a complete legal list.

It does not replace customs filing software. It is a pre-check of your own paperwork before it goes into your filing system.

“No discrepancies found” means nothing was found in the checks performed. It is not a promise that customs will release the shipment.

It is not customs, tax or legal advice.

Check your next shipment

Upload the invoice, confirm origin and destination and read the result.