Compliance is the product
Accurate classification, documented valuation and a clean record on every entry. The file is built to answer a CBP question years later, because that is when the question arrives.
U.S. customs brokerage
Entry filing, classification and duty, run as one system.
Borderless CHB is a customs brokerage licensed by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. We file consumption entries and ISF at every U.S. port of entry under a national permit, for importers directly and for the freight forwarders who clear through us.
- Filer code
- NQR
- Permit
- National, all U.S. ports
- Filing channel
- ABI, direct to CBP ACE
- Duty disbursement
- 0%, no fee to advance your duties
- 418
- U.S. ports of entry covered
- 100,000+
- Entries cleared
- $1.3B+
- Entered value cleared
- 11,414
- Tariff lines priced
Commercial ports in CBP's port code table, across 53 states and territories. A national permit authorises customs business at every one.
Entries cleared by our licensed broker across a career at the port, every mode of transport.
Declared value across those entries, as entered on the CBP Form 7501s.
Every 10-digit line in 2026 HTS Revision 17, priced by origin in the duty engine that also prices client entries.
Practice areas
What we file
12 capabilities across clearance, classification and duty, and post-entry compliance. Every filing goes out under our licence and our filer code.
Clearance
Getting the shipment released, filed under our licence and our filer code.
Classification and duty
Deciding the code, then finding every rate the code legally lets you pay.
Post-entry and compliance
The work after release, which is where the refunds and the exposure both sit.
Why firms move their filings here
Four differences that show up on the invoice
Duty reduction as standing practice
Classification, first sale, trade-agreement qualification, origin and drawback are reviewed on every account, not offered as a project when someone asks.
One system, end to end
Documents in, classification and duty computed, entry transmitted to ACE, status visible through release. The same engine prices the public tariff tools and client entries.
Published rates, held
One rate card for importers and forwarders alike, with a 0% duty-disbursement fee and per-entry rates locked for the term of the plan.
Freight forwarders and 3PLs
The licensed broker behind your freight
No licence in-house? We clear your clients' entries as your customs partner. Your book stays inside your account, filing and billing run through you, and we never quote freight or sell to your importers.
Importers with a broker already
Switching takes about a week
One new power of attorney starts it. The bond transfer, the direct-to-CBP payment setup and your first filings run in parallel, so nothing stalls at the port while the paperwork moves.
Published commitments
What we commit to, in writing
These apply to every account on every plan. The full set, including what sits outside any broker's control, is published on the service commitments page.
- Broker review before transmissionEvery entry
- No entry or ISF leaves for CBP without a licensed customs broker reviewing the classification, valuation and origin on it. The review is the filing standard, not an upgrade on a plan.
- Draft entry returnedSame business day
- Complete documents received before 14:00 Pacific on a business day come back as a draft entry the same day, ready for you to check before it files.
- ISF filed ahead of loadingNo later than 24 hours before lading
- Ocean shipments are filed to the statutory deadline, so the ISF is never the reason a container waits.
- Operational replyWithin one business day
- Anything sent to entries@ gets a substantive answer, not an acknowledgement, within one business day.
Savings calculator
Most import bills are quietly padded.
Slide to your monthly volume and watch what a flat rate card saves against typical broker fees.
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Assumes typical fees: $175 an entry, $50 per ISF on about one shipment in five, $50 of add-ons an entry and a $500 bond. Brokerage fees only; your real numbers go in the full calculator.
Classification
Start with what CBP has already decided
The rulings record settles most classification questions. A licensed broker decides the ones it does not, and puts the answer in writing when the importer needs it on file.
Rulings library
Search CBP's rulings by what the product is
Every classification ruling, explained in plain English and checked against today's schedule. Free to search.
Open the libraryAsk a licensed broker
A classification question, answered in writing
Answered by a licensed U.S. customs broker within two business days, with the rulings the answer rests on. Free.
Ask a question$49 per product
Get the code in writing
The 10-digit code, the reasoning, the rulings behind it and today's duty by origin. Two business days.
See how it worksPricing
One price per entry
No monthly fee and no minimums. The rate steps down as your monthly volume rises, and importers and freight forwarders pay the same rates.
Under 80 a month
$79per entry
12-month agreement. No monthly fee.
From 80 a month
$55per entry
Importers: continuous bond included.
From 250 a month
$45per entry
Same agreement, lower rate.
500 a month and up
from $39per entry
Quoted on a committed volume.
Pay as you go
$149per entry, all-in
No agreement. ISF and one partner-agency filing included.
Your rate is set from the volume you expect and checked every quarter. 0% duty disbursement on every entry.
See full pricingHow it works
From documents to release
- 01
Onboarding and screening
Power of attorney, importer registration and bond are put in place, and the account is screened so everything filed under our licence stands up.
- 02
Documents to draft entry
Shipment documents go into the portal and come back as a draft entry with classification and duty computed, ready to check before anything transmits.
- 03
Broker review, then transmission
A licensed broker reviews classification, valuation and origin, then the entry and any partner-agency filings transmit to CBP ACE.
- 04
Release, then post-entry
Status runs through release in the portal. Corrections, refund claims and CBP inquiries are handled on the same file afterwards.
Coverage
418 U.S. ports of entry, one permit, one filer code
Authorises customs business at every U.S. port of entry, with no local permit required. Entries and ISF transmit over ABI direct to CBP ACE under filer code NQR, whichever port your cargo arrives at. The full port list, with CBP's own codes, is published.
- Ports
- 418
- States and territories
- 53
- HTS headings published
- 1,228
- Tariff lines priced
- 11,414
Move your filings to a broker that publishes its work.
Tell us what you ship, or the client book you clear for, and we will show you what clearance costs and how fast it moves.