$49 per product
Classify my product
The 10-digit code, the reasoning behind it, the CBP rulings it rests on and today's duty by origin. In writing within two business days.
Services
Full-service customs brokerage, under one licence
Borderless files entries and ISF at every U.S. port of entry under a national permit issued by CBP under 19 CFR 111.19(f). Everything transmits over ABI to CBP ACE under filer code NQR, reviewed by a licensed broker before it goes.
Fixed price
Classification, done in writing
Two pieces of work importers ask for by name. Flat fee, quoted before anything starts, and no account required.
$449 flat
Binding ruling preparation
A CBP ruling request drafted, filed through eRulings and followed until it issues. CBP charges no fee. You pay once for the work.
Just a quick question? Ask a licensed broker, free. Or search what CBP has already decided in the rulings library.
On this page
Classification and duty
Post-entry and compliance
Practice area 1 of 3
Clearance
Getting the shipment released, filed under our licence and our filer code.
Entry filing
Consumption entries transmitted to CBP ACE over ABI, and the entry types that sit either side of them.
- Formal consumption entries (type 01)
- Antidumping and countervailing duty entries (type 03)
- In-bond movements and transportation entries
- Warehouse and foreign trade zone entries
Importer Security Filing
ISF-10 for consumption cargo and ISF-5 for freight remaining on board, filed no later than 24 hours before lading.
- ISF-10 filed against the booking
- ISF-5 for FROB, IE and TE cargo
- Bill matching and amendment before arrival
- Flexible-range filing where the rules permit it
Partner government agency filings
The agency data that has to move with the entry, filed with it rather than chased after a hold.
- FDA prior notice and product codes
- USDA APHIS and FSIS requirements
- EPA declarations, including TSCA and vehicles
- CPSC certificates of compliance
- DOT and NHTSA declarations
Customs bonds
The bond that has to exist before the entry does, arranged, renewed and tracked against your limit.
- Continuous bonds, sized to duty and tax paid
- Single-entry bonds, $5 per $1,000 with a $50 minimum
- Single-transaction ISF bonds, $50 per ISF
- Bond sufficiency monitoring and increases
- Bond transfer when you switch broker
Practice area 2 of 3
Classification and duty
Deciding the code, then finding every rate the code legally lets you pay.
Classification
The 10-digit code, decided against the rulings record and the General Rules of Interpretation, and written down with its reasoning.
- Written determinations, one product at a time
- Catalogue classification for a full product line
- Rulings research against CBP's decided record
- Classification defended in a CF-28 response
Binding ruling preparation
When the code has to be settled by CBP rather than argued, the request is drafted, filed through eRulings and followed until it issues.
- Ruling requests drafted and filed
- Sample and exhibit preparation
- Follow-through until the ruling issues
- Reclassification once the ruling lands
Duty and tariff advisory
The tariff stack modelled by origin and entry date, and the legal routes through it identified before you commit to a shipment.
- Section 301 and 232 exposure by heading
- IEEPA and reciprocal tariff layering
- Free trade agreement qualification, including USMCA
- First sale valuation where the chain supports it
- Country of origin and substantial transformation
Duty drawback
Duty recovered on goods that are exported again or destroyed, where the record supports the claim.
- Unused merchandise drawback
- Manufacturing drawback
- Substitution claims
- Recordkeeping built to survive the claim audit
Practice area 3 of 3
Post-entry and compliance
The work after release, which is where the refunds and the exposure both sit.
Post-summary corrections
Corrections to an entry summary before liquidation, worked on the same file as the original entry.
- Post-summary corrections (PSC)
- Reconciliation entries
- Refund claims on retroactive tariff changes
- Liquidation monitoring and extension requests
Protests and CBP inquiries
The correspondence that decides whether a question becomes a penalty, answered with the record behind it.
- CF-28 requests for information
- CF-29 notices of action
- Protests under 19 USC 1514
- Prior disclosure under 19 USC 1592(c)(4)
Recordkeeping
The 19 CFR 163 file, kept for the statutory five years and producible on demand rather than reconstructed under pressure.
- Entry records retained to 19 CFR 163
- Classification decisions documented with their basis
- Powers of attorney and importer registrations held current
- Records produced for focused assessments
Reasonable care programme
Import procedures written down, so reasonable care is something you can demonstrate rather than assert.
- Documented import procedures
- Classification review cycles
- Valuation and related-party review
- Duty exposure reporting by heading and origin
Duty savings
Lowering the rate is part of the job
Filing alone won't move your landed cost. Classification, valuation and origin will, within the rules. Borderless reviews all three on every account, and prices the result in the same duty engine that prices the entry.
- Classification decided against CBP's rulings record
- First sale valuation where the supply chain supports it
- Trade agreement qualification, including USMCA
- Country of origin and substantial transformation
- Drawback on goods that are exported again or destroyed
- Exclusions applied where one covers the line
For forwarders and 3PLs
The licensed broker behind your freight
We clear your clients' entries under our licence, in a portal they can watch, and your clients stay yours. We never quote freight and we never go around you.
Every entry and ISF transmits under filer code NQR.
Not sure where you fit? Let's talk.
Tell us what you import and where it ships from. We'll tell you which of these applies and what it costs.