Trade Compliance

COMPLIANCE

Trade compliance is the infrastructure that keeps international operations legal, penalty-free, and — done well — competitively advantaged. Companies that treat compliance as a checkbox invite risk. Companies that treat it as a discipline gain access to trade agreements, duty savings, and regulatory standing that others don't.

We help clients build compliance programs that are robust enough to withstand regulatory scrutiny and efficient enough not to impede operations.

CUSTOMS CLASSIFICATION

HTS classification review, binding ruling requests, and classification defense. Accurate classification is the foundation of every other trade compliance activity.

TRADE AGREEMENT UTILIZATION

Rules of origin qualification, certificate of origin management, and FTA preference programs (USMCA, CPTPP, EU agreements, and bilateral FTAs).

EXPORT CONTROLS

EAR and ITAR compliance program development, ECCN classification, license determination, and denied party screening procedures.

COMPLIANCE AUDITS

Internal compliance reviews, prior disclosure preparation, and post-entry audit response. We identify exposure before regulators do.

Compliance Advisory

THE COST OF NON-COMPLIANCE IS ALWAYS HIGHER THAN THE COST OF DOING IT RIGHT.

CBP penalty assessments, export violation fines, and debarment from government programs are not theoretical risks. We've seen what happens when companies grow faster than their compliance infrastructure. We help ensure that gap never opens.

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