FREEHAND FOR TRADE & COMPLIANCE
Duties, tariffs, and broker fees - checked before you pay
Trade billing moves fast and jurisdictional rules move faster. Freehand’s AI Teams validate classifications, duty math, FTA eligibility, broker charges, and screening checkpoints against schedules, contracts, and what actually crossed the border — so overpayments and gaps surface before they harden into exposure.
Trusted by global leaders in Logistics, Manufacturing, and Retail
100%Duty Overpayments Identified
20xIncrease in Eligible Duty Drawback recovered
SOC 2 & ISO 27001Certifications
Trade spend is opaque - and the rules don’t sit still
Rates, agreements, and broker invoices rarely meet in one place. Teams pay what’s billed; exceptions become someone’s side project.
Tariffs without a system
MFN, preferential, Section 301, ADD/CVD — applied wrong or on the wrong mix costs real money, quietly.
Classification errors compound
Broker-assigned HS codes that don’t match the product cascade into wrong duties across thousands of lines.
FTA upside left on the table.
Documentation friction means eligible treatment and drawback often never get filed.
Static tables, moving targets.
When schedules shift, spreadsheets lag - you keep paying last quarter’s assumptions.
how it works
AI validation across the trade lifecycle continuously
AI Teams cross-check entries, broker invoices, product and origin records, agreements, and sanctions data — with Studio setting how far autonomy runs and what escalates.
Trade & Compliance AI Agents
Specialized agents cover classification, duty calculation, FTA and drawback, broker invoice audit, tariff change monitoring, and restricted-party screening — every charge tied back to evidence.
Where we recover and protect
Import and export charges, broker economics, and compliance checks - in one loop.
Import Duties & Tariffs
MFN, preferential, FTA, Section 301, anti-dumping, CVD
Customs Broker Fees
Disbursements, filing fees, examination fees, advancement charges
Export Compliance
EAR/ITAR classification, export license verification
Restricted Party Screening
OFAC, BIS, EU, UN sanctions lists
FTA Management
USMCA, EU agreements, CPTPP, bilateral agreements
Duty Drawback
Manufacturing, unused merchandise, rejected merchandise
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A proprietary semantic layer that unifies logistics contracts, operational activity data, invoice records, SLA terms, provider performance, and historical exceptions. Al agents reason across fragmented data, detect patterns, explain variances, and continuously improve.
Customs Entries | Broker Invoices | HS Tariff Schedules | FTA Certificates | Product Specifications | Origin Documentation | Sanctions Lists
Trade Ontology | Products > HS Codes > Tariff Rates | Origin > FTA Eligibility | Entries > Duties > Drawback | Broker > Fees > Contracts
HS Classification | Duty Calculation | FTA Qualification | Drawback Recovery | Broker Audit | Tariff Monitoring | Compliance Screening
We meet you where you work
Connect GTM tools, broker systems, and ERP - ingest via EDI, API, SFTP, and database sync; push validated outcomes back to finance.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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What does Freehand do for global trade?
We validate HS classifications, duty calculations, FTA eligibility, broker fees, tariff updates, and restricted-party checks — with documentation behind each outcome.
What charges are in scope?
Import duties (MFN, preferential, Section 301, ADD/CVD), country surcharges, broker disbursements and service fees, and related compliance-driven costs — matched to schedules, contracts, and activity.
How do you handle broker invoices vs carrier freight?
Freight audit is movement charges; broker audit is clearance economics (disbursements, filings, exams, advances). Different logic — both can run on Freehand.
Can you recover money retroactively?
Yes — historical entries and invoices can surface overpayments, missed FTA treatment, and drawback opportunities (subject to program limits and your policies).
How do tariff changes stay current?
Monitoring feeds validation libraries and alerts when your commodity mix is affected — so you’re not paying stale assumptions.
How do you connect and stay enterprise-safe?
GTM/broker/ERP paths via API, EDI, SFTP, and connectors (e.g. SAP, Oracle, Dynamics, JDE, NetSuite). SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001 alignment, encryption, RBAC — details in security materials.
See trade and duty leakage before it compounds
We’ll walk entries, classifications, and broker economics - and show where AI Teams close the gap.
