Describe the movement
Product, HS code, origin, destination, value, weight and the evidence you already hold.
For European importers and customs teams
Check your customs
declaration before
you file.
Know before you declare. Check a customs declaration for missing evidence, inconsistent information and financial exposure. Get a source-linked, review-ready result in about 60 seconds.
No filing is made. Uploaded documents are deleted automatically within 24 hours.
Official sourcesTraceable calculationsHuman-review ready
Also available
No declaration to hand?
Run the manual preflight from a trade lane, commodity code and value instead. Same rules, no upload.
One import decision
Classification→Origin→Measures→Carbon→True cost
One evidence trail
01 / The decision
The declaration is the last step. The decision starts earlier.
A declarant is responsible for what enters the declaration. Yet the answer is usually assembled across tariff portals, spreadsheets, broker emails and assumptions no one can reproduce later.
Resolve every applicable layer
MFN and preference, trade remedies, quota and safeguard signals, VAT, CBAM and operational costs.
Issue a review-ready record
See the number, the rule behind it, the source date and the evidence still missing before action.
02 / The record
A number you can interrogate.
The Declarant does not hide a recommendation behind a confidence score. It separates what is known, what was calculated and what still needs human confirmation.
- Every cost shown as a separate component
- Preferences kept separate from trade remedies
- Source, effective date and calculation context retained
- Uncertainty shown as an evidence gap—not a silent guess
TRADE LANETürkiye → Germany
PRODUCTHS 7601208000
DECISION STATE2 evidence gapsResolve before broker handoff
Customs pathwayCustoms Union · verify A.TRREVIEW
Trade remediesIndependent measure scanCHECKED
CBAMCode in covered sectorEVIDENCE
Cost layersDuty · VAT · CBAM · logisticsITEMISED
Source setTARIC · EUR-Lex · ECB · EU CBAMVersioned
Sample decision record — an illustrative example, not a customer record. Your own free check returns the same structure for your declaration.
03 / What it checks
Every layer that changes the answer.
Built around the questions importers, customs teams and finance ask before goods move.
Tariff & classification
Current TARIC measures, declarable code checks and rate decomposition—including non-ad-valorem expressions.
Origin & preference
FTA and customs-union pathways, rules-of-origin conditions and the document that supports the claim.
Trade remedies
Anti-dumping, countervailing, safeguard, quota and suspension signals kept visible and independent.
True landed cost
Duty, VAT, freight, insurance, brokerage and destination fees combined without hiding the waterfall.
CBAM exposure
Code-level scope, embedded-emissions inputs, default alternatives and certificate-cost context.
Party & evidence risk
Sanctions signals, stale inputs, missing documents and unsupported assumptions routed to human review.
04 / Source disciplineAnswers change.
Answers change.
Sources leave fingerprints.
The Declarant is designed around official-source computation—not a chatbot’s memory of what a rule used to say. Each decision retains enough context to be reviewed when the regulation or data changes.
EU TARICCIRCABCEUR-LexEU CBAMECBUK HMRCEU · UK · OFAC lists
05 / Built for the handoff
One decision. Different questions.
Can we defend the position?
Review the classification, origin route, measures, documents and citations before responsibility crystallises.
What is the real margin?
See the complete cost before sourcing approval, compare origins and prevent regulatory costs arriving after commitment.
What still needs confirmation?
Send a structured, evidence-aware case instead of an email thread—and keep the broker’s judgement where it belongs.
06 / Straight answers
Before you rely on it.
Does The Declarant file customs declarations?+
No. It prepares and validates the decision context before filing, then supports a review-ready handoff to your customs team or broker.
Does it replace a customs broker?+
No. It reduces fragmented research and makes assumptions visible. Formal filing, representation and jurisdiction-specific judgement remain with authorised people.
Can it compare sourcing origins?+
Yes. Scenarios can compare duty pathways, CBAM exposure, VAT and operating costs across origins using the same product and destination context.
What happens when the answer is uncertain?+
The uncertainty is surfaced as a missing condition, document, stale source or review item. The system should not silently turn uncertainty into zero cost.
07 / The rules behind the checks
Customs guides, sourced.
Plain-English answers to the questions that reach customs teams first, each linked to the official source.
01
What is a customs declarant?
The legal meaning, who may take the role and how direct and indirect representation change responsibility.
02What is an EORI number and how do you check one?
Who needs an EORI number, how the official checker works and what a valid result does not prove.
03HS code, CN code and TARIC code: what is the difference?
Six, eight and ten digit codes, and a safer lookup process.
04How to calculate EU import duty and import VAT
A worked example from customs value and tariff rate to the import VAT base.
Also in the guides: customs value, freight and Incoterms, the declaration audit checklist and EU customs duty recovery, plus the EU €3 duty on low value parcels. Browse all customs guides
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