Every document,before it sails.
An order knows what it needs to clear where it lands: the commercial papers, the proof of origin that lowers the duty, the tests the goods need. Buyer and factory work from one list.
The importer: What customs will stop, before it does.
Every shipment in the book, asked the questions the border will ask. A missing paper is one row, with the money riding on it and the factory that owes it.
Duty: The duty the rules of origin allow.
The landed price applies EU–Andean 0% because the chain qualifies: woven and sewn in Colombia.
Factories: Every factory, rated per market.
Law by law, against what it makes, with the one document that would lift it most.
Origin
Where it is made decides the duty.
The EU charges 12% on HS 6201.40 (a woven jacket) from a country without an agreement. With one, the rate falls — if the goods qualify and the proof travels with them. These rates are computed by the landed-cost engine for a jacket woven and sewn in each country.
Documents
What an order carries, checked before departure.
Requirements are computed per order from its destination, its goods and its origin. Freight papers travel with every shipment; batch documents prove this batch of goods.
Freight · every shipment 6
- Commercial Invoice
- Packing List
- Bill of Lading
- Preferential Proof of Origin
- Transport Insurance
- CBP Form 3461
Batch · these goods 3
- Certificate (OEKO-TEX / GOTS / GRS)
- UFLPA Declaration
- Lab test report
The rating
Scored from evidence, law by law.
Each law is broken into what it asks of a factory, and each part is checked against the factory’s documents. A law that does not apply is not applicable, not a pass.
EU 9 laws
- SKU-level material composition data
- Structured product master data
- DPP technical readiness (digital, exportable)
- Unsold-goods handling policy & data
- No exposure to flagged regions/entities
- Valid social audits (SA8000/SMETA/BSCI)
- Supply-chain mapping depth (tier 2+)
- Recruitment & labour-rights policy
- Clean adverse-media profile
- HR & environmental due-diligence policy
- Grievance mechanism
- Periodic risk-assessment process
- Third-party audit cadence
- GHG emissions data (scope 1+2)
- Energy / water / waste metrics
- Digital ESG data-request capability
- Claims backed by verifiable evidence
- Recognised certification schemes behind claims
- No banned generic claims in market-facing copy
- EPR scheme registration (per member state)
- Recyclability / mono-material share
- Production waste data tracked
- Fibre-composition labelling (EU 1007/2011)
- Care labelling (EN ISO 3758)
- EU responsible person designated (GPSR)
- Restricted-substance testing (OEKO-TEX / AFIRM)
- Input chemistry policy (ZDHC MRSL)
- PFAS phase-out trajectory
- Plot geolocation & satellite verification
- Art. 9 information package ready for the importer
- Plot-to-product traceability
- Country benchmark exposure
US 3 laws
- No XUAR / Entity List nexus in the chain
- Raw-fibre origin proven to farm/gin (tier 4)
- CBP evidence dossier assembled
- Supply-chain mapping depth (tier 2+)
- Social audits & clean adverse-media profile
- Fibre content disclosure (16 CFR 303)
- Country-of-origin marking (19 U.S.C. §1304)
- Care labelling (16 CFR 423)
- FTC Registered Identification Number on file
- Listed-substance testing (lead, phthalates, azo dyes)
- Warning determination & labelling process
- PFAS-free declaration (AB 1817)
- Input chemistry policy (ZDHC MRSL)
Open a law for what it asks of a factory.