Tariff Intelligence
Uperix Tariff Intelligence is tariff automation for trade compliance teams. It reconciles every broker entry, validates every duty calculation, and surfaces the overpayments hiding in your filings, with the supporting evidence already attached. AI reviews every entry, not a sample. Your analysts focus on the exceptions that matter.
70-80%
reduction in manual review
analysts on exceptions only
$3.1M
annual tariff elimination
USMCA qualification, one product line
260+
documents processed daily, for 1 client
autonomous, in production
100%
entry coverage
vs selective manual sampling
The Landscape
29
HTS revisions published in 2025
The tariff schedule went from a twice-a-year routine to a live policy instrument. Between 1987 and 2017, revisions averaged 1-2 per year. In 2025 alone there were 29. The pace of change in 2026 continues to accelerate.
Source: U.S. Government Harmonized Tariff Schedule Online Archive
727
pages of trade remedy provisions
Chapter 99 governs every active trade remedy program. Each page requires interpretation against Presidential Proclamations and Executive Orders published in the Federal Register. When those rules change, so does the obligation on every entry in your portfolio.
Programs Stack
A single import line can be subject to a base duty rate plus Section 232 plus Section 122 simultaneously. Whether the combined obligation is calculated correctly when multiple programs apply to the same entry line is a key compliance concern, particularly as programs are added, modified, and occasionally reversed.
Rules as of the Filing Date
Uperix maintains the full history of tariff changes, so every entry is evaluated against the rules in effect on the date of filing, not today's rules. Overpayments and recovery claims stand on the exact rules that applied. That history is not a commodity dataset, and it cannot be assembled overnight.
The Problem
The Math
6,250
hours per year
25,000 entries at 15 minutes each. That is approximately 3 FTE dedicated to validation alone, before rework, corrections, and audit support. Most teams cannot staff this, so validation becomes selective and inconsistent.
The Data Problem
Required compliance data lives across disconnected systems.
Validating a single entry requires cross-checking filings, invoices, shipment records, product data, and the applicable tariff revision. No single system holds all of it. Classification depends on the broker. Origin determination is manual. Weight data may be placeholder values. Material composition is inaccessible.
The Consequence
Errors compound silently across the filing process.
Every handoff between supplier invoice, shipment data, entry filing, and financial record creates opportunity for mismatch. Small errors accumulate until reconciliation, audit, or recovery work brings them into view. By then, correction is slower and more expensive.
How It Works
Instead of sampling entries, every entry is reconciled. Only exceptions with non-reconcilable conflicts, missing critical facts, or low-confidence outcomes are escalated for human review.
Align entry transactions to versioned tariff and regulatory sources. Match each entry to the rules in effect on the date of filing.
Interpret Chapter 99 duties, carve-outs, and lineage for broker review. Test stacking logic across overlapping programs.
Commercial invoices, supplier declarations, and attestations are read into structured facts. 28 key fields extracted per invoice.
Where the facts are incomplete, Uperix identifies what is missing and requests targeted evidence before making a determination.
Determinations update as new evidence arrives and return as auditable findings. Every decision includes the rationale and supporting documents.
Only entries with non-reconcilable conflicts, missing critical facts, or low-confidence outcomes are escalated. Analysts focus on judgment, not data entry.
Before
Partial coverage through manual sampling. Every entry requires time regardless of risk. Exceptions surface after filing, when correction is slower and more expensive. Coverage is inconsistent and gaps accumulate.
After
Every entry reconciled automatically, in full. Only exceptions requiring human judgment are flagged. Recurring broker errors become visible. Analysts spend time on decisions, not data retrieval.
What We Deliver
The platform handles the volume. Our trade compliance practitioners handle the judgment. Together they cover the full scope of what importers need to get right.
The Platform
Reconciliation aligns three data streams: billing data (what was invoiced and shipped), customs broker entry data (what was filed with CBP), and tariff program rules (what duty should have been assessed). Every entry is reconciled. Discrepancies are surfaced with the supporting evidence.
Split line detection across broker entries
Duty calculation verification per entry line
Section 232 applicability testing
Supplier declaration validity checks
Attestation status tracking (expired, missing)
Recurring broker error pattern detection
The Expertise
Reconciliation surfaces what happened. Advisory determines what to do about it. Our practitioners work alongside your trade compliance and finance teams to assess exposure, quantify financial impact, and build the operational controls that prevent recurrence.
Independent financial reconciliation review
Tariff exposure assessment across your portfolio
Trade compliance process and systems analysis
Data gap identification and remediation planning
BOM analysis for USMCA / FTA qualification
Transformation roadmap and control layer design
Results
Global Tool Manufacturer: Soldering Iron Line
A global manufacturer faced 25% Section 301 tariffs on Chinese-sourced components. A USMCA exemption was buried inside 3,864 components across 48 SKUs and six assembly levels. Manual analysis would have taken half a day per SKU. Uperix delivered the full analysis in under two weeks with 100% accuracy verified by the client's customs team.
$3.1M/yr
permanent cost avoidance
22 / 48
SKUs met 60% threshold
100%
recommendation accuracy
850+
SKUs ready for next wave
Built Once, Runs Forever
The automation is built. The remaining 850+ SKUs can now be processed in minutes, collapsing what would have taken years of manual work into a single run. Every incremental qualification adds directly to the bottom line.
The Foundation
Commercial invoices, supplier declarations, and compliance attestations arrive from multiple sources in inconsistent formats. Uperix reads, classifies, and extracts structured data from every document type automatically.
28 key fields
PO numbers, country of origin, part numbers, weights, tariff codes, quantities, amounts. Enables split line detection and line-level broker reconciliation.
Validity verification
HTS codes, declaration periods, signatory details. Automated checks for signature presence, stamp presence, and period coverage.
Compliance tracking
Russian iron and steel attestations, REACH, CBAM, EUDR. Supplier-level status tracking with expired and missing coverage flagging.
FAQ
Three data streams per entry: billing data, customs broker entry data, and the tariff program rules in effect on the date of filing.
70 to 80 percent. Analysts see only exceptions with non-reconcilable conflicts, missing critical facts, or low-confidence outcomes.
Yes. Historical entries are evaluated against the schedule in effect at the time of filing, so overpayments surface with supporting evidence attached.
Uperix Tariff Intelligence converts sampling-based compliance into full-coverage review. Every entry examined. Every exception surfaced. Every discrepancy quantified.
For the VP Supply Chain
Full visibility into tariff exposure across your import portfolio, updated as policy changes.
For the Trade Compliance Team
Every entry reconciled automatically. Your team focuses on exceptions requiring judgment, not data retrieval.
For the CFO
Duty discrepancies identified proactively instead of discovered during audit. Exposure quantified before it becomes a finding.
