Duty Management

Duty and tariff costs are not fixed—yet many companies still treat them that way. Preferential trade agreements and duty-savings programs can protect a meaningful share of margin, but qualifying SKUs, collecting supplier origin data, and keeping filings current is more than most teams can run reliably on spreadsheets. Without a systematized approach, eligible savings go unused and the administrative burden outweighs the return.

The challenge

To use FTAs, importers must gather product information from the supply chain and determine which goods conform to each agreement’s rules of origin. Customs warehousing, Foreign Trade Zones (FTZs), and drawback programs defer or reclaim duty—but they are complex to run by hand, and outsourcing can erase the savings.

How we help

We implement WiseTech Duty Management so trade programs become a repeatable operating process, not a spreadsheet exercise:

• FTA qualification and management using comprehensive trade content, classification engines, and supplier collaboration
• Duty savings identification down to component origin, surfacing transactions eligible for reduction or elimination
• FTZ, customs warehousing, and drawback program support with automated inventory reconciliation for receipts, issues, and adjustments
• Documentation and reporting required by duty optimization programs worldwide
• Compliance-backed savings drawn from current regulatory content so cost reduction does not create new audit risk

Outcome

Higher FTA utilization, lower total cost of goods, and duty programs you can actually run—reliably and at scale.