Disclaimer

Last updated 1 September 2026

Product codes

The product code is written by an AI model. It follows the official rules, but it can be wrong and still sound completely certain. Check every code on USITC / CBP and ACE — the United States’s own tariff and filing sources — and with your customs agent before it goes on any shipping document.

Where you are, the national code is 10 digits, HTSUS, set by USITC / CBP. The first six digits are the same the world over; the digits after them are national and are the ones most often wrong.

Duty and tax rates

Rates you type in are yours. Rates we suggest are estimates. What you actually pay depends on the code customs accepts, where the goods were made, any trade agreement or exemption in force that day, and the value the customs officer decides on.

How much of a country's duty and tax structure we model varies, and we do not hide which tier you are in: some jurisdictions are checked line by line, some are structurally modelled with indicative rates you can overwrite, and for the rest the calculator asks you for the numbers rather than inventing them. The current position is generated from the same table the calculators run on and is shown on the coverage section of the Tools page.

Exchange rates

Our live rates come from the European Central Bank. That is a market reference rate, and it is usually not the rate your customs entry is valued at, nor the rate your bank gives you — your bank uses a third rate again, and adds a margin. Where you are, customs uses a rate published quarterly, and it is not the market rate. Use the right one for the job: the customs rate for the customs form, the bank rate for what actually reaches your account.

Cost estimates

Freight, insurance and clearance figures are guesses until you have the real invoice. Treat every total as a planning number.

Export incentives, where a country has them, are the least stable line in any quote: the rates change by government notice and what you finally realise can depend on the market price on the day you sell the entitlement. Where you are, the scheme we model is Duty drawback.

Compliance and rules checks

A rules check tells you what to look into, not what you are cleared to do. It does not screen your buyer or your consignee against any sanctions or restricted-party list, it does not know about a licence condition specific to your business, and it cannot see an embargo announced this morning. Export controls, sanctions and licensing remain entirely your responsibility — see section 5 of the terms of use.

Market Compass

The products, countries and price ranges it suggests come from the AI model's general knowledge — not from a paid trade-data service. Nothing here is verified, and no buyer is arranged or introduced. Treat the shortlist as a list of ideas to test with real buyers before you spend money or book production.

Trade Doctor

Trade Doctor helps you work out what to do next. It is not a lawyer, a customs agent or an accountant. It only answers questions about import and export operations, and it refuses — without using a Credit — anything outside that, or anything that would break the law. Check any fix with a licensed customs agent or trade lawyer in the country concerned before you act, especially when money, a shipment in transit or a deadline is involved.

Generated documents

Invoices, packing lists and the rest are drafts built from what you typed. They are not certified, not pre-approved by any authority, and not a substitute for the form your bank, your buyer or your customs broker actually requires. Read every one before it leaves your hands.

If it goes wrong

Chetty Exports Private Limited cannot be held responsible for any duty, penalty, interest, port charge or business loss caused by relying on what the tools produce. See our terms of use.