Every line gets a 10-digit HTSUS code, the reasoning behind it, any CBP rulings it relied on, and a confidence score. A licensed customs broker signs before anything is filed.
More than a code lookup: one code, and the case for it.
Illustrative screen — the code, description and rate are from the live HTSUS.
We’ll reply by email and walk through a few of your real products, the tricky ones especially, on a short call.
Or book a 20-minute call →Pulls material, function and use before deciding.
Candidates from the live HTSUS. Precedent from CBP rulings.
Competing headings settled by the GRIs, in order.
Only real codes. A licensed broker approves every line.
PDF or scan. Every line, quantity, price and origin.
Title, description and product photo from your public store.
CSV or Excel exported from your ERP.
PDF. More detail for the harder lines.
Shipment details into the entry, not the code.
GRI 3(b): retail set — the clipper gives it its essential character. Case classified with the set (GRI 5(a)).
Cites the CBP ruling when one covers the product.
8213 Scissors — not essential character
Illustrative screen — the code, description and rate are from the live HTSUS.
Too high: you overpay on every shipment.
Too low: duty owed back, plus penalties under 19 U.S.C. § 1592.
Wrong heading: Section 301/232 duties switch on or off.
HTS classification is assigning an imported product its 10-digit code in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). The first six digits follow the international Harmonized System; digits seven and eight set the U.S. duty rate; digits nine and ten are statistical suffixes. The code determines the duty rate, whether trade-program duties such as Section 301 or 232 apply, and which partner government agencies are involved.
It goes further than a lookup. A lookup returns codes whose descriptions match your keywords. Aduara reads the product, retrieves candidate codes from the live HTSUS and the most relevant CBP rulings, decides between competing headings using the General Rules of Interpretation, and returns one 10-digit code with a written rationale, a confidence score, the runner-up, and any rulings it relied on.
No. The AI proposes; a licensed customs broker reviews and signs. Every AI classification goes to broker review, whatever its confidence, and a low-confidence line blocks the whole entry until a broker has looked at it.
No. Every code is validated against the live HTSUS, and a code that does not exist in the schedule is rejected. If nothing fits, the classifier says so rather than forcing a code.
Against held-out CBP rulings: the ruling that would confirm the answer is excluded from retrieval, and each prediction is scored at the heading, subheading and full 10-digit level. The methodology and current results are published in our documentation: how the AI classifies goods.
General information, not legal or customs advice. Classification depends on the specific facts of each product.