AI-Powered International Trade Compliance Tools
Start with a product or shipment, then move into deeper international trade compliance analysis.
Review import readiness, HTS classification, customs value, country-of-origin, Chapter 98 tariff exemptions and opportunities, and internal customs controls.
Built with oversight from a practicing international trade attorney. Designed around the real-world compliance challenges importers face every day.
Straightforward ITC is a self-service compliance technology platform. It does not provide legal services or customs brokerage services, and use of the platform does not create an attorney-client or customs broker-client relationship.
New · Free tool
Importer of Record Check
CBP’s new rule for foreign importers of record applies to entries starting January 5, 2027. Find out whether you’re likely a U.S. or foreign importer of record, who can file for you, and what to put in the three new CBP filing fields.
Free with an account · No credits · No documents or ID numbers
Rule takes effect
January 5, 2027
Foreign importers must be CTPAT-validated or use a CTPAT-validated broker.
Built to reduce trade compliance work
Organize the facts
Turn complex product, shipment, and compliance details into structured workflows.
Spot weak points
Identify missing information and documents, red flags, and areas that may need additional review.
Document next steps
Create clearer internal records, checklists, and action items for compliance follow-up.
Start with the compliance question in front of you
Code validation
HTS Code Sanity Check
Already have an HTS code but not sure if it is correct? Go beyond basic code validation with a structured review of your product's HTS classification, potential classification discrepancies, reporting requirements, and other red flags that may warrant further review.
Origin analysis
Substantial Transformation Analyzer
Evaluate how manufacturing processes, materials, and key components may affect a product’s country of origin, identify potential substantial transformation issues and red flags, and review supporting evidence to strengthen your origin analysis.
Valuation review
Customs Value Issue Finder
A guided review for transaction value support, dutiable additions, related-party pricing, documentation readiness, and situations where another valuation method may need review.
Import triage
Import Readiness Check
A guided review of entry documents, HTS classification, origin, customs value, special duties, other government agency requirements and admissibility, and forced labor traceability for one product or shipment.
Red flags & risks review
Customs Compliance Self-Assessment
Evaluate your customs compliance practices across key regulatory areas, analyze entry data and supporting documentation for potential discrepancies, identify compliance gaps and red flags, and uncover opportunities to strengthen internal controls, recordkeeping, and overall import compliance.
Tariff savings
Chapter 98 Tariff Exemptions/Reductions
Identify potential opportunities to reduce or eliminate import duties and tariffs under Chapter 98, assess eligibility for supported provisions, and generate practical documentation checklists to help support qualifying claims.
Built for commercially sensitive trade data
Straightforward ITC uses access controls, private storage, and encrypted connections to help protect your information. Your reports and account information are not publicly accessible, and your import data is not used to generate other customers’ reports.
Private by design
Reports, uploaded documents, and account information are protected by account-level access controls.
No data sales
We do not sell your data.
No cross-customer report use
Your import data is not used to generate another customer’s report.
Secure payments
Payments are handled through Stripe. Straightforward ITC does not receive or store your full payment card number.
Bring structure to your trade compliance review
Choose a module, answer guided questions, upload supporting documentation, and turn complex trade compliance issues into clearer next steps.