Trade compliance research
Screen, classify, cost and monitor cross-border trade, with the source on the page.
Four workflows and a cited assistant over official tariffs, customs rulings, export-control rules and sanctions lists from the world's major trading blocs. Every number and claim shows the record behind it.
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- Tariff markets
- 10k+
- US trade rules and notices
What duty and restrictions apply to UK imports of HS 8507600090 from Russia?
Lithium-ion accumulators under 8507600090 carry a third-country duty of 2.0%1.
Goods of Russian origin also attract the 35% additional duty introduced under the Customs (Additional
Duty) (Russia and Belarus) Regulations2, and the code sits within the import prohibitions of the Russia
(Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations3. VAT is 20%1.
an additional ad valorem duty of 35% applies to goods originating in Russia or Belarus falling within the commodity codes listed in the Schedule
Answers are read from
- USITC
- CBP
- Federal Register
- eCFR
- OFAC
- HMRC
- FCDO
- European Commission
- Japan Customs
- UN Security Council
- Global Affairs Canada
- UNCTAD TRAINS
Workflows
Four workflows and a cited assistant.
Each one keeps its evidence, runs under workspace roles and exports for audit.
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Screening
Screen every counterparty against five sanctions regimes at once
Paste or upload customers, suppliers, banks and vessels. Each is checked against the US Consolidated Screening List, the UN Security Council list, and the EU, UK and Canadian sanctions lists. Potential matches go to a reviewer who records a false positive, true match or escalation, with the list versions it was decided against.
An audit-ready screening record in minutes, exportable as CSV.
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Classification
Classify a product for the US, EU and UK in one pass
Describe the product once. Research proposes candidate codes from each nomenclature, pulls US customs rulings on similar goods and shows the duty on the codes you choose. A second reviewer approves; changing an approved code sends it back to review.
One classification record per SKU, with rationale and evidence.
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Duties
Compare landed duty across the markets you sell into
One code and origin: base rate, preferences, anti-dumping and sanctions duties, restrictions and VAT for the US, EU, UK and Japan from their national tariffs, plus MFN applied rates for China, India, Korea, ASEAN, the Gulf, Türkiye, Russia and the EAEU, South Africa, Nigeria, Brazil, Mexico and more.
A sourcing or market-entry comparison you can defend.
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Usage ledger
Know what every query cost and what it touched
Every question, screening, classification, duty comparison and monitor check is a row in the ledger: who asked, model tokens and cost at list price, the tools that ran, the official sources reached, cache hits, latency and outcome. Analytics by member, surface, model and source; export for finance and audit.
Per-query cost transparency no trade compliance suite publishes.
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Monitor
Know the day a rule, rate or listing changes
Watch counterparties, tariff codes and trade topics. Research re-checks the sanctions lists, the US, EU and UK tariffs, the US Federal Register and GOV.UK trade notices, and shows what changed since the last check for someone to acknowledge.
No more discovering a new listing or tariff action at the border.
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Research assistant
Ask anything and get the ruling or rule on the page
The assistant reads the same sources and cites every sentence: tariff code and revision, ruling number, Federal Register page, CFR section, list and regime. The passage is highlighted, and Federal Register rules open on the official PDF.
Answers your team can verify in one click.
Coverage
By region.
Official public services of USITC, CBP, the Office of the Federal Register, ITA, HMRC and DBT, the FCDO, the European Commission, Japan Customs, the UN Security Council, Global Affairs Canada, and UNCTAD TRAINS via the World Bank. None of them endorses Quad99 Research.
| Region | Tariffs and duties | Rulings, rules and notices | Sanctions and export-control lists |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | Harmonized Tariff Schedule (USITC), Chapter 99 references | CBP rulings · Federal Register (BIS, USTR, CBP, ITA, OFAC, USITC) · eCFR | Consolidated Screening List (Entity List, SDN, MEU, DPL and 8 more) |
| European Union | EU tariff: third-country duty, preferences, trade defence, restrictions | — | EU consolidated financial sanctions list |
| United Kingdom | UK Trade Tariff: duty, preferences, additional duties, VAT | GOV.UK: Export Control Joint Unit, OFSI, Trade Remedies Authority, DBT, HMRC | UK Sanctions List |
| Asia-Pacific | Japan national tariff with every EPA rate · MFN reference: China, India, Korea, Viet Nam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, Singapore, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Australia, New Zealand | — | UN list (applied by Singapore, Hong Kong and others) |
| Russia and Eurasia | MFN reference: Russia and Kazakhstan (EAEU common tariff) · EU, UK and US sanctions duties and bans on Russian goods | US and UK Russia export-control notices | Russia designations across US, EU, UK, Canada |
| Middle East and Africa | MFN reference: UAE, Saudi Arabia (GCC), Türkiye, Israel, South Africa (SACU), Nigeria, Egypt, Kenya, Morocco | — | UN list (applied by South Africa's FIC) · US, EU, UK programmes |
| Americas | MFN reference: Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Colombia | — | Canada autonomous sanctions list |
MFN reference = applied most-favoured-nation rate reported to UNCTAD TRAINS at HS 6 digits, with its reporting year; it does not show preferences or trade-defence duties for that market.
Against the alternatives
Four jobs, one desk, every query shown.
GTM suites (Descartes, E2open, SAP GTS, Thomson Reuters) are quote-only, start around $50k a year and need an implementation project. Point tools do one job. Research does the four a compliance team does every week, and shows its work per query.
| Capability | Research | GTM suites | Point tools |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cited answers with the source passage highlighted | ● | ○ | ◐ |
| Screening across US, UN, EU, UK and Canada lists with explainable matches | ● | ● | ◐ |
| Reviewer decisions kept with the list versions used | ● | ● | ○ |
| Classification with rulings cited and four-eyes approval | ● | ● | ◐ |
| Duty comparison across 37 markets in one table | ● | ● | ○ |
| Per-query ledger: tokens, cost, sources, latency, member | ● | ○ | ○ |
| Self-serve, no implementation project | ● | ○ | ● |
| 190+ sanctions lists, ERP connectors, licence determination | ○ | ● | ○ |
● included · ◐ some vendors · ○ not offered. From vendors' public pages and 2026 buyer's guides.
Why teams trust it
Built for a reviewer, not a demo.
- Official sources, read live
- Every figure comes from the authority that publishes it, at the moment you ask. Nothing is cached for weeks and nothing comes second-hand from a reseller.
- Evidence kept with the decision
- Screening decisions record the list versions; classifications keep candidates, rulings and rationale; every assistant query is logged with its parameters.
- Honest about limits
- A name match is not a determination, a ruling binds only its requester, and a TRAINS MFN figure is a reference with its year. Research says so every time.
- Enterprise controls
- Row-level security per workspace, reviewer roles and four-eyes approval, an admin audit log and SSO-ready accounts.
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