AI-assisted HS and HTS classification

Turn shipment documents into a classification you can defend.

Leviqa extracts the item, suggests the HS or HTS code and keeps the confidence, cited rule and supporting excerpt beside the decision. The professional reviews and approves.

What stays attached to the decision

  1. 01Code + confidence
  2. 02Rule + source
  3. 03Human approval

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What stays attached to the decision

Built as a sidecar, not a replacement project.

Start with a description or shipment document, review the result and export the work without replacing the system of record.

Code + confidence
Review the suggestion with a visible confidence signal instead of accepting a black-box answer.
Rule + source
Keep the applicable GRI, note and supporting excerpt available at the moment of review.
Human approval
The licensed professional remains the authority and every correction becomes part of the record.

Every shipment becomes an auditable decision.

Leviqa reads the route and the description, suggests the HS/HTS code, and returns the confidence level for every decision. Alongside, a sample of the pipeline: each shipment with its suggested code and explicit confidence.

shipments → codespipeline sample
  • Shenzhen → Los Angeles8471.3098%
  • Mexico City → Los Angeles8708.2997%
  • Ho Chi Minh → Hamburg6403.9996%
  • Rotterdam → Santosgoes to review3004.9071%
  • Busan → Long Beach8517.6294%
the ground shifted

Classification stopped being a detail. It became a boardroom topic.

The recent tariff chaos shone a light on trade’s most tedious and risky work: telling customs the right code and the right duty. Getting it wrong became too expensive to do by hand.

Layered tariffs
Base, Section 301, reciprocal: a single shipment can carry several cumulative tariffs. The real cost is the sum of every layer — and they change all the time.
End of de minimis
The up-to-$800 exemption ended in August 2025 — and CBP has suspended it indefinitely, across all modes. Every shipment now requires formal entry, with the correct HS/HTS code and duty.
Unpredictable landed cost
Duty stopped being a fixed number and became a decision variable. Getting the math wrong erodes the margin before the sale even happens.

153M1B+

low-value shipments per year that stopped entering without classification (2015 → 2023)

US$ 1B+

in duties the CBP has already collected on 246M+ low-value shipments since the end of de minimis (May 2025) — revenue that used to enter uncharged

0%
of world trade is classified by the Harmonized System
+0 thousand
ten-digit codes in the US HTS — where one detail changes the duty rate
US$ 0 bn
is the US customs brokerage market — ~11 thousand licensed brokers, running almost by hand

Sources: CBP, Congressional Research Service (R48380), USITC, and public market research (2025–2026).

From document to declaration, without the grunt work.

AI takes typing and guessing out of the path. Scroll to watch the shipment advance — each step delivering something ready to check.

  1. 01

    Documents

    Invoice, packing list, and BL come in as they are — PDF, photo, or spreadsheet.

    shipment SHA-2291receiving
    • commercial-invoice.pdf184 KB
    • packing-list.xlsx32 KB
    • bill-of-lading.jpg1.2 MB

    PDF, photo, or spreadsheet — they come in as they are, no manual formatting.

  2. 02

    Extraction

    Items are read and structured automatically, no typing.

    extracted itemsreading
    ItemQty
    100W USB-C cable1,200
    65W GaN charger800
    7-in-1 USB hub450

    Structured automatically — zero typing.

  3. 03

    Classification

    The AI suggests the HS/HTS code and cites the rule that backs it.

    classificationsuggesting
    100W USB-C cable
    8544.42.9090
    97%
    Confiança alta

    GRI 1 · Note 8 of Ch. 85. Conductor with a connector — classified by function, not by material.

    Every suggestion comes with the confidence level and the rule that backs it.

  4. 04

    Landed cost

    Duty, Section 301, MPF/HMF, and freight summed — a planning view of the import cost.

    landed costsumming
    Customs value
    $48,000
    Duty (2.6%)
    $1,248
    Section 301 (25%)
    $12,000
    MPF + HMF
    $226
    Freight + insurance
    $3,174
    Real cost
    $64,648

    The number that decides sourcing — before you buy, not at the border.

  5. 05

    Declaration

    The declaration arrives pre-filled, ready to review and approve.

    declarationready
    Importer
    Acme Imports LLC
    Regime
    Formal entry
    Classified items
    3 of 3
    Declared total
    $64,648
    Review and approve

    Pre-filled and auditable — you confirm in seconds.

Every suggestion comes with the proof beside it.

No verdict without grounding. The review screen puts the code, the confidence, and the why in one place — you decide with context, not in the dark.

  • The confidence level in color, segments, and a label — legible even without color.
  • The cited rule (GRI and notes) and the document excerpt that back each code.
  • The neighboring codes ruled out — with the why behind each exclusion.
  • Approve or correct in one click — and every correction tunes your model.
leviqa · shipments / SHP-2026-0148

14" notebook, ARM, 16 GB, 512 GB SSD

120 units · origin China

Analyzing…

Suggested HS/HTS code

8471.30.0100high confidence

Portable automatic data-processing machines ≤ 10 kg

0%

Why this code

  • GRI 1Heading 84.71 text covers data-processing machines.
  • Note 6, Ch. 84Meets the definition of an automatic data-processing machine.

Document excerpt

“Laptop 14in ARM CPU 16GB RAM 512GB SSD — 120 pcs”

commercial invoice · line 3

Ruled out8471.41 requires input and output units in the same housing — not the case for a portable.

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The classification, cost and evidence decisions share the same operational record.