AI-Powered Tariff Engineering
ARC Trade gives small and mid-market importers access to the same tariff strategies that Fortune 500 companies use — powered by AI, not $200K law firms.
16.8%
Average U.S. tariff rate
85,000+
SMB importers underserved
250K+
CBP rulings in our dataset
15–40%
Typical duty savings
The Problem
Large companies spend $50K–$200K per product line on trade attorneys who analyze HTS alternatives, build substantial transformation arguments, and file CBP ruling requests. These strategies routinely save 15–40% on duties.
Companies importing $5M–$100M face the exact same tariff landscape but have zero access to these strategies. They pay what the broker assigns and never challenge a classification.
How It Works
Vector search over 250K+ CROSS rulings runs in parallel with knowledge-graph traversal of the full HTS hierarchy, section notes, and exclusion rules.
A RAFT fine-tuned LLM classifies your product using retrieved context. High-confidence results output directly; edge cases escalate to deep reasoning.
Specialized AI agents apply GRI rules, build the legal argument with citations, rank restructuring strategies, and produce a complete CBP submission package.
Technology
Fine-tuned on 100K+ structured examples with GRI reasoning chains. Trained to reason from retrieved documents — not pattern-match from memory.
1M+ edges encoding exclusions, redirects, conflicts, and the six General Rules of Interpretation as traversal paths. Captures what vector search misses.
Every CBP decision — approved or denied — trains the model via Direct Preference Optimization. Every case filed makes the system smarter.
A sequence model that evaluates whether manufacturing steps constitute substantial transformation — the key to country-of-origin reclassification.
Why ARC Trade
| Approach | 10-Digit Accuracy | Cost / 1K | Defensibility |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPT-5 (zero-shot) | 25% | ~$3.50 | None |
| ATLAS (open-source fine-tune) | 40% | ~$0.70 | Low |
| ARC Trade RAFT | 50–60% | ~$0.70 | High |
Pricing
Starter
$499/mo
Growth
$1,499/mo
Enterprise
Custom
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