CATAIR · Customs Compliance Pipeline

Compliance-grade multi-jurisdiction filing.

A human-in-the-loop AI pipeline that transforms customs filings for US, UK, EU and Mexico — with audit trails that stand up to reclassification.

Market Situation

The moment for compliance infrastructure.

Three forces are reshaping cross-border filing economics simultaneously. Legacy broker stacks were not designed for any of them.

Volume

De-minimis removal

The $800 threshold is politically contested. Its removal implies an order-of-magnitude increase in formal entry volume — overnight.

Concentration

Complexity favors scale

Small and mid-size importers reduce EU inbound volume because the regulatory surface is too large to absorb. Capacity consolidates at the top.

Liability

Reclassification risk

Customs authorities reclassify retroactively. A filing that was lawful at entry can be recharacterized years later — the audit trail is the defense.

“Sometimes you act within the letter of the law — and an authority still calls it circumvention. Harley-Davidson moved production to Vietnam under a free-trade agreement, perfectly legal, and was penalized for it. The line between compliance and abuse is drawn after the fact.” Brian Mulier, Senior Counsel, Bird & Bird — Cross-Border Commerce Congress, Stockholm, 2026-04-20
Architecture

A three-stage funnel, not a black box.

Every filing passes through three bounded stages. Each stage produces a recommendation, a risk assessment and a persistent audit record.

01 · Research

Classify

Candidate HS codes, tariff and duty rates, sanctions and antidumping exposure across all four jurisdictions.

In: product data, shipment metadata
Out: ranked classifications with source citations
02 · Review

Score

Confidence scoring, alternative paths, side-by-side jurisdiction comparison, expert-feedback loop.

In: classification candidates
Out: confidence, alternatives, risk flags
03 · Verify

Sign

Document generation, compliance snapshot, retention-ready audit log, disclaimer layer.

In: reviewed filing
Out: entry + audit trail + human signature

The pipeline recommends. A human signs.

Build status

Where we stand.

A concrete engineering corpus underpins every recommendation. No demo-ware, no placeholder retrieval.

83 Modules
4 Jurisdictions · US · UK · EU · MX
1,220 Tests
15,122 Ontology edges
Byte-exact. Validated. Reproducible.
Audience

Built for four audiences.

The pipeline serves distinct roles in the compliance stack. Each relationship is structured differently.

Enterprise broker

Large broker

VP-level decision, multi-stakeholder procurement.

Pain

Entry volume scaling faster than licensed staff.

Value

Shipment throughput without linear headcount.

Mid-market operator

Mid-size customs firm

Owner-operated, fast decisions, tight margins.

Pain

Compliance complexity absorbs operator hours.

Value

Enterprise-grade speed at mid-market economics.

Advisory

Tax advisor

Multiplier — recommends, does not purchase directly.

Pain

Client-specific research is time-intensive and unbillable.

Value

Extends the advisor — does not replace them.

Legal

Regulatory counsel

Evaluates AI tooling against emerging regulation.

Pain

AI recommendations carry unclear liability architecture.

Value

Human-in-the-loop, explainable, audit-trailed by design.