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Everything that moves goods across a border — one platform

Classify the goods, file the declaration, move the freight, recover the overpaid duty. tradePhlo replaces a stack of disconnected tools and brokers with one AI-driven platform — for customs brokers, freight forwarders, and traders alike.

tradePhlo โ€” monitor your declarations Container port โ€” goods crossing a border
CDS accepted in 14 seconds
AI extracted 23 fields from invoice
16+
Paying broker & trader customers
51
Countries of tariff intelligence
80%
Less manual data entry
14s
Average CDS response
One platform, four modules

The whole border journey, end to end

Most operators stitch together a classifier, a customs filer, a forwarder's portal and a refund consultant. tradePhlo runs the entire sequence on one platform — so the HS code you classify is the code you declare, and the duty you overpaid is the duty you get back.

01 — Classify
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Intelligence

Tariff, FTA & landed-cost

AI HS classification, MFN & preferential rates, sanctions and rules-of-origin across 51 countries — landed cost before you commit to a trade.

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02 — Declare
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Declarations

CDS ยท NCTS6 ยท NL DMS

File import, export and transit declarations to HMRC and Dutch customs. AI reads your documents; you review and submit. GVMS, inventory and warehousing built in.

Live
03 — Move
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Freight

Quotes ยท booking ยท tracking

Rate quotes, booking and shipment tracking alongside the clearance you already run — so the goods and the paperwork stay on one timeline.

In development
04 — Recover
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Duty Recovery

Multi-jurisdiction refund audit

Audit your own declaration history for over-paid duty — missed FTAs, mis-classification, valuation. Filing-ready packets, flat fee, no 20–30% contingency.

Preview
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New: end-to-end NCTS6 and live guarantee balance

Two major additions to the Declarations module this month — built against HMRC's latest APIs so you can move transit goods and manage guarantees without a second system.

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NCTS6 Transit — full lifecycle

Integrated with HMRC's CTC Traders API v3.0 (NCTS6 Phase 6). Submit, amend, and cancel Common Transit Convention movements from one workflow.

  • Submit transit declarations with real-time MRN allocation
  • Amend a submitted declaration before release
  • Cancel an accepted declaration with an audit trail
  • Automatic notification handling from the office of departure
  • Switchable between HMRC sandbox and production per declaration
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Live guarantee balance

Query your CTC guarantee balance directly from HMRC before you submit. Stop losing movements to rejections for insufficient cover.

  • Live query against HMRC's CTC Guarantee Balance API
  • One click from any declaration carrying a GRN
  • Supports comprehensive, individual, and cash-deposit guarantees
  • Results shown in-line alongside the guarantee reference

Customs is still the bottleneck

  • Manual data entry eats hours that your team could spend on higher-value work
  • Classification errors lead to duty overpayment, HMRC queries, and delayed clearance
  • No real-time visibility — you find out a declaration has been rejected after the goods have arrived
  • Scaling volume means scaling headcount — every new client needs more staff
  • Overpaid duty sits unrecovered because no one audits historic entries

Whether you're a customs broker processing hundreds of declarations, a freight forwarder handling clearance alongside logistics, or a trader taking customs in-house — tradePhlo removes the manual work and gives you real-time control.

Time per declaration
25 min
Manual data entry
4 min
With AI extraction
At 50 declarations/month = 17.5 hours saved per month
Module 02 — Declarations ยท Live

Clear goods yourself — no agents required

The module 16 paying customers run today. From document upload to customs clearance, on one platform.

tradePhlo โ€” monitor declarations, with live HMRC status
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UK CDS Declarations

File import and export declarations directly to HMRC's Customs Declaration Service. All transport modes — sea, air, road, rail.

  • Full WCO Data Model compliance
  • Test and production environments side by side
  • Copy and repeat declarations in seconds
  • Real-time status tracking from HMRC
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Netherlands DMS

Dutch customs declarations through the DMS system. Same workflow, same interface — one platform for UK and NL.

  • Import declarations to Dutch customs
  • Unified workflow with UK CDS
  • Multi-country support expanding to FR, DE, IT
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AI Document Extraction

Upload your commercial invoice, packing list, or bill of lading. AI reads the document and pre-fills the declaration — you review and submit.

  • Extracts supplier, buyer, commodity, value, weight
  • Auto-classifies goods to HS code level
  • Reduces data entry by 80%
  • CaptainClear™ — 24/7 virtual customs assistant
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Inventory & Warehousing

Manage bonded and non-bonded stock, purchase orders, sales orders, and removal requests — all connected to your customs declarations.

  • Product catalogue with HS codes and origin
  • Duty paid / duty liable stock tracking
  • Warehouse removal declarations auto-generated
  • Multi-warehouse support
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Goods Classification

Not sure of the commodity code? The classifier suggests the right HS code from your product description, with confidence scoring — powered by the Intelligence module.

  • AI-powered HS code suggestion
  • Integrated UK Trade Tariff lookup
  • Duty and VAT calculation before you submit
  • Rules of origin for preferential rates
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GVMS & Transit

Generate Goods Movement References (GMRs) and manage NCTS6 transit declarations — integrated into the same workflow.

  • GVMS integration for UK port movements
  • NCTS6 Phase 6 via HMRC CTC Traders API v3.0
  • Full submit / amend / cancel lifecycle
  • Real-time status from HMRC; expanding to NL, DE, FR, BE
Module 01 — Intelligence ยท Live

Know the duty before you commit to the trade

Intelligence is the tariff and landed-cost engine behind tradePhlo — available standalone at customs-compliance.ai, and as ERP add-ins for the systems your finance team already runs.

  • AI HS classification across 51 countries, 588K+ commodity codes
  • MFN and preferential (FTA) duty rates with rules-of-origin logic
  • Sanctions and trade-control screening
  • Full landed-cost calculation — duty, VAT, freight rates and port handling charges (insurance and trade-finance costs coming) — to inform the trading decision, not just the broker
  • X-Customs for Xero and AcuCustoms for Acumatica — classification inside the ERP
Intelligence module → customs-compliance.ai →
Landed cost — 2,400 kg lithium-ion cells, CN → GB
Suggested HS code8507.60.00
MFN duty rate2.7%
Preferential rate (origin checked)0.0%
Import VAT20%
Sanctions / control screeningClear
Duty saved vs. MFNยฃ1,040
Recovery scan — 14,200 import entries, trailing 3 years
Missed FTA preferenceยฃ218,400
Mis-classificationยฃ96,100
Valuation over-declarationยฃ41,700
Recoverable identifiedยฃ356,200
Module 04 — Duty Recovery ยท Preview

You may have overpaid duty for years. Get it back.

Recovery audits your own historic declarations across six dimensions — missed FTAs, mis-classification, wrong procedures, valuation, origin, forward savings — and generates filing-ready packets your existing broker can submit.

  • Lawyers charge 20–30% of the recovery. We charge a flat fee.
  • You (or your broker) file — we never touch your customs authority relationship
  • Multi-jurisdiction: UK CDS, US ACE, EU member states on the roadmap
  • Free first scan — top-line ยฃ estimate before you spend anything
Run a free recovery scan →

Live and expanding

Filing declarations in the UK and Netherlands today, with EU expansion underway. Tariff intelligence covers 51 countries.

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๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Netherlands (DMS)
๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France (DELTA) โ€” coming
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany โ€” coming
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italy โ€” coming
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช Belgium โ€” coming

What's coming next

Our active roadmap, shaped by the brokers and forwarders we work with. Dates aren't promises — priorities are.

In build

Duty Recovery — UK general release

Moving the Recovery module from preview to general availability: CDS history import, C285 over-payment packets, and the HMRC CDS amendment API under your own credentials.

Next up

Freight — quotes, booking & tracking

The Move module: rate quotes, booking and shipment tracking sitting next to the clearance you already run — one timeline for the goods and the paperwork.

Next up

Public REST API + webhooks

A documented OpenAPI for broker systems to post declarations, subscribe to status changes via HMAC-signed webhooks, and manage movements programmatically.

Next up

UK EMCS (excise)

Integration with HMRC's Excise Movement & Control System — alcohol, tobacco, and energy-products movements under duty suspension, all in one platform.

Planned

NCTS6 in NL, DE, FR, BE

Full common-transit coverage across the routes our UK customers actually use. Same workflow, same integration, one vendor for everything downstream of GB.

Planned

CargoWise & Descartes migration tooling

A guided import of your existing broker config and recent declarations, so switching to tradePhlo doesn't mean a month of setup.

Want something that's not on this list? Tell us on a demo call.

Real goods. Real borders. Cleared in minutes, not days.

From a single parcel to a full container, tradePhlo moves the paperwork as fast as the freight — across 51 countries and counting.

Why tradePhlo

There are a hundred customs tools. Here's why this one is different.

Most are single-country filing engines, or legacy suites that bill you for every change. tradePhlo was built another way.

One platform, the whole journey

Classify, declare, move and recover in a single system. CargoWise and Descartes file the entry; tradePhlo connects classification, landed cost, clearance and duty recovery — classify a code once and it flows everywhere.

51 countries, one login

Multilingual, multi-geography customs intelligence across 588K+ commodity codes. Most tools cover one country; per-market bolt-ons add cost and fragmentation.

A tenth of the legacy cost — nothing upfront

Modern cloud architecture, so no six-figure implementation and no capex. A flat monthly subscription — file as many declarations as you need.

Self-service by design

Configure workflows, build your own reports and run admin yourself. Legacy vendors lock that behind billable consulting hours. We don't.

AI-native, not AI-bolted-on

Document extraction and HS classification are the core, not an add-on: ~25 minutes to ~4 per declaration, 80% less manual entry. WCO Data Model and EUDR built in.

Makes brokers more productive, not redundant

Brokers, forwarders and traders all run on it — process more with fewer staff, and add duty recovery as a new revenue line. We don't pitch “fire your broker.”

Proof, not promises

What customers actually save

75%
cost reduction in customs operations
MacConnal-Mason
Fine-art importers, special procedures
70%
cost cut, 50% more efficient
EstoLink
European logistics & parcels
50%
cost cut, 70% efficiency gain
Jaslyn Enterprise
E-commerce, 5,000+ products
"Our decision was sealed by the support team, who demonstrated extensive knowledge and onboarded us quickly. To have this digitised and managed professionally through tradePhlo frees up a lot of our time, and we can see in real time where our goods are."
Albo RandoFounder, EstoLink
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Built for the people who move goods

One platform, three audiences — we make brokers more productive, not redundant.

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Customs Brokers

Process more declarations with fewer staff. AI extracts data from client documents, you review and submit. Scale your brokerage without scaling your headcount — and add duty recovery as a new service line.

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Freight Forwarders

Handle clearance alongside logistics — no separate broker needed. Reduce costs, eliminate delays, and give your clients real-time visibility on clearance status.

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Importers & Exporters

Take customs in-house. Classify with AI, file directly, and audit your own history for overpaid duty. Control and visibility, without waiting for a broker to call back.

Simple pricing, no per-declaration fees

Flat monthly subscription — file as many declarations as you need. Existing Phlo customers get preferred rates.

Starter

For businesses getting started with self-service customs
From £149/month
  • UK CDS import & export
  • Up to 50 declarations/month
  • AI document extraction
  • Goods classification (Intelligence)
  • Email support
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Enterprise

For large operations with custom requirements
Custom pricing
  • Everything in Professional
  • Multi-country EU expansion
  • Duty Recovery audits
  • API access & webhooks
  • Custom ERP integrations
  • Dedicated account manager
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