Import/export duty calculation and reporting

Purpose

1.1. Automate accurate import and export duty calculation, tax compliance, and generation of regulatory reporting for container shipping.
1.2. Automatedly extract shipment, invoice, and cargo details to determine applicable duties and tariffs based on jurisdiction.
1.3. Automator reviews recent customs tariffs, maintains compliance, and automatically generates documentation for authorities and accounting.
1.4. Automate end-to-end duty processing, reducing manual entry, errors, and compliance risks for container service providers globally.

Trigger Conditions

2.1. Automated trigger on creation or amendment of shipping bills or invoices.
2.2. Automator runs when new container or cargo manifests are uploaded by operations.
2.3. Automation starts upon receiving shipment clearance or arrival notifications from port authorities.
2.4. Scheduled automating at daily, weekly, or monthly intervals for reporting or reconciliation.

Platform Variants

3.1. SAP S/4HANA
• Feature: SAP Global Trade Services API—automate duty determination, tax codes, and export documents.
3.2. Oracle Cloud SCM
• Feature: Global Trade Management REST API—automates customs declarations and tariff code retrieval.
3.3. Microsoft Dynamics 365 F&O
• Feature: Electronic reporting for customs—automates regulatory report generation.
3.4. Salesforce
• Platform Event Triggers—automate calculation when a new shipment object is created.
3.5. Zoho Creator
• Deluge Script—automates import/export duty calculations via custom logic on form submit.
3.6. QuickBooks Online
• REST API—automation for auto-inserting calculated duties as invoice line items.
3.7. Xero
• Accounting API—automates creation of journal entries for duty liabilities.
3.8. Workato
• Recipe—automates orchestration between shipping and accounting systems for seamless duty sync.
3.9. Make (Integromat)
• Scenario—automates flow to pull shipping data, calculate tariffs, and deliver reports automatically.
3.10. AWS Lambda
• Serverless function—automates duty computation when files land in S3 or events in EventBridge.
3.11. Google Cloud Functions
• Pub/Sub trigger—automation fired to process manifest data and update duty ledgers.
3.12. Azure Logic Apps
• Workflow—automates duty assessment and notifies finance teams per event.
3.13. ServiceNow
• Flow Designer—automator to execute calculation and attach results to cases.
3.14. UiPath
• RPA Bot—automates data scraping from customs portals and records calculation in ERP.
3.15. Blue Prism
• Digital Worker—automated reconciliation of duty payments and report uploads.
3.16. Sage Intacct
• Custom Function—automation for duty calculation on receipt of vendor bills.
3.17. FreshBooks
• API/Webhook—automates posting of duty fees to expenses.
3.18. IBM App Connect
• Flow—automates import of manifest, cross-references tariffs, and outputs audit report.
3.19. Coupa
• Integration—automates invoice processing to add calculated import/export duties.
3.20. NetSuite
• SuiteScript—automator for real-time duty calculation on transaction creation or import.

Benefits

4.1. Automate complex calculations, eliminating manual effort and reducing risk of regulatory noncompliance.
4.2. Automated duty and reporting process improves auditability and accelerates financial close.
4.3. Automates consistent application of the latest tariffs and rates—no outdated fee risk.
4.4. Automation ensures transparent, trackable reporting and eases cross-department access.
4.5. Automatable flows free up finance teams for strategic work instead of repetitive tasks.
4.6. Automator rapidly scales to accommodate volume spikes in shipments or regulatory changes.