What’s in GingerLite?
Customs broker or small business? GingerLite, the GingerControl app, covers the daily work.
- Classification ResearcherClassify the SKU nobody wants to touch, and get a 10-digit code with the reasoning on paper.
- Export Control ClassifierFind the ECCN in your datasheet, with every ruled-out candidate on paper.
- Tariff CalculatorType one HTS code and see each origin’s total duty, cheapest first.
- Compliance RadarCatch the U.S. notice that hits your parts, with what to redo and when.
- Parts LibraryFind the source country that lands each part cheapest.
- Classification + Tariff Calculation APIFor enterprise systems, after a call: a product description and its origin in, an HTS code and its duty layers out, as JSON.
Which services do we run for you?
Open to every company, app or not: our engineers and advisors handle audits, refunds and advisory work from your own records.
- Compliance auditFind where your entities, brokers and countries classify the same part differently.
- Duty drawbackMatch each export to the import entry that paid duty, and keep the file a claim needs.
- IEEPA refundSort every IEEPA entry by refund route and protest deadline, and prepare the file our licensed refund partner submits.
- PO reconciliationMatch purchase orders, invoices, receipts and entries line by line, and close every variance on record.
- Trade advisoryAsk a senior trade advisor for your regulation, as a second pair of eyes on your decision.
What does each service start from?
Your records. Each service says what it needs from you and who files what at the end.
- Compliance audit
- Starts from
- Five questions
- You prepare
- 30 minutes on a call
- Who files
- Nothing is filed
- Duty drawback
- Starts from
- Five years of entries and exports
- You prepare
- Export proof, and bills of materials
- Who files
- A drawback filing partner
- IEEPA refund
- Starts from
- Your ES-003 report
- You prepare
- The report from ACE
- Who files
- Our licensed IEEPA refund partner
- PO reconciliation
- Starts from
- POs, invoices, receipts and entries
- You prepare
- Read-only ERP extracts
- Who files
- You approve each supplier note
- Trade advisory
- Starts from
- A call about the decision
- You prepare
- The record behind it
- Who files
- Your broker or counsel
A service map: for each of the five services, what it starts from, what you prepare and who files at the end, from the compliance audit to trade advisory.
Questions about GingerLite and our services
What is GingerLite?
GingerLite is the GingerControl app at app.gingercontrol.com: the Classification Researcher, the Export Control Classifier, the Tariff Calculator, Compliance Radar and Parts Library, at $150 a month for 300 credits. You run them yourself. The Classification + Tariff Calculation API is for enterprise customers and starts with a call. GingerOS is the larger build, a compliance system fitted to your own process, and it starts with Prototype Week.
What trade compliance services does GingerControl offer?
Five: the compliance audit, a 30-minute review of where your entities and brokers disagree; duty drawback; IEEPA refunds; PO reconciliation; and trade advisory from senior practitioners. Each has its own page. A GingerOS project starts with Prototype Week, a clickable prototype of your own compliance flow in three days.
Where should we start?
If you want to try a tool today, start with GingerLite. If you are weighing a compliance system, start with Prototype Week. If you are not sure where the gap is, book the 30-minute compliance audit. If a deadline is running, such as an IEEPA protest window, start there.
Do you file customs entries or act as our broker?
No. GingerControl does not file entries, act as importer of record or give legal advice. For IEEPA refunds we prepare the refund file and our licensed IEEPA refund partner files it, drawback claims go in through a drawback filing partner, and a licensed customs broker reviews a classification before it goes on an entry.
How are services priced?
Each service is quoted for its scope before work starts. Nothing is priced per SKU. For a GingerOS build, the quote comes after the Prototype Week.
