Compliance auditCustoms compliance audit
Find where your entities disagree.
A 30-minute review of how your entities, brokers and countries classify and document the same goods. Five questions first, so the call starts at your biggest gap.
| Entity | Broker | HTS code | Written reason |
|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. plant | Broker A | 8507.90.8000 | On file |
| Mexico plant | Broker B | 7616.99.5190 | None |
| Canada warehouse | Broker C | 8708.99.8180 | None |
- No written reason2 of 3 codes
- Notice not mappedSection 232 aluminum derivatives
A sample consistency check from a review: one aluminum battery housing classified under three different HTS codes by a U.S. plant, a Mexico plant and a Canada warehouse through three brokers, with only one code carrying a written reason. Sample data.
What is the compliance audit?
A 30-minute review of your setup with our team, and the first conversation of a Prototype Week.
The compliance audit is a 30-minute review of your trade compliance setup with the GingerControl team, and the first conversation of a Prototype Week. You answer five short questions about your operation, your volume, recent incidents and what is driving the review. We read them before the call, then spend the time where your process is most exposed: a part that carries different codes across entities or brokers, decisions with no written reason, rule changes nobody mapped to your parts. You leave with the gap to fix first and a next step.
- Takes
- Five questions, then a 30-minute call
- Made for
- Trade compliance, operations and finance leads
- You leave with
- The gap to fix first, and a next step
How does the 30-minute review work?
Five questions first, then 30 minutes on your biggest gap, then one next step.
Answer five questions.
Your operation, your volume, what hurts, what happened in the last 12 months, and why now.
We read them before the call.
So the 30 minutes start at your biggest gap: the part with three codes, the decision with no reason on file.
Leave with one next step.
The gap to fix first, who owns it, and whether a Prototype Week, an advisor or one of our tools fits it.
- Operation
- Importer, processing, then export
- Volume
- 200 to 2,000 entries a month
- Hurts most
- Policy changes and which parts they hit; data spread across ERP, email and wikis
- Last 12 months
- Received a CBP CF-28
- Why now
- Merging two compliance setups after an acquisition
Sample intake answers: the type of operation, monthly volume, the problems that hurt most, what happened in the last 12 months and why the review is happening now. Sample data.
Answer five questions.
Your operation, your volume, what hurts, what happened in the last 12 months, and why now.
- Operation
- Importer, processing, then export
- Volume
- 200 to 2,000 entries a month
- Hurts most
- Policy changes and which parts they hit; data spread across ERP, email and wikis
- Last 12 months
- Received a CBP CF-28
- Why now
- Merging two compliance setups after an acquisition
Sample intake answers: the type of operation, monthly volume, the problems that hurt most, what happened in the last 12 months and why the review is happening now. Sample data.
We read them before the call.
So the 30 minutes start at your biggest gap: the part with three codes, the decision with no reason on file.
Same part, three codesBattery housing, aluminum3 codes for 1 part Entity Broker HTS code Written reason U.S. plant Broker A 8507.90.8000 On file Mexico plant Broker B 7616.99.5190 None Canada warehouse Broker C 8708.99.8180 None - No written reason2 of 3 codes
- Notice not mappedSection 232 aluminum derivatives
A sample review brief: one part with three codes across three entities, two codes with no written reason, and a notice not yet mapped to the company's parts. Sample data.
Leave with one next step.
The gap to fix first, who owns it, and whether a Prototype Week, an advisor or one of our tools fits it.
Agreed on the callPrototype Week requested - Fix first
- One code per part across all entities, with the reason on file
- Owner
- Group trade compliance lead
- Next step
- Prototype Week
A sample review outcome: the gap to fix first, who owns it, and the next step agreed on the call. Sample data.
Ready to book the 30-minute review?
Five questions about your operation, then your contact details. We reply within one business day.
The review intake form: five short questions about the operation, then contact details, sent to the GingerControl team.
Who does what in the review?
We read your answers and run the call; you bring the person who owns the gap; your broker keeps filing.
GingerControl
- Reads your answers before the call
- Runs the 30-minute review
- Writes down the gap to fix first and a next step
You
- Answer five questions
- Join the call with whoever owns the gap
Your customs broker
- Keeps filing your entries
- Signs off classifications before they go on an entry
The review is not legal advice. GingerControl is not a customs broker and does not file entries.
Compliance audit questions
What happens in the 30 minutes?
We start from your answers, so there is no discovery small talk. The time goes to the one or two places your process is most exposed: a part that carries different codes across entities or brokers, classifications with no written reason, or rule changes nobody mapped to your parts. You leave with the gap to fix first and a proposed next step.
Do you need our entry data for the review?
No. The review runs on your answers and what you tell us on the call. If you continue into a Prototype Week, it uses about ten sample part numbers; entry data only comes in after you sign, as exports or access your IT approves.
Will the review tell us how much duty we overpaid?
No. It looks at consistency and records: which codes differ, which have no written reason, which rule changes were never mapped to your parts. If refunds come up, IEEPA refunds and duty drawback are separate services that start from your entry records.
How is the review different from Prototype Week?
The review is the call; Prototype Week is what can follow it. If the gap is worth a system, our engineers build a clickable prototype of your own flow in three days and walk through it with your team the same week.
Can you help with a CF-28 or CF-29 we just received?
Say so in the form, and for an urgent CBP request also email chen@gingercontrol.com. Our trade advisors help you prepare the response from your classification records; your broker or counsel submits it.
Do you act as our customs broker?
No. GingerControl does not file entries, act as importer of record or give legal advice. A licensed customs broker reviews a classification before it goes on an entry.
