TRADE & COMPLIANCE
Trade & Compliance
Find out in minutes whether a product can actually be shipped.
Trade problems usually surface after the goods have left. An import restriction nobody checked, a certification that turned out to be missing, a counterparty on a sanctions list — once the shipment is held at customs it is already too late. Factdock's trade and compliance search moves that check into the minutes before you ship. Name the product or the HS code and the destination, and the engine reaches the official material published by the destination's customs and trade authorities, gathering tariff rates, import restrictions, required documents and certification requirements in one pass. Sources are held strictly to public information from national customs bodies, international organisations and certification and sanctions authorities. The answer comes back as a plain verdict on whether the goods can move — and counterparty sanctions screening is included, so your trade operations stay on solid ground.
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Query
Verdict
What to prepare
- Obtain Country B's product safety certification (allow roughly 8 weeks)
- Get a certificate of origin from the chamber of commerce
- Attach the material test report in English
Primary sources
Counterparty screening
One same-name company in a clearly different country and line of business was excluded from the matches. Always confirm a name match against the authority's own official list.
Everything shown here is an illustrative example, including the product names, the countries, the company, the documents and the dates. Tariffs and regulations change constantly, and a sanctions verdict bears on a company's reputation, so no real product, country or company is pinned into this page, and nothing links out. This is not an actual research result.
What this tool does
Focused on customs, trade authorities and certification bodies
The engine gathers comprehensively from national customs services and trade ministries, the major international organisations, and certification and product-safety authorities such as the FDA, ISO and national health ministries. Private commentary and sales-driven sites are kept out, so you land directly on trustworthy primary material from the destination's own customs authority.
A clear five-step verdict on whether the goods can move
From the public material it gathers, the engine returns a verdict on one of five steps: importable, conditionally importable, restricted, import prohibited, or needs verification. It also lists what you must prepare next, and any hazard or import-ban warning is stated plainly in your own language — always alongside the original source URL.
Everything from tariffs to certification, sorted at once
What comes back is filed automatically into tariffs and duty rates, import restrictions, required documents, certification and standards, and sanctions and export control. You can research from an HS code, a product name, or even voice input, and the results export as a clear PDF report.
Smooth screening against public sanctions lists
Enter a company name and it is checked against the major public sanctions and denied-party lists (the US Treasury, the UN, Japan's METI and others), so you can assess risk precisely. Same-name companies that are plainly a different business or in a different country are separated out properly, which keeps the screening accurate.
Where it's used
“You are shipping a new product to a particular country for the first time, and want the import rules and required certifications settled before it leaves.”
“You want the destination's tariff rates and required documents backed by the customs authority's own material, not the broker's description.”
“You are about to sign with a new counterparty and want to check the sanctions and denied-party lists yourself first.”
“You need sourced public documents to attach directly to an internal credit review or export-control record.”
Before you use this
On customs decisions
This feature is a research tool that gathers and organises published information from customs services, trade authorities and international organisations. The final clearance decision rests with the importing country's customs authority in each individual case, so before shipping you must confirm with local customs or a qualified professional.
On screening results
Screening is performed against public sanctions and denied-party lists. "No match" means no match could be confirmed on the public lists; it is not a guarantee that a transaction is safe. Final confirmation must always be made against each authority's own official list.
Confidentiality through non-retention
The product and counterparty details you enter, and the results you generate, are not stored permanently on Factdock's servers. Data processed temporarily for analysis is discarded as soon as processing completes.
Frequently asked questions
What is Trade & Compliance?
Name a product or HS code and the destination country, and it collects tariffs, import regulations and required documents from customs and regulator sources in one pass. Sanctions screening is included, so you can judge whether a shipment is viable at speed.
What can Trade & Compliance do?
Focused on customs, trade authorities and certification bodies / A clear five-step verdict on whether the goods can move / Everything from tariffs to certification, sorted at once / Smooth screening against public sanctions lists
When is it used?
You are shipping a new product to a particular country for the first time, and want the import rules and required certifications settled before it leaves.