EXAMPLE FROM PUBLIC US CUSTOMS RECORDS  ·  figures modeled, not the company's books
US Imports
AI HTS Exposure Scan
Prepared for

Generac Power Systems

Our AI read your US import records straight from public customs data: 28,196 sea shipments on file, importing primarily from China. Here is where an importer running this volume quietly overpays on duty and classification before a single shipment clears.

Sector: Industrial power equipment
Shipments on record: 28,196
Primary origin: China
Most recent: 7 June 2026
What manual HTS classification is costing you monthly
US$95,000
That is money going out the door every month you keep classifying by hand.
Modeled from your 28,196 public shipment records: about 40,000 classified line items a month at $1 to $5 each in broker fees, plus the 3 to 4 full-time classifiers a catalog this size needs. Ripple removes about half of this, and the overpaid duty from misclassification on top. Confirmed line by line against your own entries on a free 15 minute scan.
Shipment data from public US bills of lading, no access to your systems required
Duty rates pulled from the official USITC Harmonized Tariff Schedule
Verified line by line against your real HTS codes on the scan, or you owe nothing
Where the money goes each month
Broker & classification fees
Manual classification labor
Overpaid duty from misclassification
Penalty & audit exposure
Clearance delays

The 15 minute scan is free. If we can’t show you at least $25,000 a month in savings, we pay your next broker invoice, up to $1,000.

What we found about you

AI-read from public US sea bill-of-lading records, cross-referenced with the USITC tariff schedule
  • 28,196 sea shipments on record, one of the higher US import volumes in your sector
  • Primary origin China, so Section 301 tariff exposure is live on a large share of lines
  • Generating sets (HTS 8502) and motors (8501), dutiable at 2.5 to 6.7 percent plus Section 301
  • Steel enclosures and parts (HTS 7308 / 7326), hit by the Section 232 steel duty of 50 percent
  • Top supplier Fong Chen Plastic Technology, assembled components that are the hardest to classify
  • Most recent shipment 7 June 2026, this is live, ongoing import activity

What this is costing you, by area

5 areas

Each area below is where US importers at your volume most often overpay. Figures are modeled estimates for your import-volume band, confirmed against your actual HTS lines on the free scan.

Broker and classification fees

External brokers and classification services charge per line, often around US$5 each. Across this entry volume that is a recurring bill for work an agent now does at a fraction of the cost.

US$26k–40k
Est / mo

Manual classification labor

An importer running 28,196 shipments carries several people assigning codes by hand, at roughly US$75K to $150K each loaded. Most of that work is repeatable and waits on a human.

US$22k–35k
Est / mo

Overpaid duty from misclassification

A wrong HTS code means the wrong duty rate, and with China 301 stacked on generating sets and motors, a single mis-coded line overpays fast. Classification error rates run near a third of lines.

US$13k–21k
Est / mo

Penalty and audit exposure

CBP holds importers to reasonable care. Misclassified lines surface as back duty, interest and penalties on audit, and the exposure compounds the longer a wrong code stays in your catalog.

US$8k–12k
Est / mo

Clearance delays and demurrage

Classification queries and corrections hold shipments at the border. Every held container risks demurrage and detention charges and ties up cash that should be moving product.

US$6k–9k
Est / mo
Proof, a real deployment

A client of ours, Pentagon, part of the Penske group, runs customs across 31 jurisdictions as a billion-dollar freight forwarder. They were carrying the exact load flagged above, brokers and in-house heads assigning codes by hand. Our classification agent went onto their live entry flow and found the same leaks.

3 wks → 15 min
per large invoice
99.8%
accuracy vs ~75% manual
40%
lower clearance cost
31
jurisdictions live
1
Week 2
Agent live on their entry flow, classifying invoices automatically.
2
Week 6
Running at machine speed across all 31 jurisdictions.
3
Outcome
40% lower clearance cost, classifiers freed for higher-value work.
“A 40% reduction in customs clearance costs, across 31 jurisdictions.”Pentagon, part of the Penske group

What it is worth to fix this

Classifying this by hand runs you about US$95,000 a month. Here is what Ripple puts back when it takes over.

$38K–58K
a month back once Ripple takes over, about half your classification cost
$1–5 / line
broker per-line fees removed
$13K–17K
in classifier salary freed each month
3 wks → 15 min
per large invoice
Worked example: your 28,196 shipments model to about US$95,000 a month in classification cost. Ripple takes roughly half of that off the table, about $38,000 to $58,000 a month back in your pocket. We confirm it against your real entries on the call.
Your free 15-minute HTS review

See exactly where your duty and classification money leaks, and get it back.

  • Send us one real invoice, even a thousand-line monster.
  • We classify every HTS line and map your duty and labour leak to the dollar.
  • You see your number and the fix on a 15-minute call, no obligation.
What you get, free
Full HTS classification of one real invoice$2,000FREE
Per-line audit-grade evidence report$1,500FREE
15-minute customs exposure review with Adrian$500FREE
Total value$4,000yours free

Our guarantee

If we can't show you at least $25,000 a month in savings, we pay your next broker invoice, up to $1,000.

Adrian Smith
Adrian SmithFounder, Ripple Technologies Connect on LinkedIn

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This scan is an AI assisted analysis based on publicly available US import records and the USITC tariff schedule. The Generac figures are modeled from public records for illustration and are not drawn from the company's books or endorsed by it. Prepared for the named recipient only.
*Provided you meet our requirements and criteria. The $1,000 broker-invoice credit is applied as a Ripple platform credit toward an equivalent classification run.