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Strategic Customs and International Trade Services

Navigating customs requirements across jurisdictions requires precision and foresight. We deliver consulting that integrates duty minimization and trade compliance and risk mitigation into a streamlined framework. With global trade expertise and technology-enabled processes, we prevent overpayments, optimize tariff treatments, and strengthen audit defense.

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Navigate Customs and International Trade with Confidence and Clarity
We have extensive experience in duty recovery, future duty minimization, and trade compliance risk mitigation to help our clients navigate growing protectionism, increasing tariffs, and escalating trade compliance enforcement.
We improve operational efficiency through time-saving technology solutions and strategic tax planning that integrates seamlessly with your business operations. With a team of licensed customs brokers and other trade professionals, our specialized industry expertise enables us to tailor customs and trade advisory services to your specific requirements, ensuring compliance while optimizing your international tax position across diverse markets and regulatory environments.
Tax Services
Simplify Global Trade Compliance with Expert Customs and Trade Services
We provide comprehensive customs and trade solutions designed to streamline multijurisdictional compliance while identifying optimization opportunities across your international operations. We leverage deep expertise and proprietary technology to address every facet of your global supply chain, including import and export compliance review, tariff classification, Free Trade Zone setup, and management of duty drawback and refund claims.

Compliance and Risk Mitigation
Our Approach
To minimize business risk and maintain operational continuity, our customs and trade support begins with compliance and risk mitigation. We conduct a comprehensive assessment of your import and export processes to identify compliance issues and ensure adherence to international customs laws, thereby minimizing risk exposure. Our experts actively verify compliance with agencies like Customs and Border Protection (CBP), ensuring all goods meet necessary import licensing, labeling, and product standards.

Duty Optimization and Recovery
Our Approach
Our customs and trade advisors provide specialized services that go beyond compliance to maximize savings opportunities and recover overpaid taxes. Our specialists ensure goods are properly valued for customs purposes, eliminating the risk for overpayment of duties and potential exposure to customs penalties. We conduct thorough tariff classification reviews to ensure goods are accurately categorized, ensuring compliance while fully evaluating and applying available duty relief mechanisms.

Strategic Trade Planning
International Trade Strategy and Tax Planning
We embed customs planning into your overall international tax strategy, advising on supply chain structure and distribution center locations to minimize foreign and customs taxes, including value-added tax (VAT).
Trade Agreement Utilization
Our customs and trade tax experts help clients maximize the benefits from trade agreements, like the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) and European Union (EU) preferential programs, by validating documentation, optimizing Harmonized-System (HS) code classification, and preparing audit-ready records. Our approach ensures strategic use of agreements while minimizing risk during customs audits.

Free Trade Zone Setup and Management
Our customs experts establish and optimize Free Trade Zone (FTZ) compliance to defer duty payments until goods enter U.S. commerce, improving liquidity and creating greater operational flexibility.
Proven Results
We have delivered substantial savings and operational improvements for clients across diverse industries through comprehensive customs consulting services that address both immediate compliance needs and long-term strategic optimization opportunities.
Industry Impact
Business Sectors Ryan Serves
- Manufacturing
  We provide optimized tariff classification and valuation to directly reduce duty costs, alongside proactive compliance for complex, multijurisdictional supply chains.
- Retail
  Our customs and trade specialists deliver expert management of duty drawback and refund claims, coupled with efficient FTZ compliance to defer payments and boost liquidity.
- Technology
  Our proactive approach to import licensing, product standards, and international trade strategy ensures swift and compliant market expansion across evolving regulatory environments.
- Transportation and Distribution
  We provide comprehensive import and export compliance reviews and audit defense strategies to strengthen your international tax position and mitigate penalties across diverse global markets.
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Navigate Customs and International Trade with Confidence and Clarity

We have extensive experience in duty recovery, future duty minimization, and trade compliance risk mitigation to help our clients navigate growing protectionism, increasing tariffs, and escalating trade compliance enforcement.

We improve operational efficiency through time-saving technology solutions and strategic tax planning that integrates seamlessly with your business operations. With a team of licensed customs brokers and other trade professionals, our specialized industry expertise enables us to tailor customs and trade advisory services to your specific requirements, ensuring compliance while optimizing your international tax position across diverse markets and regulatory environments.

Simplify Global Trade Compliance with Expert Customs and Trade Services

We provide comprehensive customs and trade solutions designed to streamline multijurisdictional compliance while identifying optimization opportunities across your international operations. We leverage deep expertise and proprietary technology to address every facet of your global supply chain, including import and export compliance review, tariff classification, Free Trade Zone setup, and management of duty drawback and refund claims.

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes, we can help recover overpaid customs duties through:
Comprehensive assessment of your current processes
Valuation assistance
Detailed compliance reviews
Our holistic, multilayered strategy identifies overpayments across multiple areas, including classification errors, valuation discrepancies, and missed exemption opportunities that can generate significant refund potential.
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Duty Drawback program allows companies to recover up to 99% of duties, taxes, and fees paid on imported goods going back five years that are subsequently exported or destroyed. Whether youߴre re-exporting merchandise, using imported components in manufacturing, or returning goods to suppliers, the Duty Drawback program can significantly reduce your cost of doing business.CBP estimates 70% of U.S. duty drawback refunds remain unclaimed and are ultimately lost. Historically, that equated to several billions of dollars annually, with estimates ranging from $2 to $50 billion. Some, not all, of the recently enacted punitive tariffs are eligible for duty drawback, which increases that unclaimed number. Duty drawback can transform your supply chain into a source of savings and competitive advantage.
Our team helps identify opportunities to reduce duty through classification and valuation strategies. Our approach to tariff classification starts with identifying products that may be misclassified, carry a high rate of duty, or could plausibly have multiple classifications. We then perform an intense review of the article, including:
Drawings
Schematics
Specifications
Photographs
Bills of material and other resources in comparison to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS), General Rules of Interpretation (GRI), Explanatory Notes, previously issued administrative rulings, and more
To determine valuation, we’ll conduct a forensic audit of transactions by examining the role of each party, identifying whether there is a middleman in a multitiered transaction or whether the parties are related. From there, we may apply First Sale for Export (FSFE) or seize opportunities for adjustments in transfer pricing or stripping non-dutiable costs from the declared value for multitiered transactions.At Ryan, we specialize in helping clients navigate the complexities of the Duty Drawback program to maximize recovery and ensure compliance. Our customs experts bring deep regulatory knowledge and hands-on experience to
Identify eligible transactions across your import/export operations
Quantify potential refunds using data-driven analysis
Prepare and file claims and privilege requests with CBP
Establish long-term recovery programs tailored to your business model
Ensure audit readiness and regulatory compliance
Whether you’re new to duty drawback or looking to optimize an existing program, our Customs and Trade team delivers measurable results with minimal disruption to your operations.
For duty recovery work, we operate on a contingency-fee basis where we earn based on what we recover for you. We only get paid when we successfully secure savings, aligning our interests with your outcomes. This approach eliminates upfront costs while ensuring maximum value from our indirect tax services.However, our customs consulting services are typically done on a fixed-fee or time-and-materials basis.

Navigate Customs and Trade with Confidence

Strategic Customs and International Trade Services

Navigate Customs and International Trade with Confidence and Clarity

Simplify Global Trade Compliance with Expert Customs and Trade Services

Compliance and Risk Mitigation

Duty Optimization and Recovery

Strategic Trade Planning

Business Sectors Ryan Serves

Manufacturing

Retail

Technology

Transportation and Distribution

Frequently Asked Questions

A Multidisciplinary Team of Experts

Advanced Solutions for YourBusiness’s Toughest Challenges

Discover How We Help You Pay Only What You Owe—Nothing More

Navigate Customs and International Trade with Confidence and Clarity

Simplify Global Trade Compliance with Expert Customs and Trade Services

Compliance and Risk Mitigation

Duty Optimization and Recovery

Strategic Trade Planning

Business Sectors Ryan Serves

Manufacturing

Retail

Technology

Transportation and Distribution

Frequently Asked Questions

Can Ryan help me recover overpaid customs duties?

What is the Duty Drawback Program?

How does Ryan identify opportunities to reduce duty?

Which countries does Ryan support?

Does Ryan offer support for audits and customs inquiries?

How much can my business save by operating in a Free Trade Zone (FTZ)?

Can Ryan help my business navigate the process of expanding into new markets?

How much will duty recovery and customs consulting cost my business?

Discover How We Help You Pay Only What You Owe—Nothing More

Can Ryan help me recover overpaid customs duties?

What is the Duty Drawback Program?

How does Ryan identify opportunities to reduce duty?

Which countries does Ryan support?

Does Ryan offer support for audits and customs inquiries?

How much can my business save by operating in a Free Trade Zone (FTZ)?

Can Ryan help my business navigate the process of expanding into new markets?

How much will duty recovery and customs consulting cost my business?

A Multidisciplinary
Team of Experts

Advanced Solutions for Your
Business’s Toughest Challenges