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Stanley Black & Decker: check duty on every entry

Carry each import entry from the commercial invoice through classification, origin, party checks and broker queries to duties reconciled at liquidation.

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What the workflow produces

Import entry compliance record
Documents
Invoice lines tied to purchase orders, with the source pages.
Parties
Entity identifiers, screening results, VAT check and any match for review.
Classification, origin and duty
Declared and accepted codes, origin evidence, rates in force, rulings cited and the reviewer’s decision.
Reconciliation
Duty expected, declared and liquidated per line, with each difference resolved.

The documented problem

Stanley Black & Decker’s first-quarter 2025 earnings presentation splits about $6.8 billion of US adjusted cost of sales by country of origin: about $1.2 to $1.3 billion from Mexico, of which about one third was USMCA compliant, about $0.9 to $1.0 billion from China and about $1.5 to $1.6 billion from the rest of the world. Its planning then assumed incremental tariffs of 145% on China, 25% on Mexico and 10% on the rest of the world, plus 25% on steel and aluminum, and its plan included raising the share of Mexico production that qualifies under USMCA.

By its July 2025 results release the company put the gross annualized tariff impact at about $800 million, assuming country tariffs that included July policy changes, and said tariffs took about 3 points off second-quarter gross margin. These are the company’s own estimates, and they do not describe its customs process. CBP guidance makes the importer of record responsible for using reasonable care to classify and value each entry. The OneShot workflow below shows how an importer with exposure like this can check classification, origin, duty and parties on every entry and reconcile what was paid.

The OneShot solution

Import entries classified, screened and reconciled

Give every import entry a checked classification and origin, cleared parties and a reconciled duty amount, with each judgment made and recorded by a named person.

Work enters the queue
A purchase order ships, a commercial invoice or broker query arrives, a tariff change is published, CBP asks the broker for information, or a liquidation notice posts.
Decision owner
Trade compliance manager; the licensed customs broker files
  1. 01

    Open the entry file

    The OneShot agent uses its document-extraction tool to read the commercial invoice, packing list, bill of lading and any certificate of origin, and ties each line to its purchase order: description, quantity, unit value, currency, country of origin and declared tariff code. It asks the supplier for anything missing before the goods arrive. The cost example assumes eight pages.

  2. 02

    Check every party

    Look up the legal entity identifier for the seller, manufacturer, shipper and consignee, screen each company and its named officers against sanctions lists, and check the seller’s VAT registration against the number on the invoice. A possible sanctions match stops the file and goes to the compliance manager with the list entry attached; the agent does not clear it.

  3. 03

    Check classification, origin and duty

    For each line, the agent’s duty-rate lookup returns the rate for the declared tariff code and origin, including additional duties in force on the entry date, and its federal-notice search catches a rate change published since the order was placed. Where a line claims trade-agreement preference, it checks that the origin certification is on file. It searches published customs rulings for goods like this one and researches the product where the invoice description is thin. Lines where the code, origin or rate looks wrong go to the compliance manager with the rulings found; the agent proposes, it does not classify.

  4. 04

    Benchmark the freight

    Quote the same lane with the freight-quoting tool and compare it with the billed freight. Check that the freight added to or deducted from the declared value matches the freight invoice, and flag a charge well above the quote for the logistics reviewer.

  5. 05

    Work the queries

    Send the broker the checked file with open questions first. Chase the supplier for corrected invoices or origin evidence, answer the broker’s queries and CBP requests for information that the broker forwards, and call when a reply is due and has not come. Record every answer against the line it changes.

  6. 06

    Reconcile the duties

    The agent’s solver recomputes duty and fees per line from the accepted codes, origins, values and rates, and compares the result with the entry summary and the liquidation notice. Its forecasting tool ranks open entries by how likely they are to change at liquidation, from the importer’s own past entries. Each difference goes to the compliance manager to accept or to have the broker correct.

What counts as complete

The entry is liquidated with duties matching the reconciled per-line amounts, or every difference has a decision recorded by the compliance manager and is with the broker.

Decisions and exceptions

  • A possible sanctions match stops the entry file until the compliance manager clears it.
  • Tariff codes, origin claims and rulings are evidence for the compliance manager and broker; the agent does not decide classification or origin.
  • The agent does not file entries, corrections or protests; filing stays with the licensed customs broker.
  • A VAT number that does not validate goes back to the supplier before the invoice is paid.

What to measure

  • Entries with a checked file before arrival
  • Classification and origin differences caught before entry summary
  • Duty differences found at liquidation
  • Broker query age

Establish the baseline and review period before launch. Compare completed cases, unresolved work and reviewer corrections against the same scope.

The agent’s tool basket

OneShot gives its agents the tools to analyze records, communicate, research and act on authorized business data. The platform carries the workflow from the first action through to the recorded result.

  • Document extraction

    Classify incoming documents and read invoices, statements, agreements and customs forms into structured lines, each tied to its source page.

  • Import entry and duty records

    Read purchase orders, the broker’s entry and entry summary data, origin certifications, duty payments and liquidation notices; record the reviewer’s decision per entry line.

  • Customs rulings

    Search published customs classification rulings for goods like the one being entered, with the ruling number, tariff code and reasoning.

Workflow pricing

Illustrative document extraction cost
Goal stepPagesRateSubtotal
Document Extraction8$0.05 / page$0.40

Planned production tariff for the illustrated volume. Orchestration, cross-checks, outreach and human review are additional; this is not the full workflow price.

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