Our 4 Pillars
Our 4 pillars underpin the solutions we have developed for our customers
Data Enhancement
Hurricane is the data highway for postal operators and others involved in the shipment of parcels.
Accurate commodity codes will prevent your parcel from being seized by customs, resulting in happy customers.
On a consignment by consignment basis our system checks the match between the HS6 code and/or the product description provided.
Our API also identifies any invalid descriptions and will return a status code for each consignment including a provision of the most likely HS6 code, product description, 8-digit export code and 10-digit import code.
This consignment data is required by customs authorities globally.
The introduction of new regulations such as ICS2 and The STOP Act in the US means accurate and valid data is a must have for any cross-border transaction.
Not supplying the correct data can lead to parcels being seized, destroyed, or returned at the cost of the sender.
Our data enhancement service improves any business’s data to reduce transit times and improve the customer experience. Accurate data also drives our duties and tax calculations, as well as our compliancy screening solutions.
Duty and Tax Calculations
Hurricane’s solutions provide real-time calculation of Duty and Taxes applied by customs in the country where the cross-border e-shopper resides.
The Hurricane engine can calculate the Duty Rate, Tax Rate, Duty Payable and Tax Payable (in the currency of the sending or destination country).
Every product has a duty and tax rate applied to it on importation with the rates differing from country to country.
Each country also has their own deminimis levels, which is the value under which products do not have any duty or taxes applied to them. Again though, these values differ per country, making cross-border duty and tax difficult to calculate.
An accurate duty and tax calculator will allow any business to show their customers the total cost of any purchase, reducing ‘calling card shock’ and any risk of extra fees on delivery, drastically reducing negative customer experiences and customer churn.
Prohibited & Restricted Goods Screening
Every country’s customs agency has its own set of rules on what can and can’t be imported under any circumstances.
This includes those goods that can be imported, but only via special licences or permissions.
These rules don’t differ depending on the exporting country. It doesn’t matter whether an item has been sent from the UK, US or somewhere else in the world. The rules of the receiving country apply to everything moving into their country.
Hurricane has carried out deep analysis of restrictions and requirements for importing, exporting and transporting goods in 154 countries, covering 97% of global GDP.
We provide feedback of prohibited and restricted codes for which a narrative is available. We keep you compliant.
Denied Parties Screening
A bruised avocado is the ultimate form of deceit, there’s no way to tell until it’s too late.
The same applies when looking out for the bad guys who can be sneaky.
But what makes a denied party, and who are they?
A denied party is a company, organisation or individual which has been proven to be in violation of international law, and have links with a range of criminal activities including terrorism, organised crime, financial crimes, weapons trading and so forth.
Our API has access to almost 100 global denied party lists including the EU, UN and OFAC.
This allows us to provide the real-time identification of persons or entities with whom it is not permitted to engage in certain transactions such as sending products or goods.
The responsibility falls upon any party involved in a transaction including the seller, broker and delivery company.
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Contact the Hurricane team today to book your demo to find out more about our software solutions.
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