Customs is complicated. Learning it should not be.
Explore 30 visual, two-minute lessons about customs, duties, everyday imports, and the work performed at a customs broker desk.
Everyday imports
Start with products you already know.
- What happens when you buy a shirt from Shein?
- Your sneakers have a customs identity
- Why perfume is more than a pretty bottle
- Coffee beans at the border
- Chocolate: sweet product, layered classification
- A jar of skincare meets two rulebooks
- Vitamins do not clear on vibes
- The teddy bear has paperwork
- An e-bike arrives as a system
- A lithium battery has two journeys
- The handbag material changes the answer
- Jewelry: tiny package, precise facts
Customs 101
Build the vocabulary behind every entry.
- What is an HTS code?
- Who is the importer of record?
- Customs value is not always the invoice total
- Made in where, exactly?
- How is customs duty calculated?
- What does a customs bond actually do?
- The commercial invoice is customs’ first story
- CBP Form 7501, without the fog
- What happened to the $800 de minimis rule?
- CBP is not the only agency at the border
- AD/CVD: the duty surprise you cannot average away
- Free trade is not automatic trade
Broker desk
See what happens inside the operation.
- What does a customs broker actually do?
- ISF 10+2 before the vessel sails
- The customs entry timeline in one screen
- Your shipment is on hold. Now what?
- Five years is longer than your inbox memory
- Found an entry error after filing?