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Caspian is the leading AI trade advisor for global merchants and brokers.

For Merchants

Caspian works your entire tariff strategy. From classification and sourcing to duty recovery, we find the exposure, name the savings, and collect the refunds.

For Brokers

Offer your clients more than entries. Caspian puts duty recovery, trade advisory, and a CBP-approved platform under your name. We do the filing. You deepen the relationship.

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WHY TEAMS ARE MAKING THE SWITCH

Trade runs on guesswork.

It doesn't have to.

Your trade data lives in six systems that don't talk to each other. Classifications drift, duty leaks, refunds go unclaimed, and compliance is a fire drill every time policy moves. So most teams run on spreadsheets. Then the audit shows up.

Caspian offers a different approach. Advisory when you need a human. Management when you need it handled. Software when you need it to just run. We think more trade is good for everyone. We built the platform to prove it.

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Meet Our Platform

Tariff Policy moves fast.
Caspian moves faster.

Real-time monitoring. Automated filing. Audit-ready documentation.

$500M+

Recovered before we even built the platform.

3x Faster

than the broker you’re currently not yelling at but thinking about yelling at.

90%+

of audit documents generated automatically. Your compliance team can go to lunch.

We File. You Get Paid.

EVERY IMPORT. EVERY EXPORT. EVERY DOLLAR

01

Connect

We pull your data from 80+ systems. No reformatting. No IT tickets. No "can you send that as a CSV."

02

Claim

Licensed customs brokers validate and file your claim directly with CBP. Never filed before? No problem.

03

Centralize

One dashboard. Every dollar. Real-time. Yeah, that's it. Track each claim's progress and receive your payouts.

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Ace Connector

Pulls all your customs data and reconciles it. Automatically.

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Automated Claim Engine

Generates, validates, and transmits claims to CBP. No manual filing. No .txt files.

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Claim Dashboard

Every claim. Every status update. Every dollar. One screen. Nice.

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Dynamic Product Catalog

Your claims update in real time as your products and HTS codes change.

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Plug-and-play Integration

Connects to your existing inventory and supply chain systems. 80+ integrations and counting. Yes, you’re on the list.

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Trade Insights

Shows you where the recoverable money is and where your duty exposure is headed.

Industries
Ranked by total Opportunity for Tariff Mitigation
Consumer + Retail ~$50–80B Opportunity
Automotive ~$60–70B Opportunity
Electronics ~$40–55B Opportunity
Chemical & Energy ~$20–35B Opportunity
Food + Beverage ~$10–20B Opportunity
Beauty + Personal Care ~$2–4B Opportunity

Explore how Caspian provides specialized duty drawback and compliance solutions for the industries driving the global economy, ranked by their total opportunity for tariff mitigation.

Consumer + Retail
High-volume importers (apparel, footwear, furniture, toys) brought in ~$500–600B in 2025. Apparel effective rates jumped to 35.1% in Dec '25 (up from 14.7% in Jan '25), with footwear similar, creating heavy Section 301 and HTS misclassification exposure.
Opportunity:
~$50–80B
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Today's Process vs Caspian

Tariff policy moves fast. Caspian moves faster.

Real-time monitoring. Automated filing. Audit-ready documentation.

Today's Process

How most importers 'handle' drawback.

  • Spreadsheets emailed back and forth until someone quits.
  • You file the claim and hear nothing for months.
  • One typo and Customs sends it back. Start over.
  • Trade data trapped in a PDF nobody opens.
  • 6–12 months before a claim even reaches Customs.

With Caspian

The modern way to recover what you're owed.

  • Automated data matching across 80+ systems.
  • Real-time tracking and full audit trails. No wondering.
  • Validation and compliance built into every claim.
  • Product-level duty insights on one dashboard.
  • Refunds in weeks, or instantly with Caspian Refund Advance.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is duty drawback and how does it work?

Duty drawback is a U.S. Customs program that refunds 99% of the duties, taxes, and fees you paid when you imported goods that were later exported, destroyed, or returned. It has been on the books since 1789. Most companies who qualify never file because the process — paper claims, ACE submissions, brokerage coordination — was built before software existed. Caspian automates it.

How do I know if my company qualifies for a duty drawback refund?
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If you import goods into the U.S. and any of the following is true, you almost certainly qualify: you export some or all of those goods, you process them and ship the result internationally, you have customer returns that get re-exported or destroyed, or you destroy unsold inventory. You also qualify under “substitution drawback” if you import and export commercially interchangeable goods, even if they’re not the same physical units. The fastest way to know: 60 seconds with our recovery estimator.

How far back can I claim duty drawback refunds?
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You can file drawback claims for imports that occurred up to 5 years before the export, destruction, or return. That means if you started exporting in 2024, your 2019 imports are still recoverable. This is one of the most overlooked facts in trade — most companies file going forward and leave four years of refund eligibility on the table.

How long does a duty drawback claim take to get paid?
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Traditional brokerage drawback takes 6–12 months to even reach Customs, and another 1–2 years for payment. Caspian-filed claims are submitted in days, not months, and Customs typically pays within 30–90 days. For clients who can’t wait, Caspian Refund Advance pays the recovery upfront and we collect from CBP on the back end.

Are Section 301 tariffs and IEEPA duties eligible for refund?
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Yes for Section 301 tariffs in most cases — they are eligible for drawback, with specific program-by-program rules under CBP guidance. IEEPA duties, including the recent country-specific tariffs, have shifted eligibility rules — some programs are recoverable, others are not. Caspian’s platform tracks every CBP ruling and tariff change and tells you in real time which of your duties are recoverable and which are not.

How is Caspian different from a traditional customs broker?
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A traditional customs broker files entries when goods come into the country. They are not built to find or recover overpayments — that’s a different practice that most brokers either don’t offer or outsource. Caspian is purpose-built to audit your entries for overpayments, file drawback claims, and manage CBP correspondence — with software that does in 90 seconds what a broker does in 90 days. We work alongside your broker, not against them.

What does Caspian cost and how do you charge?
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We don’t charge upfront. Our pricing is contingency-based on duty drawback recoveries — if Customs doesn’t pay you, we don’t get paid. Trade Audit and Trade Compliance services are priced as platform subscriptions sized to your import volume. Get Your Number and we’ll show you the math on your specific recovery before you commit to anything.

About Caspian

Translation?

One platform to advise, manage, and automate global trade.

Tariffs are rising. Margins are shrinking. Exports are getting cut. That's the reality, and most trade teams are fighting it with spreadsheets and a broker who emails back twice a year. Caspian is the alternative: a global trade desk that pairs licensed advisors with software that audits your customs, recovers the $130 billion sitting uncollected, and keeps you compliant as policy shifts.

Advisory when you need a human. Management when you need it handled. Software when you need it to just run. We think more trade is good for everyone. We built the platform to prove it.