Textile Tariff Optimization for Vancouver Fashion Retailer

Company Profile

A Vancouver-based fashion retailer with 12 boutique locations across Western Canada, specializing in sustainably-sourced apparel with a focus on blended-fiber knitwear. The company sources materials from various ASEAN countries and sells both in-store and through its e-commerce platform.

Project Goal

To reduce import duties on their extensive product catalog by identifying misclassifications and optimizing sourcing strategies under CUSMA and CPTPP trade agreements. The company needed a systematic approach to product classification that could adapt to seasonal collection changes.

Our Consultation

Our 22-step HS code audit across 3,500 SKUs secured $74,500 in duty recoveries retroactively and reduced ongoing tariff costs by 33% through origin reclassification. We implemented our AI-driven software, enabling real-time HS code adjustments during seasonal collection launches and creating sustainable duty savings.