What’s a tariff calculator and why should importers use one? Quick breakdown:
Calculates import duties & taxes
Uses HS codes, origin, and declared value
Helps plan landed cost before shipping
But here’s the real game-changer: Quickcode adds AI-powered compliance, real-time updates, and risk alerts, so you can import confidently.
Tariff and trade policy is shifting faster than most compliance programs were built to handle. In this conversation, Quickcode’s Shannon Hynds and Nathan Chaney unpack what that volatility means for importers and why the teams adapting best are the ones treating compliance as a core business function, not a back-office task.
For companies across the fastener and fixings industry, global sourcing has always been a balance between cost, availability, and performance. However, recent changes to the de minimis exemption are adding new complexities, including one that directly impacts how fasteners are imported, returned, and classified.
Tariff volatility is reshaping sourcing, pricing, and procurement decisions faster than manual processes can adapt. Static spreadsheets and fragmented data introduce delay, make landed cost modeling incomplete, and create friction in supplier and pricing conversations.
In this episode of the Supply Chaney podcast, host Nathan Chaney speaks with Shannon Hynds, founder and CEO of Quickcode, about the intersection of AI and international trade compliance.
On the latest Simply Trade episode, Shannon Hynds and Joe Morales talk all things holiday classification. Whether it’s running shoes for a Turkey Trot, football gear, pasta caught in AD duties, or even a frozen turkey turned bowling ball, Shannon shares how Quickcode’s sorts it all out, and why today’s tariff landscape can change what you pay at the dinner table.
