Import Cost and Trade Advisory

Most importers are overpaying on landed costs. We find exactly how much.

Noventra Advisory delivers fixed-fee assessments that map every dollar of your import cost structure and identify where recoverable savings are hiding. Finance, trade operations, and HR advisory under one roof.

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10-20%

Average landed cost overpayment identified in a first engagement

3-4 wks

Fixed timeline for a full Import Cost Assessment with ranked savings report

4:1

Typical ROI from a single HTS reclassification identified in our assessment

The Problem We Solve

Import businesses are absorbing avoidable costs on every purchase order.

Tariff Exposure Without a Response Strategy

Most importers have taken ad hoc steps in response to tariff increases but have never formally modeled which combination of mitigation strategies yields the best risk-adjusted savings for their specific SKU and supplier mix.

HTS Classifications That Are Quietly Costing You

An HTS classification error that cost $15,000 per year at a 5% duty rate can cost $60,000 per year at 20%. Most importers have never had a formal classification review. The savings from a single correction typically funds the entire engagement.

No Clear Picture of True Landed Cost

Most importers know their invoice price and have a rough duty rate. They do not know their true landed cost at the SKU or category level, which means every pricing and sourcing decision is built on incomplete data.

People and Payroll Running Behind the Business

As trade complexity grows, so does operational headcount. Multi-state payroll, benefits compliance, and HR infrastructure that is not keeping pace creates compounding risk exposure that most operators only discover when it is too late.

How We Engage

Three ways to work with Noventra.

Every engagement starts with a scoping call. We do not propose until we understand your import profile. The right starting point depends on your dominant pain.

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Import Cost Assessment

Fixed Fee / 3 to 4 Weeks

We map every cost your business incurs to move goods from a supplier's dock to your U.S. warehouse. Duties, HTS classification exposure, freight, brokerage, compliance fees, and carrying costs. You receive a ranked report of where you are overpaying and which actions recover the most money fastest.

Full HTS classification audit across your top import categories
Duty drawback, FTZ, and first-sale valuation eligibility review
Ranked savings report with estimated annual dollar impact per action
Client time investment: 2 to 3 hours total

Start with a scoping call

Current Environment

Tariff Response Roadmap

Fixed Fee / 2 to 3 Weeks

We map your current tariff exposure by product and supplier, evaluate the top four to six duty mitigation strategies available to you, and deliver a ranked 90-day action plan with estimated annual savings per action. Built for importers actively absorbing tariff cost increases without a structured response.

Full tariff exposure model by SKU and supplier
Evaluation of HTS reclassification, country-of-origin shifting, FTZ use, bonded warehousing, and duty drawback
Ranked 90-day action plan with dollar impact per move

Start with a scoping call

Ongoing Partnership

Trade Operations Advisory

Monthly Retainer / Ongoing

An ongoing advisory relationship where Noventra functions as your fractional VP of Trade Operations. Strategic landed cost management, tariff monitoring, customs compliance oversight, supplier negotiation support, HR infrastructure, and payroll compliance. This is where the assessment relationship becomes a long-term partnership.

Ongoing tariff monitoring and rapid response to rate changes
Landed cost optimization and import data analytics
HR, payroll compliance, and total rewards strategy
Follows a completed Import Cost Assessment or Tariff Response Roadmap

Learn more in a scoping call

Who We Work With

Built for U.S. importers who are absorbing costs they have not formally measured.

Revenue Range

Typically $15M to $200M in annual revenue with $5M or more in annual import value. Below this threshold the ROI math on an engagement is harder to justify.

Direct Importers

Companies that import under their own Importer of Record with active CBP entry records. Consumer goods, apparel, food and beverage, industrial, and specialty categories.

Rising Import Costs

Businesses whose products are getting more expensive to bring into the U.S. due to government import taxes, and who suspect they are paying more than they need to but have never had someone formally check.

"Every month an importer delays a formal cost review, they leave profit on the table."

The Noventra Advisory Approach

Why Noventra

Advisory built on ROI you can measure before the engagement ends.

Fixed Fee. Bounded Scope. No Surprises.

Our assessment engagements are fixed-price with defined deliverables. The ROI is quantifiable before the engagement starts. A client importing $15M per year at a 12% effective duty rate pays $1.8M in annual duties. A 10 to 15% reduction is $180,000 to $270,000. The assessment pays for itself in the first identified savings.

Trade Strategy. Not Transaction Processing.

Your customs broker processes transactions. Noventra provides the strategic cost analysis that sits above the transaction layer. We are not competing with your broker. We are delivering what your broker does not.

Finance, Trade, and People Under One Roof.

As your import operation grows, so does your operational complexity. Our integrated advisory covers landed cost optimization, tariff strategy, and the HR and payroll infrastructure that scales with your headcount without adding internal overhead.

The Team

Meet the leaders behind the firm.

Noventra Advisory is led by senior practitioners with deep roots in finance, operations, and people strategy. Our founders bring the kind of hands-on experience that only comes from working inside complex, fast-moving businesses.

Garrett Jones, CPA

Managing Director, Finance and Operations Advisory

Garrett is an experienced CPA and operations advisor specializing in financial modeling, landed cost analysis, and cash flow systems. He builds the reporting infrastructure that reveals exactly where money moves through an import operation, giving owners the clarity to make faster, better decisions.

Evist Jones

Managing Director, People and HR Advisory

Evist brings deep expertise in workforce cost strategy and total rewards design across global organizations. In import businesses, headcount is one of the largest and most variable cost lines. She works alongside our trade advisory to ensure the people side of the operation, payroll structures, benefits spend, and labor compliance, are as optimized as the landed cost side. Her experience spans multiple countries and complex organizations, giving her an uncommon ability to see where people costs and operational costs intersect.

For Referral Partners

We work alongside the advisors your clients already trust.

Noventra Advisory has zero overlap with customs brokers, freight forwarders, or CPA firms. We operate at the strategic advisory layer above transaction execution. When your client has a landed cost or tariff problem that falls outside your scope, we are the firm you can refer them to with confidence.

Customs Brokers and Freight Forwarders

You process the entries. We identify the strategic savings your clients are missing above the transaction layer.

CPA Firms and Accounting Practices

You see import costs climbing in your clients' P&L. We identify exactly where the overcharge is coming from and what to do about it.

Commercial Bankers and Trade Finance Advisors

Your clients under tariff-driven cash pressure need a structured cost review. We deliver it in a bounded, fixed-fee engagement.

Start a Partner Conversation

Tell us about your practice and the types of import clients you serve. We will follow up within one business day.

Partner inquiry received. We will be in touch within one business day.

Book a Scoping Call

Not a sales call. A 20-minute problem discovery conversation.

We do not pitch on the first call. We ask about your import categories, duty rates, and where you feel the most cost pressure. If there is a fit, we propose a specific engagement. If there is not, we tell you that too.

Fill out the form. We review your profile before the call so we do not waste your time on basics.

20-minute scoping call. We listen to your situation and identify the dominant pain.

If there is fit, you receive a written proposal within 24 hours. Fixed fee. Clear scope. Clear deliverables.

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Request Received

We will review your submission and reach out within one business day to schedule your scoping call.