Recover duty overpayments.
Prevent tariff mistakes. From your phone.
Snap a photo. See the HTS. See the cheapest country to source from. Twenty seconds, on your phone.
The only mobile cockpit built for U.S.-inbound importers, freight forwarders, and customs brokers. Broker-agnostic decision support that works alongside any forwarder, any broker, any ERP.
Free during beta · then $29.99/mo with a 7-day trial · Your entry data stays on your device. No cloud, no tracking.
Recover. Prevent. Manage.
Three jobs every importer does every week. ImportHelm is built around all three, not a tool catalog hoping you'll figure it out.
Recover
Find potential duty overpayments across CAPE / IEEPA, Section 301 exclusions, FTA preference missed, HTS reclassification, and First Sale valuation. Export PSC, CAPE, and protest packets ready for your broker to review.
Prevent
Snap a product photo. ImportHelm runs the patent flow end to end: identify the HTS, compare duty across sourcing countries, surface refund candidates. All before the PO is placed.
Manage
Track shipments, container loads, documents, port risk, ISF deadlines, tariff alerts, and broker-ready packets. Every ongoing concern an importer touches, on the phone already in their pocket.
Includes 170+ specialized import tools across 10 categories. The headline is the outcomes, not the count.
From product photo to sourcing decision in under a minute.
Snap, classify, compare, export. Four steps. Sixty seconds. Scroll to watch it run.
Snap
Photograph the product. ImportHelm reads material, type, and intended use, streaming the model's reasoning in real time.
Classify
Top-3 HTS candidates with calibrated confidence and 30-50 word reasoning. A "verify with broker" disclaimer on every result.
Compare
See China, Mexico, Vietnam, Korea, and 20+ others ranked cheapest to most expensive for that exact HTS, on a world map.
Export
Send a clean broker review packet: photo, HTS candidates, duty scenarios, refund flags, country comparison, open questions.
ImportHelm. The import command center.
170+ integrated tools wired around the patent flow: photo to HTS to cheapest sourcing country in 60 seconds, plus refund discovery, customs compliance, and trade intelligence, unified in a single mobile app. Built for the operator who actually runs imports at a small-to-mid size U.S. company, not the trade lawyer.
Find money hiding in your entries.
Refund Finder scans your last 90 days of import entries and flags every line where money may be recoverable. Decision support, not customs filing. Every candidate carries a "verify with broker" disclaimer.
Mid-market importers typically have $40,000 to $100,000 per quarter on the table: preference never claimed, exclusions never filed, IEEPA surcharges eligible for the new CBP CAPE batch path.
Refund Finder runs entirely on your device. It surfaces the candidates, shows the filing path, and exports a clean broker review packet. Your broker reviews and files. ImportHelm never touches CBP.
FTA preference missed
Country qualifies for USMCA, KORUS, CAFTA-DR, etc., but the broker didn't claim the preference at entry. PSC path within 1 year of liquidation.
§301 exclusion eligible
Imported from China, paid the 25% surcharge, but USTR has an active exclusion for that HTS code. PSC or Protest path depending on liquidation status.
CAPE / IEEPA refund
Entry paid §122 IEEPA surcharge after April 5, 2025. CBP CAPE Phase 1 (live April 2026) is the batch refund path. ImportHelm exports a CAPE-ready CSV.
HTS reclassification
Entry's effective rate >15% suggests an alternative HTS may be more accurate. Reclass typically saves 30-60% of duty. Manual broker review required.
First Sale review
Large declared value (>$50K) with significant duty paid. First Sale valuation lets you declare the factory price instead of the middleman markup.
Broker-ready exports
Every candidate exports as a clean review packet (entry number, HTS, paid duty, reason flagged, filing path, documents needed). Send via email or AirDrop.
ImportHelm doesn't file with CBP. Pre-flight check, not customs broker. Every recommendation is verified by your broker before anything is submitted to CBP.
Every number, pinned to current law.
ImportHelm's math layer is locked behind regression fixtures that track current Federal Register proclamations, USITC's authoritative 2026 schedule, and CBP COBRA FY2026 fees. A licensed customs broker spot-checking the math will find consensus on every common scenario.
Camera Classify
The patent flow. Snap a product photo, get top-3 HTS candidates with confidence scores, full hierarchy, Section 301 list tier, and §232 metal flags. Tap "Compare Countries" for the cheapest source.
Refund Finder
Paste 90 days of CBP entries. Engine flags missed FTA preference, §301 exclusions, CAPE / IEEPA refunds, HTS reclass, and First Sale. Exports PSC CSV, CAPE Phase 1 CSV, or a broker packet.
Helm Bot
Tool-aware AI concierge that knows every tool in the app. Ask a real customs question, get a real answer plus a one-tap shortcut to the right calculator.
Tariff Engineering
Given an HTS code, ImportHelm suggests product modifications that may shift classification into a lower-duty heading. Every suggestion cited against CBP rulings.
Updated v3.5 (May 2026): Section 232 copper at 50% per Proclamation 10947, Russia aluminum 200% via HTSUS 9903.85.67/.68, MPF FY2026 thresholds, and Section 301 List 4A at 7.5% / List 4B suspended. All locked in regression fixtures.
CAPE Pre-Audit. The first pre-flight check for CBP IEEPA refund filings.
CBP launched CAPE on April 20, 2026 to batch-process IEEPA tariff refunds. Within the first six days, 75,306 CAPE Declarations were filed. ImportHelm's CAPE Pre-Audit shipped one day before CBP opened the door, and it remains the only pre-validation tool on the market. Catch CBP format rejections locally, fix the file, send a clean upload to your broker.
Real screens. Real workflows.
Every screen designed to work one-handed on a phone. No spreadsheets. No desktop. Just the tools an importer actually reaches for between supplier calls.
Ten categories. One unified platform.
Every category mirrors a job an importer actually does. Tap a category on the Home screen and the folder opens with the flagship tool first.
Calculators
Duty, landed cost, margin, MPF/HMF, drawback, FTZ, bond sizing, currency. Scenario modeling for §232, §301, IEEPA.
HTS
Camera flow, full database search, binding-ruling references, CROSS, tariff engineering, side-by-side code comparison.
Refunds
Refund Finder, CAPE Pre-Audit, drawback, protest, and PSC export packets.
Countries
Trade Map heatmap, Compare Across Countries, and country guides for China, Mexico, Vietnam, India, Korea, EU, UK, Canada.
Products
Catalog, supplier directory, supplier risk scoring, vendor scorecards, and category-specific guides.
Compliance
Compliance Health Score, ISF Tracker, AD/CVD, FTA Qualifier, Bond Tracker, Denied Party Scan, UFLPA, recall tracker.
Logistics
Container Load Planner (3D), shipment tracker, pipeline + timeline, demurrage, transit times, freight rates, port guides.
Tariff News
Live Federal Register monitoring, Tariff Watch inbox, §301/232/IEEPA tracking, and plain-English policy summaries.
Learn
First Import walkthrough, glossary of 60+ trade terms, Incoterms guide, CBP Forms reference, FAQ, and a trade quiz.
Brokers
Find a Broker, comparison, fee tracker, quote requests, disagreement workflows, and POA management.
Common questions from importers.
The questions we get most often from customs brokers, freight forwarders, and importers evaluating ImportHelm for the first time.
Is ImportHelm only for licensed customs brokers?
No. ImportHelm is built for the importer, freight forwarder, supply-chain manager, or operations lead who needs accurate duty math at their fingertips. Licensed customs brokers use it as a pre-flight check before filing. ImportHelm does not file with CBP; every recommendation is decision support, verified by your broker before submission.
How does ImportHelm classify a product from a photo?
Take a photo of the product. ImportHelm reads material, type, and intended use using a vision AI model, then returns the top-3 HTS candidates with calibrated confidence scores and 30-50 word reasoning for each. Every result carries a "verify with broker" disclaimer. The full HTS hierarchy (chapter, heading, full 10-digit code) is shown alongside duty rate, Section 301 list tier, and Section 232 metal flags.
What is Refund Finder?
Paste your last 90 days of CBP entries. Refund Finder scans for five categories of recoverable money: missed FTA preference, Section 301 exclusion eligibility, CAPE / IEEPA refunds, HTS reclassification candidates, and First Sale valuation review. Exports clean broker review packets (PSC CSV, CAPE Phase 1 CSV, or protest narrative) ready to send to your customs broker.
How current is ImportHelm's tariff data?
Updated continuously as tariffs change. As of May 2026 the math layer covers Section 232 copper (Proclamation 10947, 50% on primary copper mill products), Section 232 steel and aluminum at 50% with the UK carve-out at 25% and Russia aluminum at 200%, Section 232 autos at 25%, full Section 301 list tiers (1, 2, 3, 4A at 7.5%, 4B suspended), Section 122 baseline with active-window tracking, MPF and HMF at FY2026 thresholds, and 1,863 specific-rate codes including the sugar Chapter 17 polariscopic formulas. 164 regression fixtures pin the calculator against current Federal Register proclamations.
What does ImportHelm cost?
Free during the TestFlight beta. All features are available to test. Paid subscriptions launch alongside the public App Store release. Planned pricing at launch (subject to change): one simple plan at $29.99 per month, with a 7-day free trial, including photo HTS classification, the Optimal Sourcing Country flow, Tariff Engineer AI, the Refund Finder engine, push alerts on saved HTS codes, smart AI chat with tool routing, and CBP CROSS rulings inline. Subscriptions bill through Apple and cancel anytime in iOS Settings. All your data is stored locally on your device. No account, no cloud sync, no analytics tracking your entries.
Where can I sign up for the TestFlight beta?
Tap "Join the free beta" at the top of this page, or join directly at testflight.apple.com/join/3McjNyc1. The cohort is capped at 200 testers; current activity shows healthy session counts and zero crashes across the cohort as of May 2026.
Built by people who've actually imported the goods.
SVLTMK is an independent U.S. software company focused exclusively on trade technology. We were founded on the premise that the tools American importers use every day (spreadsheets, fragmented websites, phone calls to brokers) have fallen three decades behind the rest of enterprise software.
Our work is informed by more than thirty years of operating experience across supply chain, customs brokerage, import operations, and domestic home-goods distribution. We've run the receiving dock. We've argued HTS classifications with CBP. We've filed CAPE refund claims for IEEPA duties that exceeded seven figures. We know what's missing because we've missed it ourselves.
Every product we ship is mobile-first and plain-English. Every acronym has a tappable tooltip. Every screen is designed for the person who inherited compliance, not a lawyer who graduated into it. That's the standard, and it's non-negotiable.
See what ImportHelm finds in your last 90 days of entries.
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