Eight real scenarios.
Calculator-grounded numbers.
Each example below is generated from the same composePlan() function that powers the wizard — same trade-defence database, same preferential-origin pathways, same compliance overlay.
87% combined AD + CVD on Chinese e-bikes.
€97,300 of duty per €100,000 shipment. AD 70.1% plus CVD 17.2% layered on top of 10% MFN.
e-bikes · CN → PLRead →Preferential originZero EU duty under Everything But Arms.
€6,000 saving per €50,000 apparel shipment with a valid REX statement. EBA continues until 2029 under the transitional period.
apparel · BD → PLRead →A.TR · Anti-dumpingA.TR Customs Union does not waive 23.3% AD.
The procurement misconception: "TR goods are duty-free under A.TR." True for MFN — but trade defence overrides preferential origin.
steel · TR → DERead →EVFTA · compliance stackEVFTA — zero duty plus RoHS/WEEE/CE compliance.
Zero duty with a REX origin declaration. Chapter 85 triggers CE LVD/EMC/RED + RoHS + WEEE producer registration.
electronics · VN → DERead →CBAM · Anti-dumpingCBAM declarant status + 32% anti-dumping duty.
Aluminium extrusions from China carry 32% AD on top of 6% MFN and CBAM declarant status from January 2026.
aluminium · CN → DERead →Cosmetics Regulation 1223/2009Responsible Person + CPNP notification before market.
Cosmetics chapter 33 triggers Cosmetics Regulation 1223/2009. Compliance overlay alone delays first shipment 3–6 months.
cosmetics · IN → DERead →Apparel · classificationA Polish apparel importer routing from China.
Woven versus knitted classification, REX-eligibility, and the trade-defence overlay on cotton fabrics from China.
apparel · CN → PLRead →EU–Korea FTAZero duty under the EU–Korea FTA.
Industrial machinery from South Korea under the EUKFTA. Origin declaration on the invoice and a clean lane through the EU.
machinery · KR → DERead →