Lower Tariff Costs | Trade Smarter
Turn regulatory complexity into a competitive advantage
First Sale for Export Automated
We build software that automates FSFE compliance: a screening tool for US importers to find duty savings, and a platform for consultants and attorneys to identify, assess, and implement FSFE programs for their clients.
What is First Sale for Export?
When goods pass through a middleman before reaching the U.S., the importer typically paying duties on the marked-up price. First Sale for Export lets an importer base duties on the original factory price instead - stripping out the middleman's margin before tariffs are calculated.
Example: A manufacturer sells goods to a trading company for $500K. The trading company sells to you for $600K. Without FSFE, you pay duties on $600K. With FSFE, you pay duties on $500K. At a 25% tariff rate, that's $25,000 saved on a single shipment.
Why now?
Tariffs are higher than they've been in decades. Section 301. Retaliatory duties. AD/CVD. Landed costs are climbing, and trade policy keeps shifting.
At the same time, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is tightening enforcement on how importers declare value. The "reasonable care" standard isn't optional. It's what protects you in an audit.
FSFE has always been a legitimate duty savings strategy. But if you're going to claim it and reap the savings, you have to do it right. The documentation has to hold up. The transaction structure has to qualify. CBP isn't handing out exceptions for sloppy implementation.
Manual analysis was too slow and expensive to apply broadly and too costly to maintain year over year.
Now it's not.
About LandedEdge
LandedEdge was founded by two attorneys who saw the same problem from both sides: FSFE analysis was too manual, too expensive, and too slow to apply at scale. Importers missed savings. Consultants left opportunities on the table. Everyone spent too much time on work that should be automated.
So we built the automation.
Our technology codifies decades of FSFE case law, CBP rulings, and compliance requirements into software that delivers results in minutes instead of weeks.
Launching early 2026. Patent pending.
We're launching in early 2026.
If you're an importer looking to cut duty costs or a trade practitioner looking to grow your FSFE practice we should talk.