How HSO’s Tariff Agent Works
HSO Tariff Agent: Know Your Import Costs Before They Change
HSO’s Tariff Agent delivers real-time duty intelligence inside Dynamics 365 – so your team can act the moment trade policy shifts.
Tariff Rates Are No Longer Static
What was once a predictable line item in your cost structure — the duty or tariff rate paid when goods enter the United States — has become one of the most volatile variables in global supply chains.
Whether you're sourcing finished goods or raw materials, the wrong tariff assumption can silently erode margins or lead to mispriced products. Teams need to know: absorb the cost, or pass it on?
Decisions Backed by Current Data
HSO’s Tariff Agent embeds directly into Microsoft Dynamics 365, reading the latest published Harmonized Tariff Schedule and surfacing the exact duty rates relevant to your items and approved vendor network — in seconds, not days.
By pairing HTS codes defined on your D365 item master with vendor country-of-origin data, the agent scopes its search precisely and eliminates irrelevant results — giving cost managers and pricing teams a clean, actionable picture.
Under the Hood
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Configure
Set Your HTS Code & Approved Vendors in D365
Each item in your Dynamics 365 item master requires a Harmonized Tariff Code (HTS code) — a mandatory field that tells the agent exactly where to look in the schedule. Approved vendors are then associated with the item, providing the country-of-origin context the agent needs.
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Read
Agent Reads the USITC Harmonized Tariff Schedule
The USITC publishes the Harmonized Tariff Schedule as a structured document spanning thousands of pages. Tariff Agent navigates sections, chapters, and appendices — extracting duty rates, trade agreement notes, and special conditions relevant to your item's HTS code.
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Analyze
Match Duty Rates to Country of Origin
Using your approved vendor addresses, the agent determines the country of origin for each potential source and cross-references it with the tariff schedule. Items sourced domestically carry no duty; others are evaluated against current import rates and applicable trade agreements.
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Report
Results Written Back to the D365 Item Master
Tariff Agent surfaces up to three sourcing options — each with its associated vendor, country of origin, duty rate, and trade agreement implications — directly in the D365 item master where your team is already working.
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Decide
Support Pricing & Cost Decisions in Real Time
With current data in hand, your cost and pricing teams decide whether to absorb a duty change or pass it through to the end product's selling price — with full visibility into the trade-offs by source.
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Automate
Optional: Auto-Apply Cost Structure Updates
Tariff Agent ships as a decision-support tool, but it can be configured to automatically apply approved cost structure changes in Dynamics 365 — removing manual steps once your team has validated the logic.
Common Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
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