Know your import duties
before you set your Shopify prices
If you import products to sell on Shopify, duties are part of your landed cost. ImportPilot classifies your catalog, estimates duty rates including Section 301 and 232 overlays, and monitors for tariff changes so you can price with confidence.
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Importing for Shopify without duty visibility
Setting prices without knowing landed cost
Without duty estimates, you are guessing at margins. A 25% tariff on a product you priced at 40% markup turns your margin into a rounding error.
Surprised by duties after the purchase order
You find out the real duty rate when the shipment clears customs. By then the PO is placed, prices are published, and the margin hit is locked in.
Ad hoc broker emails for every new product
Every time you source a new product you email your broker, wait days for a reply, and still get a code without much explanation.
Three steps to duty clarity
Describe your product
Answer guided questions about material, construction, and use — not a blank search box. ImportPilot asks what customs classification actually requires.
See ranked HTS candidates with duty
Get up to five candidate codes with confidence scores, rationale, and a full duty estimate including Section 301 and 232 overlays.
Save and monitor
Save products to your catalog. ImportPilot watches official tariff sources and alerts you when changes may affect your classifications or duty rates.
Sample output
See a sample classification result
This is what a real classification looks like in ImportPilot. No signup required to inspect the output.
Women's Cotton T-Shirt
Cotton (100%) · Origin: Vietnam · Value: $8.50
6109.10.00
T-shirts, singlets, tank tops and similar garments, knitted or crocheted, of cotton
Rationale
GRI 1 resolves via heading 6109: product is a knitted cotton t-shirt. Subheading .10 for cotton content exceeding 50% by weight.
See ImportPilot in action
Watch how a Shopify importer classifies a product and gets a duty estimate in under two minutes.
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Questions from Shopify importers
Does ImportPilot work with my Shopify store?
ImportPilot is a standalone web app, not a Shopify app. You classify products in ImportPilot and use the duty estimates to inform your Shopify pricing. No Shopify installation or permissions are required.
Can I import my Shopify product CSV?
Yes. Export your product list from Shopify as a CSV and upload it to ImportPilot. The system will run each product through the guided intake and return HTS candidates and duty estimates for every row.
Is this a Shopify app?
No. ImportPilot is a standalone classification and duty-estimation tool. It works regardless of your ecommerce platform. We built this page because Shopify merchants importing goods are one of our most common user types.
Do I still need a customs broker?
For formal entries above $2,500 in value, U.S. law requires a licensed customs broker to file your entry. ImportPilot helps you understand likely codes and duties before you place a purchase order, so you can make informed sourcing and pricing decisions. It does not replace your broker for filing.
How does monitoring work?
ImportPilot watches official tariff sources including the USITC HTS database, CBP rulings, and Section 301/232 tariff actions. When a change is detected that may affect one of your saved products, you receive an email alert with details.
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Related guides
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Classification-aware duty estimates with Section 301 and 232 overlays.
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Get the duty half of your landed-cost model right before you price.
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