# Strale Customs Duty Lookup

> Strale Customs Duty Lookup is a paid API for AI agents from api.strale.io, paid per call via x402, $0.216/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Look up import duties and tariff rates for a product by HS code, optionally filtered by origin and destination country

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://api.strale.io/x402/v2/customs-duty-lookup
- Price: $0.216/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/strale-customs-duty-lookup-2fd13b3f
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_5Wps8IKy_Y1pR3-YTHldJ

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability strale-customs-duty-lookup-2fd13b3f
```

Example prompt: What's the customs duty rate for HS code 8471.30 when importing from China into the United States?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a programmatic, auditable lookup of customs duty rates by HS code for international trade compliance, e-commerce landed cost calculations, or supply chain sourcing decisions. It covers 27 countries and returns cryptographically hashed audit records, making it suitable for compliance workflows. Prefer this over manual tariff schedule lookups or generic web search when you need structured, reliable tariff data with an audit trail.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or unrecognized HS code format returns an error
- Unsupported country code for origin or destination
- Duty data not available for a specific country pair
- Missing required hs_code parameter returns a 400 error
- Payment failure or insufficient USDC balance blocks the call

## How this service works

Look up EU customs duty rates by HS code and origin country. Returns duty rate, preferential rates, anti-dumping status.

## Output

Returns the applicable customs duty rate and tariff information for the specified HS code, including any preferential rates based on origin and destination country pairing, along with a cryptographic audit record for the call.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "required": [
  "hs_code"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "hs_code": {
   "type": "string"
  },
  "origin_country": {
   "type": "string"
  },
  "destination_country": {
   "type": "string"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "duty_rate": {
  "type": "string"
 },
 "duty_type": {
  "type": "string"
 },
 "anti_dumping": {
  "type": "boolean"
 },
 "preferential_rates": {
  "type": "array"
 }
}
```

## More

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