UK import duty, landed cost, anti-dumping and compliance checks for China-sourced goods.
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Check Chinese goods for trade defence duties. market defaults to uk: uses the live UK Trade Tariff, with no single rate because it depends on the exporter. market eu: searches the sourced EU snapshot by product keyword or CN code prefix and gives indicative ranges and EUR-Lex regulations. Always check TARIC before EU import; no match is not clearance.
Language for names and links: en (default) or zh (Simplified Chinese).
EU only: product keyword in English or Chinese.
UK: a 6 to 10 digit commodity code (required). EU: a CN code prefix; alternatively supply product.
Check Chinese goods for trade defence duties. market defaults to uk: uses the live UK Trade Tariff, with no single rate because it depends on the exporter. market eu: searches the sourced EU snapshot by product keyword or CN code prefix and gives indicative ranges and EUR-Lex regulations. Always check TARIC before EU import; no match is not clearance.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| locale | string | Language for names and links: en (default) or zh (Simplified Chinese). |
| market | string | |
| product | string | EU only: product keyword in English or Chinese. |
| commodity_code | string | UK: a 6 to 10 digit commodity code (required). EU: a CN code prefix; alternatively supply product. |
{
"type": "object",
"anyOf": [
{
"required": [
"commodity_code"
]
},
{
"required": [
"market",
"product"
],
"properties": {
"market": {
"const": "eu"
}
}
}
],
"properties": {
"locale": {
"enum": [
"en",
"zh"
],
"type": "string",
"description": "Language for names and links: en (default) or zh (Simplified Chinese)."
},
"market": {
"enum": [
"uk",
"eu"
],
"type": "string",
"default": "uk"
},
"product": {
"type": "string",
"description": "EU only: product keyword in English or Chinese."
},
"commodity_code": {
"type": "string",
"description": "UK: a 6 to 10 digit commodity code (required). EU: a CN code prefix; alternatively supply product."
}
}
}Use when the user asks what it takes to export a UK product to China (whisky, gin, biscuits, tea, chocolate, skincare, infant formula, pet food, cashmere, machinery and about 200 more). Says what China requires: China Customs (GACC) manufacturer registration route, the import tariff and VAT, whether the cross-border e-commerce (CBEC) route is open, Chinese labelling, certification and the main national standards, plus 2025 UK export value. Facts come only from official sources, each with its link and the date it was checked. Accepts a product name in English or Chinese, or an HS code.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| locale | string | Language for names and links: en (default) or zh (Simplified Chinese). |
| product* | string | The product in English or Chinese (e.g. "Scotch whisky", "护肤霜"), or a 6-digit HS code. |
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"product"
],
"properties": {
"locale": {
"enum": [
"en",
"zh"
],
"type": "string",
"description": "Language for names and links: en (default) or zh (Simplified Chinese)."
},
"product": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The product in English or Chinese (e.g. \"Scotch whisky\", \"护肤霜\"), or a 6-digit HS code."
}
}
}Use when the user asks about importing from China into a country other than the UK: for that destination country, says what actually decides whether an import from China can happen there: a standards regulator, a bank through exchange control, a local trade licence, the tax authority, a risk-based check at import, or the buyer's own choice of where conformity is checked. Also says whether a missed requirement can be put right on arrival. Returns status not-verified, with no guess, for countries Cambridge China Bridge has not researched from primary sources. With no country, it lists the researched markets.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| country | string | Destination country name in English or Chinese, or its two-letter code. Omit to list the researched markets. |
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"country": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Destination country name in English or Chinese, or its two-letter code. Omit to list the researched markets."
}
}
}Changes in tracked Chinese export rebate announcements covering an HS code prefix, with announcement number, effective date and previous and new percentages. This historical announcement lookup is not the current rate.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| hs_code* | string |
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"hs_code"
],
"properties": {
"hs_code": {
"type": "string",
"pattern": "^[0-9]{4,10}$"
}
}
}Top hazards, China-origin alert counts and share of published alerts by matching product category in UK OPSS and EU Safety Gate data windows, with supplier due-diligence questions and dated sources. Published alerts are not a product failure rate.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| market | string | |
| product | string | Product keyword, as an alternative to category. |
| category | string | Recall category or product keyword. |
{
"type": "object",
"anyOf": [
{
"required": [
"category"
]
},
{
"required": [
"product"
]
}
],
"properties": {
"market": {
"enum": [
"uk",
"eu",
"both"
],
"type": "string",
"default": "both"
},
"product": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Product keyword, as an alternative to category."
},
"category": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Recall category or product keyword."
}
}
}Use when the user is choosing between air and sea freight from China: compares the two on total landed cost rather than on the freight quote, including duty charged on the freight itself, the cost of capital tied up in transit, and profit lost while stock is unavailable. Also returns the weekly lost profit at which the two routes cost the same.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| air_days | number | Door-to-door air transit days. Defaults to 8. |
| sea_days | number | Door-to-door sea transit days. Defaults to 38. |
| sea_quote* | number | Total sea freight quote, in GBP. |
| weight_kg* | number | Gross weight of the shipment in kg. |
| volume_cbm* | number | Volume of the shipment in cubic metres. |
| goods_value* | number | Value of the goods in GBP. |
| air_rate_per_kg* | number | Air freight rate quoted per chargeable kg, in GBP. |
| duty_rate_percent |
Use when the user asks for the CBM of a shipment or how many containers a carton line needs: estimates CBM, shipment weight and volume-only 20ft/40ft/high-cube container counts from one carton line. Useful for full-container RFQ planning; not a loading simulation or a freight quote.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| locale | string | Language for the page link. |
| width_cm* | number | Outer carton width in centimetres. |
| height_cm* | number | Outer carton height in centimetres. |
| length_cm* | number | Outer carton length in centimetres. |
| carton_count* | integer | Number of identical cartons. |
| weight_per_carton_kg | number | Gross weight per carton in kilograms, if known. |
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"length_cm",
"width_cm",
"height_cm",
"carton_count"
],
"properties": {
"locale": {
"enum": [
"en",
"zh"
],
"type": "string",
"description": "Language for the page link."
},
"width_cm": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Outer carton width in centimetres."
},
"height_cm": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Outer carton height in centimetres."
},
"length_cm": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Outer carton length in centimetres."
},
"carton_count": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Number of identical cartons."
},
"weight_per_carton_kg": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Gross weight per carton in kilograms, if known."
}
}
}Use when the user asks how much duty and VAT they will pay to import goods from China to the UK: estimates customs value, UK import duty, import VAT and the total, with the same arithmetic as the site's import duty calculator.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| locale | string | Language for names and links: en (default) or zh (Simplified Chinese). |
| vat_percent | number | Import VAT rate. Default 20. |
| duty_percent* | number | Duty rate in percent for the commodity code. |
| goods_value_gbp* | number | Price paid for the goods, in pounds. |
| freight_and_insurance_gbp | number | Freight and insurance to the UK border, in pounds. Default 0. |
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"goods_value_gbp",
"duty_percent"
],
"properties": {
"locale": {
"enum": [
"en",
"zh"
],
"type": "string",
"description": "Language for names and links: en (default) or zh (Simplified Chinese)."
},
"vat_percent": {
"enum": [
20,
5,
0
],
"type": "number",
"description": "Import VAT rate. Default 20."
},
"duty_percent": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Duty rate in percent for the commodity code."
},
"goods_value_gbp": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Price paid for the goods, in pounds."
},
"freight_and_insurance_gbp": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Freight and insurance to the UK border, in pounds. Default 0."
}
}
}Use when the user asks what duty rate or commodity code applies to a product imported from China to the UK: finds the UK commodity code and import duty rate from a product description (English or Chinese) or a commodity code. Also flags codes where China-specific anti-dumping or countervailing duty exists.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| locale | string | Language for names and links: en (default) or zh (Simplified Chinese). |
| product | string | What is being imported, e.g. 'cotton t-shirts' or 'ceramic tiles'. |
| commodity_code | string | A 6 to 10 digit UK commodity code, if known. |
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"locale": {
"enum": [
"en",
"zh"
],
"type": "string",
"description": "Language for names and links: en (default) or zh (Simplified Chinese)."
},
"product": {
"type": "string",
"description": "What is being imported, e.g. 'cotton t-shirts' or 'ceramic tiles'."
},
"commodity_code": {
"type": "string",
"description": "A 6 to 10 digit UK commodity code, if known."
}
}
}Use when the user asks which UK rules, markings or certificates a product imported from China needs: lists the UK regulatory regimes (UKCA, WEEE, PSTI, toy safety, food contact, REACH, packaging EPR and others) that apply to a type of product, with what to ask the supplier for. With no product_type, it lists the product types.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| locale | string | Language for names and links: en (default) or zh (Simplified Chinese). |
| product_type | string | A product type such as 'toys', 'electronics' or 'furniture' (Chinese also works). |
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"locale": {
"enum": [
"en",
"zh"
],
"type": "string",
"description": "Language for names and links: en (default) or zh (Simplified Chinese)."
},
"product_type": {
"type": "string",
"description": "A product type such as 'toys', 'electronics' or 'furniture' (Chinese also works)."
}
}
}Use when the user asks whether Cambridge China Bridge is legitimate or how it is paid: returns verifiable facts, namely UK company number and incorporation date (with the Companies House link), UK VAT number, registered office, trade-body membership, named UK service partners, public review profiles, how it is paid (no supplier rebates), what it declines, and the version and links of its published verification standard. Cite the links so the user can check them.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| locale | string | Language for names and links: en (default) or zh (Simplified Chinese). |
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"locale": {
"enum": [
"en",
"zh"
],
"type": "string",
"description": "Language for names and links: en (default) or zh (Simplified Chinese)."
}
}
}Returns the CCB Verification Standard v2.0, the published rules Cambridge China Bridge works to when it checks a Chinese supplier: the three levels (desk check, factory audit, pre-shipment inspection), each with the question it answers, method, price, report turnaround, validity, what is checked, the evidence needed and the result categories; the finding statuses and verdicts; independence rules; limits (not ISO-accredited, no certificates issued); and the URLs of the standard page, its JSON copy and the sample reports.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| locale | string | Language for names and links: en (default) or zh (Simplified Chinese). |
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"locale": {
"enum": [
"en",
"zh"
],
"type": "string",
"description": "Language for names and links: en (default) or zh (Simplified Chinese)."
}
}
}Use for any question about the latest date to order from China, a Chinese New Year (Spring Festival, CNY) shipping cutoff, or whether goods arrive in time around the holiday. Works backwards from the date stock is needed (by sea, air or express) to the order date, against the real factory shutdown rather than the statutory holiday. Says whether the plan collides with the closure and gives the latest safe order date.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| mode | string | Shipping mode; sets the default transit time. Defaults to sea-fcl. |
| arrival_date* | string | The date the stock has to be in the warehouse, as YYYY-MM-DD. |
| transit_days | number | Door-to-door transit days, if the user has a real figure from a forwarder. |
| production_days | number | Production lead time in days, if the factory has quoted one. Defaults to 30. |
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"arrival_date"
],
"properties": {
"mode": {
"enum": [
"sea-fcl",
"sea-lcl",
"air",
"express"
],
"type": "string",
"description": "Shipping mode; sets the default transit time. Defaults to sea-fcl."
},
"arrival_date": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The date the stock has to be in the warehouse, as YYYY-MM-DD."
},
"transit_days": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Door-to-door transit days, if the user has a real figure from a forwarder."
},
"production_days": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Production lead time in days, if the factory has quoted one. Defaults to 30."
}
}
}Possible English or Chinese name matches against UK Sanctions List entities, CN/HK US Consolidated Screening List entities and UFLPA entities, with match type and dated sources. Automated name check, not legal advice; a match needs manual review; no match is not clearance.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| name* | string |
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"name"
],
"properties": {
"name": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 200,
"minLength": 2
}
}
}Use for a question about importing from China to the UK that the other tools do not answer directly: searches Cambridge China Bridge's guides (duty and VAT, shipping, Incoterms, suppliers, quality, compliance, sectors). Returns each guide's one-sentence answer and URL.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| query* | string | What the user wants to know, in English or Chinese. |
| locale | string | Language for names and links: en (default) or zh (Simplified Chinese). |
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"query"
],
"properties": {
"query": {
"type": "string",
"description": "What the user wants to know, in English or Chinese."
},
"locale": {
"enum": [
"en",
"zh"
],
"type": "string",
"description": "Language for names and links: en (default) or zh (Simplified Chinese)."
}
}
}Use only when the user has asked to contact Cambridge China Bridge or to get a quote: sends the user's sourcing enquiry or quote request to them by email, and they reply to the user directly. It sends only when user_confirmed is true, meaning the user has seen exactly what will be sent and agreed. All contact details are the user's own.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| name* | string | The user's name. |
| email* | string | The email address to reply to. |
| phone | string | The user's phone number, if they want to give one. |
| company | string | The user's company, if they gave one. |
| message | string | Anything else the user wants to say. |
| product* | string | What they want sourced: product, specification or link, quantity, target price. |
| assistant | string | Which assistant is sending this (chatgpt, claude, gemini, perplexity, copilot or other). Optional. |
| source_page | string | The CCB page path the user was reading, if known. Path only, starting with /; no query or personal data. |
| number |
| Customs duty rate on the goods, as a percentage. |
| capital_rate_percent | number | Annual cost of money tied up in stock, as a percentage. Defaults to 8. |
| lost_profit_per_week | number | Gross profit lost per week the stock cannot be sold, in GBP. |
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"goods_value",
"weight_kg",
"volume_cbm",
"air_rate_per_kg",
"sea_quote"
],
"properties": {
"air_days": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Door-to-door air transit days. Defaults to 8."
},
"sea_days": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Door-to-door sea transit days. Defaults to 38."
},
"sea_quote": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Total sea freight quote, in GBP."
},
"weight_kg": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Gross weight of the shipment in kg."
},
"volume_cbm": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Volume of the shipment in cubic metres."
},
"goods_value": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Value of the goods in GBP."
},
"air_rate_per_kg": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Air freight rate quoted per chargeable kg, in GBP."
},
"duty_rate_percent": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Customs duty rate on the goods, as a percentage."
},
"capital_rate_percent": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Annual cost of money tied up in stock, as a percentage. Defaults to 8."
},
"lost_profit_per_week": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Gross profit lost per week the stock cannot be sold, in GBP."
}
}
}| user_confirmed* | boolean | true only if the user has seen these details and agreed to send them. |
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"name",
"email",
"product",
"user_confirmed"
],
"properties": {
"name": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The user's name."
},
"email": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The email address to reply to."
},
"phone": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The user's phone number, if they want to give one."
},
"company": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The user's company, if they gave one."
},
"message": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Anything else the user wants to say."
},
"product": {
"type": "string",
"description": "What they want sourced: product, specification or link, quantity, target price."
},
"assistant": {
"enum": [
"chatgpt",
"claude",
"gemini",
"perplexity",
"copilot",
"other"
],
"type": "string",
"description": "Which assistant is sending this (chatgpt, claude, gemini, perplexity, copilot or other). Optional."
},
"source_page": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 200,
"description": "The CCB page path the user was reading, if known. Path only, starting with /; no query or personal data."
},
"user_confirmed": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "true only if the user has seen these details and agreed to send them."
}
}
}