FTA intelligence · Built in Singapore
Sample audit·ITC MacMap · Apr 2026
Duty saved, one shipment
$90,000
// Illustrative example · rates current Apr 2026
Malaysia → China.RBD palm olein, HS 151190, on a $1M shipment.Your broker claimed MFN at 9%.ACFTA was 0%.

This is not a discovery tool. It’s an audit that catches the shipment your broker already closed.

Palisade scans every applicable preferential agreement against your product catalogue and verifies you claimed the best available preference on every shipment. The gap between what your broker filed and what was legally cheapest is money firms already earned and left behind.

Audit · shipment #AG-2026-0412
ACFTA
MalaysiaChina
RBD palm olein · HS 151190
MFN
9%
ACFTA
0%
Saved on $1,000,000 shipment
$0
// verified against ITC MacMap, tariff year 2026
// last reconciled 2026-04-12 09:14 SGT
// 3 overlapping FTAs on this corridor, ACFTA preferred
Sample corridors · 12 of 34 live in the catalogue
MFN → best available preference
MYCNMalaysiaChinaRBD palm olein · HS 1511909%0%Save 9pp · ACFTA
VNKRVietnamSouth KoreaTapioca starch · HS 11081415%3%Save 12pp · AKFTA
THCNThailandChinaNatural rubber SMR 20 · HS 40012220%0%Save 20pp · ACFTA
IDVNIndonesiaVietnamRBD palm olein · HS 1511905%0%Save 5pp · ATIGA
VNJPVietnamJapanRobusta green coffee · HS 0901116%0%Save 6pp · AJCEP
IDJPIndonesiaJapanRefined palm oil · HS 1511903.5%0%Save 3.5pp · AJCEP
IDCNIndonesiaChinaCloves · HS 09071012%0%Save 12pp · ACFTA
THJPThailandJapanCanned tuna · HS 1604149.6%0%Save 9.6pp · AJCEP
PHCNPhilippinesChinaCoconut oil, crude · HS 1513119%0%Save 9pp · ACFTA
MYKRMalaysiaSouth KoreaCrude palm kernel oil · HS 1513218%0%Save 8pp · AKFTA
VNAUVietnamAustraliaCashew kernels · HS 0801325%0%Save 5pp · AANZFTA
IDHKIndonesiaHong KongCocoa butter · HS 1804000%0%Save 0pp · AHKFTA
MYCNMalaysiaChinaRBD palm olein · HS 1511909%0%Save 9pp · ACFTA
VNKRVietnamSouth KoreaTapioca starch · HS 11081415%3%Save 12pp · AKFTA
THCNThailandChinaNatural rubber SMR 20 · HS 40012220%0%Save 20pp · ACFTA
IDVNIndonesiaVietnamRBD palm olein · HS 1511905%0%Save 5pp · ATIGA
VNJPVietnamJapanRobusta green coffee · HS 0901116%0%Save 6pp · AJCEP
IDJPIndonesiaJapanRefined palm oil · HS 1511903.5%0%Save 3.5pp · AJCEP
IDCNIndonesiaChinaCloves · HS 09071012%0%Save 12pp · ACFTA
THJPThailandJapanCanned tuna · HS 1604149.6%0%Save 9.6pp · AJCEP
PHCNPhilippinesChinaCoconut oil, crude · HS 1513119%0%Save 9pp · ACFTA
MYKRMalaysiaSouth KoreaCrude palm kernel oil · HS 1513218%0%Save 8pp · AKFTA
VNAUVietnamAustraliaCashew kernels · HS 0801325%0%Save 5pp · AANZFTA
IDHKIndonesiaHong KongCocoa butter · HS 1804000%0%Save 0pp · AHKFTA
The problem

Trading firms overpay duties because the alternative is impossible.

31 preferential agreements cover ASEAN trade: the 8 region-wide ASEAN FTAs plus bilateral agreements. Each has different rules of origin, different documentation, different cumulation provisions. No human can hold this in their head. Most firms don't try.

01 · Utilisation
0.67%
RCEP use by Vietnamese exporters, 2022
You're probably claiming an FTA where a better one was available.
When RCEP entered into force in 2022, Vietnamese exporters used it for just 0.67% of shipments to RCEP member countries. The same exporters used the older ASEAN-Japan and Vietnam-Japan agreements for 34.7% of shipments to Japan alone. Three or four agreements often cover the same corridor. When they do, firms default to the familiar one. The cheapest legal preference sits unused.
// Source: Asian Development Bank, Asian Economic Integration Report 2025
02 · Memory
1 person
Institutional memory
Your compliance lives in one person's head.
The ops manager who knows which forms go with which corridor leaves tomorrow, and so does half your FTA utilisation. There's no system. There's a person. When that person is on leave, the default becomes MFN and the savings quietly evaporate.
// Illustrative, not a cited figure
03 · Rate drift
varies
Rate schedule cadence by agreement
Rate schedules change on different timetables and nobody watches them.
FTA rate schedules update on varying timetables, some annually, some semi-annually, some tied to protocol cycles. Tariff reduction commitments move. New products get added to preferential lists. Exclusions expire. Most firms reconcile their duty claims annually, which means three quarters of every year they're claiming against outdated rates.
// Source: ITC MacMap change log; Palisade catalogue, April 2026
How it works

Three passes. Catalogue, corridor, calendar.

Scroll the left column. The audit on the right runs alongside you. No uploads required to see how it behaves.

Scene 01 · Scan

Map your catalogue to every agreement, automatically.

Upload your HS codes once. Palisade scans 31 preferential agreements across 34 corridors and returns an eligibility matrix: which products qualify, on which routes, at what rate. Rule-of-origin passes are verified against the underlying agreement text and ITC MacMap, not assumed.

101 HS codes × 31 agreements · eligibility confirmed
// Palisade coverage · April 2026
Scene 02 · Optimise

Find the cheapest legal route for every shipment.

For every shipment you book, Palisade compares MFN against every eligible FTA, ranks by landed cost, and flags the overlap cases where two or three agreements all apply. The output is a number with a citation, not a recommendation engine.

Sample lane · Indonesia → Japan · AJCEP preferred
// Illustrative example · ITC MacMap, tariff year 2026
Scene 03 · Verify

Audit what you claimed against what you could have.

Send the last twelve months. Palisade reconciles every shipment against every eligible preference and surfaces the gap: what you paid, what you could have paid, and why. Delivered as a spreadsheet your CFO can read in an afternoon.

12-month reconciliation · gap by shipment
// Illustrative example · Palisade audit output format
FTA eligibility matrix
101 × 31
Sample · Indonesia → China destination · April 2026
Product · HS
ATIGA
ACFTA
RCEP
AHKFTA
AJCEP
RBD palm olein
HS 151190
n/a
0%
5.5%
n/a
n/a
Crude palm oil
HS 151110
n/a
0%
5%
n/a
n/a
Coconut oil, crude
HS 151311
n/a
0%
2.5%
n/a
n/a
Palm kernel oil
HS 151321
n/a
0%
6%
n/a
n/a
Cocoa butter
HS 180400
n/a
0%
5%
n/a
n/a
Cloves
HS 090710
n/a
0%
6%
n/a
n/a
Teal = cheapest legal rate on this lane
// Illustrative · ITC MacMap, tariff year 2026
Sample lane · Indonesia → Japan · 1,000 MT · $1.0M FOB
Landed-cost comparison
Refined palm oil · HS 151190
Agreement
Duty
Landed cost
vs MFN
MFN baselinedefault
7.5%
$1,078k
baseline
AJCEPbest
0%
$1,005k
-$73k
RCEP
3.2%
$1,038k
-$40k
Includes freight, insurance, duty, VAT
// Illustrative · ITC MacMap, tariff year 2026
12-month reconciliation · 4 of 47 shipments
Gap: paid vs best available
$119.0k
Shipment
Lane
Commodity
Paid
Best
Recoverable
PLM-2026-1148
ID → IN
Palm olein
14%
7.5%
$65.0k
PLM-2026-1142
MY → CN
Palm kernel oil
11%
8.5%
$22.5k
PLM-2026-1119
ID → JP
RBD palm oil
7.5%
7.5%
no gap
PLM-2026-1893
ID → IN
Crude palm oil
11%
7.5%
$31.5k
Recoverable, this slice: $119.0k across 3 shipments
// Illustrative · Palisade audit output format
Catalogue · April 2026
// Palisade coverage metrics
0
Rate entries
0
Preferential schedules
0
Corridors live
0
HS codes mapped
0
Compliance checks
0
Regulatory changes tracked
// Palisade coverage · April 2026. See /coverage for the full agreement and HS list.
Why ASEAN

Every incumbent was built for US-EU trade and retrofitted for Asia. Palisade was built for Asia first.

Descartes, e2open, ONESOURCE. Enterprise platforms priced for Fortune 500 compliance departments, with shallow ASEAN coverage and deep US-EU workflows. Palisade inverts the stack. One region, deeply. One decision per shipment, answered.

Pilot programme · 2026

See your own numbers.

Send us twelve months of shipment data. In a 45-minute session, we'll run every shipment through Palisade and show you where the FTA you claimed differed from the best available. If we find nothing, the coffee's on us. If we find something, we've got a basis for a conversation.

Request pilot →See how the audit runs
Under NDA
Shipment data stays on our side, deleted after the session
45 minutes
Walk-through via video call, one analyst, no pitch deck
No platform lock
Output is a spreadsheet. Do what you want with it
PDPA compliant
Singapore-based storage, 45-minute retention window
2026 cohort
10firms, capped
We are capping 2026 at ten firms so the founding team can hand-hold each onboarding. Three pilots have started. After that we close the cohort, finalise pricing, and open general availability in 2027.
Prefer email? Reach us at vansh@palisadetrade.com. Singapore timezone, replies within one business day.