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Document AI for Customs Brokerage

Customs brokers must handle a high volume of complex documents such as commercial invoices, packing lists, bills of lading, and more. Most of these documents are still manually entered into customs filing software.

Modernize customs with AI

Modernize Customs with AI

If you’re still using manual data entry for your customs brokerage operations, it’s time to modernize and upgrade to an AI-assisted approach. Why keep doing things manually in your customs brokerage company? It costs time, money, and mistakes. Use PaperEntry AI to automatically convert customs documents into the digital formats needed for accurate and timely customs filings.

Stay competitive and customer-focused. Automate the data entry of your complicated customs clearance documents, including commercial invoices, packing lists, bills of lading, arrival notices, and PGA forms.

Commercial InvoicesPacking ListsBills of LadingArrival NoticesCertificates of OriginData SheetsPGA Forms
What can PaperEntry AI do?

What Can PaperEntry AI Do for Customs Brokers?

PaperEntry AI is a state-of-the-art document automation solution that uses advanced AI to aid customs brokers with tedious data entry tasks, making their customs filings fast, easy, and accurate. The benefits of our customs brokerage software are clear: 90%+ time reduction, up to 90% cost savings, timely shipments, more accurate declarations, and lower compliance risk.

PaperEntry AI advantage

Highest Accuracy for Complex Documents

Accuracy matters. PaperEntry AI customs brokerage software harnesses artificial intelligence to automatically extract and validate data with over 99% accuracy. No matter how long, complex, or poorly formatted a document’s header or line items may be, PaperEntry AI handles it with ease and transmits it seamlessly and securely into your TMS/ERP.

99%
Data extraction accuracy
$100K+
Estimated monthly cost savings
11×
Faster turnaround

Metrics shown are illustrative examples and may vary by deployment.

Process flow

PaperEntry AI Customs Clearance Process Flow

Intake

Documents arrive from your DMS, email, shared folders, APIs, or drag-and-drop.

Preparation

Documents are read, enhanced, separated, and classified automatically.

Extraction

Proprietary Generative AI Models identify, auto-label, and extract every critical element.

Validation

Business-logic checks and human-in-the-loop review before anything is filed.

Export

Validated data routes securely into your customs filing software, TMS, or ERP.

Case study

Leading Global Freight Forwarder and Customs Broker

Savino Del Bene, South Africa relied on manual data entry, processing 50,000 commercial invoices per year for 2,000+ suppliers, expending up to 80% of its time doing data capture tasks.

“We’re seeing a reduction from up to 40 hours down to 2 minutes per customs entry with PaperEntry AI. The accuracy is the best we’ve seen so far in relation to competitors.”

Danie Meiring
Head of IT, Savino Del Bene SA
Start your automation journey now

Data Entry Automation Is as Easy as 1, 2, 3!

1 · Live Demo

Fill out the contact form. We will schedule a demo to understand your business document automation requirements and demonstrate the capabilities, features, and functions of our data capture software.

2 · Integrate with Your Platform

Give our AI-driven document automation software a set of sample documents that you supply to us. Witness the high accuracy and custom configuration options of our platform, tailored for you.

3 · Scale & Rollout

Now you are ready to scale! Your business experiences a transformative step-change in time and cost savings, productivity, and risk reduction. Say goodbye to manual data entry for good with AI-powered document automation software!

Ready when you are

Ready to Modernize Customs?

Automate the data entry of your complicated customs clearance documents and stay competitive and customer-focused.