Open Harbor claims its software cuts the number of customs audits for customers by 50%.
Open Harbor is on its way to automating the customs process for another 58 countries.
"With all the outsourcing, there's more international trade, " says Open Harbor Chairman David Pidwell.
"The cost of moving goods is always significant, " says Open Harbor investor Thomas Bredt of Menlo Ventures.
Open Harbor automatically flags these folks, calculates tariffs and prints out all the product compliance and shipping documents.
Shippers enter their product and destination data on the Open Harbor interface, which then cross-references the information against an 8-million-line Oracle database, updated daily, of export rules, documents and taxes for 64 countries.
Open Harbor, in San Carlos, California, wants to be global trade's equivalent of a radar detector, replacing with a fast Web service the practice of thumbing through thick tomes of trade rules and restrictions.
Downtown Boston will open up to the glories of its natural harbor.
But, if you listen to the disgruntled Yelpers, you might be deterred from a rare experience: mini-golf and beer as a prelude to fresh cold oysters and perfectly steamed lobster, eaten in the open, relatively salty air, with a killer view of New York Harbor.
Bal Harbor may be a mall, but it's no ordinary mall, open to the elements and landscaped with fish-filled ponds and palm trees.
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