2–3 weeks
from kickoff to your first entries, after two one-hour sessions with your team.
by Clear more entries with the brokers you already have.
Astra IQ turns the documents your clients send into a ready entry, with every field sourced. Your licensed broker reviews, certifies and files.
Try it on five shipmentsSee the process- Clients send documents the way they do today
- Nothing is filed without a licensed broker
- Works with ACE, ABI software, ASYCUDA World and Click2Clear
Bright Harbor · BOL MOLU8834521Cargo release fields read33 of 35Duty computedHTS rev 2026-14For your broker3 questions
Astra IQ is ready today, on the systems you already file through.
It sits between your clients' email and your filing system, and replaces neither.
ACE
Entry summaries, cargo releases and ISF, ready to transmit.
ABI software
Handed to CustomsCity, Magaya, Descartes or CargoWise.
ASYCUDA World
Declarations with every duty and tax computed.
Click2Clear
Submitted directly once your broker approves.
Permit single windows
Permit and licence needs flagged before you file.
Hands entries to
ReadsCommercial invoicesPacking listsBills of ladingAir waybillsManifestsfrom email, portal or shared folder.
Your broker keeps the judgment, and Astra IQ does the keying.
An entry has nine stages. Today your team does all nine. With Astra IQ, your broker handles the two that need a licence.
TodayA person does all 9 stages.With Astra IQA person does 2 of 9.
TodayWith Astra IQ
01Documents arrive
Your teamPDFs land in a shared inbox and wait.
Astra IQA shipment opens as soon as the email arrives.
02Read
Your teamA broker reads each document, page by page.
Astra IQEvery field is read and linked to its source.
03Key
Your teamFields are typed into the filing software one by one.
Astra IQThe entry is built: parties, ports, lines and values.
04Classify
Your teamTariff codes are looked up line by line.
Astra IQA tariff code is proposed per line, with its reasoning.
05Compute
Your teamDuty and fees are worked out in a spreadsheet.
RuleDuty and fees are computed against the tariff in force.
06Check agencies
Your teamPermits are caught only if someone spots them.
RuleFDA, USDA, EPA, FWS and TTB needs are flagged.
07Review
Your teamA second person re-checks every field.
Your brokerYour broker answers only what no document says.
08File
Your teamThe entry is sent after the re-check.
Your brokerYour broker certifies, and the entry is filed.
09After filing
Your teamDeadlines and refunds live in a spreadsheet.
Astra IQDeadlines are tracked and refunds are drafted.
Your brokers spend the day re-keying what clients already typed.
Here is one shipment of steel sinks, prepared both ways.
The same entry today
Copied by hand into the filing software.
ops@brightharbor.example07:41
Shipment MOLU8834521: documents attached
invoice NB-26-0917.pdfBOL MOLU8834521.pdfpacking list.xlsx- Read three documentsby hand
- Key the entry45+ fields
- Look up tariff codesby hand
- Check agency rulesfrom memory
- Work out duty and feesspreadsheet
- Track deadlinesspreadsheet
A missed field returns weeks later as a customs query.
The same entry with Astra IQ
Built by Astra IQ, with three questions left.
Your broker answers what no document says.Everything else is filled in and sourced.
Astra IQ moves the numbers a brokerage owner watches.
We agree the KPIs before we start and report them every week.
CapacityEach broker clears more entries a day. The keying is done before they start.
BeforeHours of typing
AfterTime on judgment
Entries per broker per day
CostEach entry takes minutes of broker time. Astra IQ prepares it, and your broker reviews it.
BeforeBuilt from scratch
AfterReviewed and certified
Broker minutes per entry
RiskFewer entries come back from customs. Issues are flagged before filing.
BeforeFound weeks later
AfterCaught before filing
Queries, rejections and penalties
CashClient refunds are claimed on time. Filed entries are rechecked when tariffs change.
BeforeFound by chance
AfterDrafted for you
Refunds recovered for clients
CostYour team keys only what no document says. On our example, 33 of 35 fields came from the documents.
BeforeEvery field
AfterOpen questions only
Fields keyed by hand
CapacityPeak season no longer means overtime. The same team absorbs the spike.
BeforeOvertime and temps
AfterSame team
Overtime hours at peak
RiskNo deadline slips. Release, correction and response clocks sit on one screen.
BeforeA spreadsheet
AfterWarned days ahead
Missed deadlines
See these numbers on your own entries. Forward five shipments and we show you what Astra IQ builds from them.
Try it on five shipmentsOne shipment moves from the client's email to the broker's signature.
This is Astra IQ on an example shipment. Pick a step or let it play.
Shipments open themselves. Today shows what needs a broker and what is due.
Every value shows where it came from.
Your broker can check any field in seconds, and Astra IQ never fills in what only a broker can know.
- Read from document
Taken from the document. Click to see where.
- Derived
Calculated by a named rule.
- Proposed, confirm
A suggestion, such as a tariff code, with its reasoning.
- You decide
Always the broker's answer, never filled in.
- Broker asserted
Entered by your broker and recorded as such.
- From customs
Returned by customs. Only these can block a filing.
“Our team has twenty years of experience.”
Your brokers keep the licence and the decision.
Astra IQ proposes. A licensed broker certifies every filing.
“Our clients will not change how they send things.”
Your clients change nothing.
Same address, same formats. Importers never see Astra IQ.
“Will I have to let people go?”
Your team grows its volume, not its headcount.
Take on more clients and get through peak season without overtime.
Your team gives us two hours, and your first entries arrive in two to three weeks.
We configure Astra IQ for your brokerage and run it beside your team until the KPIs move.
- Day 1
Tell us how you file
Your systems, documents and busiest clients.
- Weeks 1–2
Two one-hour sessions
We map your documents and set up your workspace.
- Weeks 2–3
Your first entries
Prepared on your own shipments.
- Go live
KPIs agreed
Reported every week.
- Every quarter
The next step
More filing types or client segments.
Strategize
We map how entries move today and agree the KPIs.
A baseline you can checkBuild
We configure Astra IQ for your documents and filing system.
Your shipments, not a demoOperate
We run it with you and report the numbers weekly.
A weekly KPI reportBrokers usually ask these questions first.
How do I know a field is right?
Every field shows its source, and every tariff code comes with its reasoning. Nothing is filed until your broker certifies.
Do my clients need to change anything?
No. Importers never see Astra IQ.
Does it replace my filing software?
No. It hands entries to the software or portal you already use.
Will I need fewer people?
Brokerages use it to handle more volume with the same team.
What happens when a tariff changes?
Duty is computed against the tariff in force on the entry date, and affected entries are rechecked.
Who builds and runs it?
Damco configures Astra IQ for your brokerage, runs it with you, and reports the KPIs weekly.
Try Astra IQ on five of your own shipments.
You see the entries it builds before you decide anything.
- 1Day 1You forward five shipmentsAs your clients sent them. There is nothing to install.
- 2Within a weekWe build the entriesEach one in Astra IQ, with every field sourced.
- 3One sessionWe walk your brokers through themField by field, on your own documents.