Your COGS is a lie
Geopolitical risk is no longer a footnote. It's a direct input to your cost of goods sold, and static government databases can't keep up. Here's how to price it in.
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⚡ The Signal
Geopolitical risk is no longer a theoretical threat discussed in boardrooms; it's a direct input to your cost of goods sold. In the last week alone, global brands like Birkenstock announced that looming tariffs are expected to significantly hurt profit margins in the near future. This isn’t a one-off event. It's the new normal in a world where the constant threat of a trans-Atlantic trade war can rewrite your entire financial model overnight.
🚧 The Problem
For any business importing goods, calculating the final "landed cost"—the total price of a product once it has arrived at the buyer's door—is a nightmare of spreadsheets and static government websites. These tools are brittle. They can't model the impact of a sudden 10% tariff, a new port fee, or a shift in trade policy. You're flying blind, making critical inventory and pricing decisions based on data that's already stale. This leaves you exposed to sudden, margin-crushing surprises.
🚀 The Solution
Enter Taryff. Taryff is a simple, developer-first API to calculate and forecast the true landed cost of imported goods. It turns geopolitical and logistical chaos into a predictable line item. Instead of relying on last quarter's data, developers can now query Taryff's API to get real-time costs and, more importantly, run what-if scenarios. What happens to our AirPods margin if a specific trade deal collapses? Taryff gives you the answer in a single API call.
