Arconte for International LogisticsArconte for International Logistics:BLs, customs declarations and certificates read before clearance
Every shipment drags along 10 to 30 documents, and the discrepancy gets discovered at customs with demurrage running. Arconte reads BLs, AWBs, packing lists, invoices, certificates of origin and customs declarations (DUAs) without templates and in several languages, cross-checks them against each other and flags the difference at origin, not at the dock.
How do you automate data entry for Bills of Lading and customs documents?
BLs and customs documents are automated with an intelligent document processing (IDP) agent connected to the TMS: the agent reads the HBL/MBL, the AWB, the packing list, the commercial invoice, the certificate of origin and the customs entry in any format and language, extracts the fields (shipper, consignee, containers, weights, values, NCM/HS Code) and runs cross-validation of the full set: BL weight against the packing list, invoice value plus freight against the CIF value to be declared, certificate of origin tariff lines against the invoiced lines. The discrepancy shows up before the customs entry is filed, when it can still be fixed at no cost.
The size of the bottleneck is well known in the sector: a mid-sized freight forwarder processes between 800 and 2,000 documents a day with a team dedicated to typing into CargoWise, at about 8 minutes per shipment. Arconte, the IDP agent in the Vantegrate Suite, processes the document set in 60 to 90 seconds and leaves only the exceptions for human review; the rest of the team goes back to higher-value work. And the cost of not doing it has been measured too: Container xChange and Drewry (2023) put demurrage at USD 700 to 2,008 per container per day at North America's seven largest ports.
The full picture of the sector (all five agents applied to freight forwarders, carriers, 3PLs and 4PLs, port operators and customs brokers) is on the International Logistics page.
The document pain points of international trade
We gathered them in dozens of conversations with freight forwarders, carriers, 3PLs and customs brokers across the sector's nine sub-verticals.
A whole team typing BLs into the TMS
Twelve people entering shipper, consignee and weights by hand in CargoWise, at 8 minutes per shipment, and there are always weight or consignee errors that come back from the carrier or from customs.
The discrepancy is discovered at customs
When the BL, the packing list and the invoice don't match, the warning arrives as a red-channel inspection: 48 hours of delay plus demurrage, with the customer asking where their container is.
The export set takes 90 minutes to put together
Invoice, packing list, BL, certificate of origin and phytosanitary certificate: the customs broker asks for everything the day before cut-off and something is always missing, with the vessel's window closing.
Audits that ask for shipments from 18 months ago
Insurance policies arrive by email, another department enters the SWIFT payment messages and rebuilding the full documentation of an old shipment takes a week of searching through folders and inboxes.
How Arconte solves it in the sector
The agent's capabilities, mapped to the sector's pain points: every document is read without templates and in several languages, and validated against the rest of the set.
No typing
BLs and AWBs read without templates
Extracts from HBLs, MBLs, HAWBs and MAWBs the shipper, consignee, notify party, vessel or flight, containers, marks and numbers, weights and prepaid/collect freight, in 60 to 90 seconds per set, learning with every batch.
400 lines
Invoices and packing lists line by line
Reads commercial invoices with Incoterms, FOB/CIF values and NCM/HS Code, and packing lists of 400 to 500 lines per container that it loads straight into the WMS, leaving the picking ready for cross-docking.
Tariff preference
Certificates of origin validated
Processes MERCOSUR, ALADI, EUR.1, REX and USMCA certificates, validating authenticity, the issuing chamber, validity and that the covered tariff lines match the invoice lines, before the preference is lost.
Multi-country
Customs entries and declarations from across the region
Extracts data from MARIA (Argentina), Siscomex (Brazil), SUNAT (Peru), DIAN (Colombia), SAT/VUCE (Mexico), ACE (US) and ICS2 (EU) declarations, with customs value, duties and NCM verified.
Discrepancies at origin
Cross-validation of the full set
Cross-checks the BL against the packing list, the invoice against the customs entry, the certificate against the invoice and declared weight against weighed weight. The exceptions queue stays limited to a small share of the documents.
Sensitive cargo
Traceable CEIV Pharma and dangerous goods
Centralizes quality certificates, temperature logs and DGD/NOTOC, validates the paperwork against the IMO IMDG Code and IATA DGR and leaves full traceability for a CEIV audit or local regulations.
A document set that clears customs without bouncing back
The full flow with the most expensive moment of the shipment: filing the import customs entry.
Monday 9:12 AM
The shipment's set arrives by email
HBL, packing list, commercial invoice, MERCOSUR certificate of origin, phytosanitary certificate and insurance policy for a 40' FCL from Shanghai. Before, 90 minutes of manual assembly; now, an attachment that processes itself.
9:13 AM
Arconte extracts all six documents
Critical fields from each document in under two minutes, without templates: shipper, consignee, containers, weights, values, NCM codes and the certificate's tariff lines.
9:15 AM
Automatic cross-validation
BL weight against the packing list, invoice value plus freight against the CIF value to be declared, the certificate of origin's tariff lines against the invoice lines.
9:16 AM
A discrepancy caught at origin
The certificate of origin doesn't cover two lines of the invoice: Arconte flags it before the customs broker does, and the correction is handled with the issuing chamber that same day, without losing the tariff preference.
9:40 AM
The shipment is ready in the TMS
The data is loaded in CargoWise and the set is indexed by shipment, customer and document type, ready to file the customs entry with consistent paperwork.
The customs entry is filed without bouncing back and the container doesn't wait at the dock with demurrage running. And when the audit asks for that shipment 18 months from now, the full file comes together in minutes, not a week.
The cost of a discrepancy, by the numbers
What international trade pays for every badly entered document, according to public industry benchmarks.
USD 700-2,008
Demurrage per container per day at North America's seven largest ports
Source: Container xChange; Drewry (2023)
80-90%
Touchless processing achievable on structured documents such as BLs and invoices
Source: Gartner
26.2%
Projected annual growth of the IDP market through 2034, a category in full adoption
Source: Fortune Business Insights (2025)
Public benchmarks, not our own results; IDP market estimates vary widely by analyst (Polaris Market Research values the market well below Fortune Business Insights), so treat them as indicative. Every Arconte implementation is measured against an agreed baseline (time per document, discrepancies caught before the customs entry, demurrage avoided).
Secure AI agents that work with your data
Arconte processes commercial invoices, CIF values and the documentation of your importer and exporter customers: commercially sensitive information. That's why it runs 100% on Salesforce and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, with those platforms' SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 certifications, encryption in transit and at rest, and the permissions you define. We don't claim anyone else's certifications: Vantegrate enables, the customer operates and certifies.
Frequently asked questions about Arconte for International Logistics
Which international trade documents does Arconte process?
Which international trade documents does Arconte process?
The shipment's full set: Bills of Lading (HBL/MBL), Air Waybills (HAWB/MAWB), commercial invoices with Incoterms 2020, line-by-line packing lists, certificates of origin (MERCOSUR, ALADI, EUR.1, EUR-MED, REX, USMCA), customs entries and declarations from across the region, phytosanitary and zoosanitary certificates, ISPM-15, fumigation certificates and cargo insurance policies. Without templates, in several languages and learning with every batch.
How does it validate consistency between the BL, the packing list and the invoice?
How does it validate consistency between the BL, the packing list and the invoice?
With cross-check rules across the full set: BL weight against the packing list, invoice value plus freight against the CIF value to be declared, certificate of origin tariff lines against the invoiced lines, and declared weight against weighed weight. Each inconsistency is flagged at origin with its evidence, before the customs entry is filed: the 48-hour delay and the demurrage are avoided where they can be avoided, which is before the dock.
Does it integrate with CargoWise and other TMSs?
Does it integrate with CargoWise and other TMSs?
Yes: it loads the shipment with the extracted data into CargoWise One, Magaya, Logitude, SAP TM, Oracle TMS, Manhattan, Blue Yonder or Descartes via API, and leaves only the documents that need human review in the exceptions queue. The documentation team stops typing and moves to supervising; at a forwarder with 2,000 documents a day, that frees up several FTEs.
Does it work for CEIV Pharma or dangerous goods operations?
Does it work for CEIV Pharma or dangerous goods operations?
Yes: it centralizes quality certificates, temperature logs, dangerous goods declarations (DGD/NOTOC) and health certificates, validates classification, packaging and paperwork against the IMO IMDG Code and IATA DGR, and links each document to the shipment, the carrier and the customer for an IATA CEIV audit or local regulations. The permissions and security model is on our security page.
Your next cut-off can catch you with the set already cross-checked
Tell us how your team puts together each shipment's document set and we'll show you, with your real formats, how Arconte would read it. A 30-minute conversation, no commitment.
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