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We pull two years of US Customs ocean manifests for the metals that now carry a 50% duty, and compare each importer's volume before and after the change.
For US customs brokers and trade advisories
Importers in your state are paying twice the duty they did in 2024. We find them and put them on your calendar.
Manifest Scout reads public US Customs shipping records, finds the companies hit hardest by the metal tariffs, and books a call between their finance lead and your firm. We are not a customs broker. We find the companies. You do the customs.
Public US Customs data · Flat fees, no revenue share · You approve every email
November 2026
Importer foundCall booked
MonTueWedThuFri
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3
Houston TXSteel pipe×2.4
4
Naperville ILTinplate caps×4.9
5
6
Houston TXThreaded studs×3.5
9
10
Booked callVP Finance · Houston
11
Lincolnwood ILScrews, bolts×4.4
12
13
Booked callCFO · Naperville
16
17
Itasca ILBolts, nuts×2.0
18
Houston TXSeamless pipe×7.5
19
Booked callOwner · Lincolnwood
20
23
24
Booked callController · Houston
25
26Thanksgiving
27
3.8×
US customs duties collected in fiscal 2026 against fiscal 2024
50%
Section 232 duty on steel and aluminium articles since 4 June 2025
300+
Texas and Illinois importers screened so far, by hand
0%
Of your brokerage revenue. Flat fees only.
How it works
You see every name before we send a single email.
Three steps. The first two happen on our side. You approve the list before the third.
Noise out
We strip out freight forwarders, banks, the US arms of foreign mills and companies with their own trade teams. A person checks every company that is left.
Calls on your calendar
We email the finance lead on your behalf, number first, your firm named. A second opinion alongside their current broker, never a switch.
For brokers and advisories
Outbound, without hiring a sales team.
Most good brokerages grew on referrals. Referrals cannot be aimed. This can.
- Importers in your state. A short list, each with the shipping evidence behind it.
- Your approval first. You see the wording before anything is sent, and you can strike any company off the list.
- Booked calls. With a finance or supply-chain decision-maker who has agreed to talk about their duty bill.
- Low volume, from our domains. A few dozen emails a day. Your firm is named in the message, never in the sender line.
- Flat fees. A monthly retainer and a fee per qualified meeting. Never a share of brokerage revenue.
Method and limits
What our numbers can and cannot see.
You have read more entries than we ever will. So here are the limits, up front.
Source
US Customs vessel manifests, public under 19 CFR 103.31. Sea freight only. Air, rail and truck from Canada and Mexico are not covered, and importers who requested manifest confidentiality do not appear.
The change
Each importer's own shipping weight in two twelve-month periods, multiplied by the published change in rate. The price of the goods cancels out, so this part needs no estimate.
Dollar figures
Customs value is not on a manifest. Where we give a dollar range, it uses average declared values per tariff heading and origin from official trade statistics. Always an estimate, always a range.
Rates
Checked against the Federal Register. Steel went from 25% to 50% on 4 June 2025. Aluminium went from 10% to 25% on 12 March 2025, then to 50%. Origins that were exempt or under quota before March 2025 saw a larger jump.
The counter at the top is gross customs duties from the US Treasury's Monthly Treasury Statement, fiscal years ending 30 September.
If we emailed you
Why you heard from us.
We write on behalf of a licensed US customs broker or trade advisory, and every message names that firm. We use public shipping records and public business contact details, nothing else.
The offer is always the same: a short call to check whether every dollar of your duty bill is legally owed, alongside your current broker. You do not need to change anything to take it, and you are under no obligation to take it at all.
Every email has an unsubscribe link. Using it stops all mail from us, for every firm we work with. To ask what we hold about you, or to have it deleted, write to privacy@manifestscout.com.
See the ten importers in your state.
A fifteen-minute call. No charge, and no obligation.