Gauge27

INTELLIGENCE

Trade Data API

Tariff rates, risk scores, chokepoint stress, compliance rules, and trade policy alerts — delivered as structured JSON via REST API. Built for developers, traders, and analysts who need trade intelligence in their own systems.

Every data point cites its source. Every gap is disclosed. No hallucinated trade data — authoritative government tariff schedules, live signal classification, and multi-source risk computation.

1,200+tariff headings
21compliance markets
8chokepoints live
23signal sources
20+trade agreements
190+countries

Built for

If you need trade data in your system, this is for you.

Developers

Building logistics platforms, ERP integrations, or trade tools. Get structured trade data without scraping government sites.

Commodity Traders

Monitoring tariff changes, surtax risks, and chokepoint disruptions that affect your positions and pricing.

Supply Chain Analysts

Quantifying risk across trade lanes, benchmarking landed costs, and modelling sourcing scenarios.

Trade Consultancies

Serving clients with up-to-date tariff data, compliance screening, and risk assessments — at scale.

API Endpoints

Six endpoints. Complete trade intelligence.

Lane Intelligence API

GET /v1/lane/{origin}/{destination}

Complete trade intelligence profile for any country pair — tariff rates, compliance rules, risk score, freight estimates, route with chokepoints, FX rates, and trade agreement detection. One call, full picture.

Sample Response

{
  "origin": "CN", "destination": "CA",
  "hsCode": "7323",
  "duty": { "rate": 0.03, "type": "MFN", "source": "CBSA" },
  "risk": { "score": 22, "level": "low" },
  "route": { "chokepoints": ["Taiwan Strait"],
             "transitDays": { "min": 16, "max": 28 } },
  "tradeAgreements": [],
  "surtaxes": []
}

Chokepoint Status API

GET /v1/chokepoints

Live stress levels for 8 major maritime chokepoints — Suez, Panama, Hormuz, Bab el-Mandeb, Malacca, Taiwan Strait, Bosphorus, and English Channel. Computed from vessel traffic patterns, freight rate anomalies, and classified signals.

Sample Response

{
  "chokepoints": [
    { "name": "Strait of Hormuz",
      "stress": 95, "status": "closed",
      "trend": "stable",
      "impact": "Gulf shipping severely disrupted" },
    { "name": "Suez Canal",
      "stress": 65, "status": "degraded",
      "trend": "de-escalating",
      "impact": "Houthi attacks, rerouting via Cape" }
  ]
}

Compliance Screening API

GET /v1/compliance/{market}/{hsCode}

Returns all applicable compliance rules for a product entering a specific market — permits, certificates, restricted goods flags, labelling requirements, and agency contacts. 65 rules across 21 markets.

Sample Response

{
  "market": "CA", "hsCode": "8471",
  "rules": [
    { "rule": "ISED certification required",
      "agency": "Innovation, Science and Economic Development",
      "applies": "Electronics with radio frequency" },
    { "rule": "Bilingual labelling",
      "agency": "Consumer Packaging and Labelling Act" }
  ]
}

Tariff Rate API

GET /v1/tariff/{destination}/{hsCode}

Heading-level duty rates from authoritative sources — CBSA, HTSUS, TARIC, and 17 other national tariff schedules. Includes preferential rates from 20+ trade agreements and 8 active surtax overrides stacked automatically.

Sample Response

{
  "destination": "CA", "hsCode": "6110",
  "mfnRate": 0.18,
  "preferential": [
    { "agreement": "CPTPP", "rate": 0.0,
      "origin": "VN", "ruleOfOrigin": "Yarn-forward" }
  ],
  "surtaxes": [],
  "source": "CBSA Canadian Customs Tariff"
}

Risk Score API

GET /v1/risk/{origin}/{destination}

7-layer weighted risk composite with full explainability. Geopolitical, health, disaster, maritime, sanctions, FX volatility, and regulatory layers — each scored independently with source attribution.

Sample Response

{
  "origin": "CN", "destination": "DE",
  "composite": 34, "level": "moderate",
  "layers": {
    "geopolitical": { "score": 42, "weight": 0.25 },
    "maritime": { "score": 55, "weight": 0.20,
      "drivers": ["Suez degraded", "Red Sea rerouting"] },
    "sanctions": { "score": 5, "weight": 0.15 },
    "fx": { "score": 18, "weight": 0.10 }
  }
}

Tariff Change Feed

GET /v1/tariff-alerts

Real-time alerts when trade policy changes are detected — new surtaxes, retaliatory tariffs, FTA updates, and regulatory shifts. Classified from government publications and news feeds. Filter by country, HS prefix, or severity.

Sample Response

{
  "alerts": [
    { "type": "surtax_new",
      "title": "EU scraps de minimis exemption",
      "effectiveDate": "2026-07-01",
      "affectedMarkets": ["EU"],
      "severity": "high",
      "source": "EU Official Journal" }
  ]
}

Pricing

Pay for what you use. Scale when you grow.

Starter

$99/month

1,000 API calls/month

Lane Intelligence
Tariff Rates
Compliance Screening
Chokepoint Status
Email support
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Professional

$499/month

10,000 API calls/month

Everything in Starter
Risk Score API
Tariff Change Feed
Webhook alerts
Priority support
Rate limiting: 60 req/min
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Enterprise

Custom

Unlimited calls

Everything in Professional
Dedicated infrastructure
Custom data feeds
SLA guarantee
Direct engineering support
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Why not just use ChatGPT for trade data?

ChatGPT hallucinates tariff rates. Gauge27 returns rates from CBSA, HTSUS, and TARIC — with source attribution.

ChatGPT doesn't know about the 8 active surtax overrides stacking on top of standard duty rates right now.

ChatGPT can't tell you that the Strait of Hormuz is at 95/100 stress with 800+ vessels trapped — or that ships are getting through on specific corridors.

ChatGPT doesn't monitor 23 signal sources and classify events in real time. It answers from training data, not live intelligence.

Gauge27 Intelligence returns structured JSON you can build on. ChatGPT returns prose you have to parse.

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