Riposte Shipping 8.2 with Hurricane Commerce Simplifies Taxes, Duties, and Compliance

Boston, MA – Oct 14th, 2020 — Escher, the global leader transforming postal operators and couriers, announced the launch of Riposte Shipping 8.2 with Hurricane. This latest release features seamless integration with Hurricane, providing Posts with full access to taxes, duties, and compliance functionality, directly from within the Riposte Shipping application.

By 2022, cross-border e-commerce shipments will account for 22 percent of all e-commerce shipments of physical products, according to Statista. However today, there are many obstacles around international shipments that prevent Posts from delivering a positive experience for their customers. Landing cost sticker shock, confusion regarding required documentation and shipping restrictions, as well as the inability to screen all recipients for denied party status, are just a few of these challenges.

Riposte Shipping 8.2 with Hurricane is the comprehensive solution to these problems, offering Posts cost transparency, improved shipping reliability while making compliance convenient.

“Parcels and packets shipped across borders need an electronic ‘passport’ for safe and reliable travel and this is one-way Riposte Shipping helps Posts,” said Nick Manolis, CEO, Escher. “The seamless integration of Hurricane with Riposte Shipping is the leading solution that streamlines the international shipping process, improving delivery success rates, free from delays or missing contents.”

“We are excited to be partnering with Escher on the launch of Riposte Shipping 8.2 and to be providing Posts with a range of industry-leading solutions covering data enhancement, duty and tax calculation, prohibited and restricted goods screening, and denied parties screening,” explained

Martyn Noble, CEO, Hurricane Commerce.

Last year, Escher partnered with Hurricane to bring its Riposte Taxes, Duties, and Compliance solution to market, helping Posts everywhere simplify the cross-border shipping process. Riposte Shipping 8.2 with Hurricane represents a deeper integration with Hurricane. With real-time updates from Hurricane, parcels leave post office rooms for international delivery with a significant reduction in returned shipments.

New features of Riposte Shipping 8.2 with Hurricane include:

Seamless Integration

• Hurricane’s Taxes, Duties, and Compliance API provides full compliance functionality within Riposte Shipping.
• On the clerk side, the UI validates or explains which errors are present, if any.
• As the Hurricane database updates in real-time, compliance becomes faster and more accurate.
• Integration can be triggered via specific destinations or services.

• Individuals, countries, or items which are prohibited are flagged at the POS where the clerk receives notifications in real-time.
• Insurance validations are also confirmed to prevent fraud or deliberate over coverage.

Product Classifications

• Due to increased reliance on Posts for personal and commerce needs, improved product classifications are needed.
• Riposte Shipping now provides compliance with the latest customs regulation and emerging security and customer requirements for EAD (electronic advanced data).

• With Hurricane integration, Riposte Shipping allows for improved screening, faster shipments, and reduced issues at customs and border checkpoints.
• The new product classifications functionality also allows for proper search protocols to identify proper product classification as well as classification codes required for customs.

Denied Party Screening

• Riposte Shipping now includes Denied Party screening which is a validation process for carrying out checks on individuals, companies, or entities that are on a sanctioned list or watch.
• Hurricane sources information from over 100 Denied Party lists including the UN, EU, and OFAC.

• Every time money changes hands, there is a responsibility to ensure that the goods are not destined for an individual, company, or entity on a government watch list.
• Fines can be substantial – as can the damage to your reputation.

Product Restriction Screening

• Hurricane can pre-screen shipments to avoid delays and inspections at customs and borders (e.g. animal products or firearms).

• Users receive an updated list of restriction codes for both transportation and exports.
• A cost breakdown of duties and taxes for delivery is also provided and these amounts reflect both the rate and the value of shipments, reducing surprise costs or unknown fees.

Duties, Taxes, and Fees

• Riposte Shipping now allows for the pre-payment of duties and taxes so that the receiving party does not need to pay upon receipt.
• The solution also provides a display of the customs declaration form with the breakdown of the taxes and duties for customer approval.

Integrated Customs Declaration Form

• Shipment delays are reduced through an integrated customs process.
• With Riposte Shipping, users have the ability to preview and print CN23 forms.
• With an electronic signature capture feature, signing forms and documentation is nearly instantaneous.

Product Availability

Existing customers should contact their account manager for more information. New customers are encouraged to get in touch with us for further information.

About Hurricane Commerce

Hurricane Commerce is brilliant at the boring – translating the complex into the simple.

Its solutions have been designed to give customers peace of mind about every cross-border eCommerce transaction.
Hurricane’s solutions are increasingly the choice of postal operators, eCommerce platforms, marketplaces, and merchants and carriers.
Nothing moves without complete and valid data and increasing regulations and laws are providing huge challenges to anyone involved in cross-border eCommerce trade – challenges Hurricane and Escher are together helping to resolve. For more information about Hurricane, visit www.hurricanecommerce.com

About Riposte

The award-winning Riposte Platform provides Posts with an all-in-one customer engagement solution to support every step of the digital transformation journey. Posts can bypass unnecessary complexity and expense with Riposte and eliminate the trouble of evaluating, purchasing, and integrating multiple solutions. The Riposte Platform comes with out-of-the-box solutions for counter service, mobile integration, data analytics, retail worker onboarding, customer survey generation, integration of third-party agents, facilitation of a pick-up, drop-off network, and more.

About Escher

Escher is transforming postal operators and couriers worldwide, enabling them to engage today’s digitally savvy customers across all points of engagement. With Escher’s unique, purpose-built customer engagement platform, Posts can drive superior customer experience, with greater speed and better economics. With over 35 customers, Escher works with the most innovative Posts in the world. Their largest customer carries 47% of the world’s post. Escher’s technology gets used to serving over a billion citizens with 350,000 points of engagement globally. For more information about Escher, visit www.eschergroup.com

Media Contacts

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Escher Group

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KP Communications for Escher Group
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