Third-Country Routing Services
Strategic corporate structuring and trade route optimization to reduce costs, improve compliance, and unlock new market access.
Strategic Corporate Structuring for Global Trade
In today’s complex global trade environment, the route your goods and services take matters as much as the goods themselves. Tariffs, trade agreements, sanctions, and regulatory frameworks create a constantly shifting landscape that can either cost your business millions or save it millions, depending on how you structure your operations.
TVA’s third-country routing services help you design and implement corporate structures that optimize your global trade flows. By strategically positioning entities in jurisdictions with favorable trade agreements, tax treaties, and regulatory environments, we help you achieve significant cost savings while maintaining full compliance with all applicable laws and regulations.
Optimization Areas
Tariff Optimization
Leverage free trade agreements, preferential tariff rates, and strategic routing to significantly reduce import duties. We analyze origin rules, trade agreements, and tariff schedules to identify the most cost-effective pathways for your products.
Tax Efficiency
Structure your international operations to take advantage of bilateral tax treaties, transfer pricing frameworks, and jurisdictional tax incentives. Our approach ensures full compliance while minimizing your effective global tax rate.
Supply Chain Flexibility
Build resilience into your supply chain through strategic diversification. Multiple routing options protect against disruptions from geopolitical tensions, natural disasters, and policy changes, keeping your goods flowing.
Compliance Management
Navigate the complex web of international trade regulations, sanctions regimes, and export controls. We ensure your routing structures meet all legal requirements across every jurisdiction in your supply chain.
Case Study: Technology Manufacturing
A mid-sized technology manufacturer approached TVA to optimize their supply chain from East Asia to European and North American markets. Their existing direct-shipping model exposed them to significant tariff costs and limited their ability to respond to trade policy changes.
By establishing strategic entities in Singapore and restructuring their trade flows to leverage ASEAN free trade agreements and bilateral tax treaties, we delivered transformative results:
15%
Tariff Reduction
$2.3M
Annual Savings
8%
Efficiency Improvement
Implementation Process
- Trade Flow Audit — Comprehensive analysis of your current supply chain routes, costs, and compliance status
- Opportunity Mapping — Identification of favorable trade agreements, tax treaties, and jurisdictional advantages
- Structure Design — Development of optimal corporate and routing structures tailored to your products and markets
- Entity Establishment — Formation of legal entities in strategic jurisdictions with full regulatory compliance
- Operational Integration — Implementation of new trade flows with logistics, banking, and reporting systems
- Ongoing Optimization — Continuous monitoring of trade policy changes and structure adjustments as needed
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