ClearanceHQHazMat shipments cleared
while you sleep.
Class 3 flammables, Class 8 corrosives, UN-rated lithium — every 49 CFR document, IMDG classification, and EPA prior-notice filing handled before a single mislabeled SDS strands your container for six weeks.
Clearance Time Estimator
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HazMat entries cleared
49 CFR · IMDG Code · CBP ACE Filing
Every entry filed is a container that didn't sit on a pier.
Since 2018, we've processed 14,212 hazardous material import entries — Class 3 flammables, Class 8 corrosives, and UN-rated lithium shipments — across every major U.S. port. That volume means we've seen every CBP hold scenario, every PHMSA flag, every TSCA notice that slows a shipment. When your commodity arrives at Long Beach, our team has cleared it before.
first-pass acceptance rate
SDS Audit · IMDG DG List · 49 CFR Part 172
One mislabeled SDS can cost six weeks and $40,000 in demurrage.
First-pass acceptance means CBP reviews your entry and releases it without a hold, exam, or document request. The industry average for HazMat entries is 91.2%. Our 99.4% rate is the result of pre-submission SDS audits, UN number cross-checks against the IMDG dangerous goods list, and 49 CFR Part 172 label verification before a single page reaches the port. The 0.6% that get flagged? We've already drafted the response.
average clearance on Class 8 corrosives
EPA Prior Notice · TSCA Cert · CBP Liaison
Production lines don't wait for regulatory paperwork to catch up.
Class 8 corrosives — sulfuric acid, sodium hydroxide, battery electrolytes — carry a national average clearance time of 96 hours when filed without specialized HazMat expertise. Our average is 11 hours. The difference is pre-arrival EPA prior-notice filing, TSCA certification prepared before vessel arrival, and a direct CBP liaison who knows our submission record. Your chemical shipment clears before your competitor's has been assigned an exam.
What We Clear
Every hazardous class.
Every required filing.
We don't broker general freight with a hazmat add-on. Every shipment we touch is regulated cargo — it's all we do.
Flammable Liquids
Acetone, ethanol, petroleum distillates, and specialty solvents. We handle flash-point documentation, proper shipping name verification, and IMDG packing group assignments before your container is sealed.
Corrosives
Sulfuric acid, sodium hydroxide, battery electrolytes, industrial cleaners. EPA prior-notice filing and TSCA certification handled pre-arrival. Average 11-hour clearance.
Lithium Batteries
UN3480 (standalone) and UN3481 (packed with/in equipment). UN38.3 test summary review, state of charge verification, and IATA Section II compliance for air shipments. We stop the CBP hold before it starts.
Entry & Filing Services
ISF 10+2 filing, HazMat entry type 01/03, CBP Form 7501 preparation, SDS audit and translation, IMO dangerous goods declaration, and EPA prior-notice — every form, every time.
Client Outcomes
The exhale when it flips from HELD to RELEASED
"We had a container of battery electrolyte — Class 8 — sitting at Houston under a CBP hold. I called ClearanceHQ at 6 PM on a Thursday. They had the corrected TSCA certification and EPA prior-notice amendment filed by midnight. Container released by 9 AM Friday. Our production line didn't miss a shift."
Derek Okonkwo
VP Supply Chain, Meridian Chemical Corp
"We import UN3480 lithium cells for EV pack assembly. Before ClearanceHQ, we averaged 22-day clearance windows at Long Beach — the UN38.3 documentation alone triggered exams every third shipment. Now we're at 14 hours average. The UN number cross-check they run before ISF filing has eliminated every exam in 18 months."
Priya Subramaniam
Director of Imports, Voltara Battery Systems
"I coordinate third-party logistics for seven chemical accounts. When one of my clients got a CBP hold notice on a Class 3 flammable LCL, I needed someone on the phone who understood co-load segregation requirements, not someone reading from a checklist. ClearanceHQ knew the SDS deficiency before I finished describing the hold reason."
Marcus Reinholt
Senior Logistics Coordinator, TransAxis 3PL
Primary Path
Get My Clearance Assessment
A licensed HazMat broker reviews your commodity, classification, and origin — then tells you exactly what's required and how fast we can clear it.
Secondary Path
Download the HazMat Entry Checklist
The 23-point pre-submission checklist our brokers run on every HazMat entry. Covers SDS requirements, UN number validation, packing group verification, and EPA prior-notice triggers.
- SDS audit checklist (all 16 sections)
- UN number ↔ proper shipping name cross-check
- Packing group determination table
- EPA prior-notice trigger matrix
- CBP hold response protocol
Shipment currently held?
CBP hold notices require same-day response. Call directly — we pick up.
+1 (800) 555-019224/7 HazMat Operations Line