Trade secrets here means supplier prices, formulas or customer lists you protect.
In Sealed mode, no one sees your documents without your consent, and each run ends in a receipt you can check.
Leave export-controlled technical data (ITAR or EAR) out of the file, in either mode; drawback doesn't need it.
Sealed protects the rest: prices, suppliers and customers.
Standard is enough when your records hold nothing you would mind a named, logged NexQloud specialist seeing, or an outside AI provider processing.
It costs 2 points less. It uses the same checks and licensed broker. It may use outside AI, on terms that bar training.
Why it can matter in any industry:
- Your records show your margin. Your entries and invoices show what you pay each supplier. Your export records name your customers. Together they show your margin by product.
- Shipment manifests are public; your prices are not.
- Secrecy takes "reasonable measures." A trade secret stays protected only while you take them. Sealed gives you a receipt you can keep, showing the run was sealed.
Sealed adds proof you can check yourself; Standard runs on our controls, with every staff access logged.
78% of 230 enterprise trade leaders said they would adopt AI that gives "verifiable, source-backed evidence."
- 19 CFR 141.86[1]
- 15 CFR 30.6[2]
- ImportGenius, datasets and FAQ[3]
- 18 U.S.C. 1839(3)[4]
- AAEI survey, run with a trade-software vendor, Sept 23, 2026[5]
- Why should I use confidential VMs?
Written by the NexQloud Drawback team from the primary sources linked on this page.
Not legal advice. NexQloud Drawback is not a government agency.
NexQloud Drawback is software used by licensed customs brokers.
