Pre-submission compliance engine

Know before
you submit.

Rheo verifies your export document set before submission — so errors are caught before they reach the bank, customs, or your counterparty.

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Speaking with NZ commodity exporters now
rheo · compliance check
RH-2026-044
Whole Milk Powder — Guangzhou
LC · 280 MT · Port of Tauranga
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CONDITIONAL
✓
Commercial Invoice
Verified
✓
Bill of Lading
Verified
!
Health Certificate
1 issue
✓
Certificate of Origin
Verified
–
Packing List
Pending
Conditional — resolve 1 issue before submitting
Health Certificate · declaration wording · non-compliant
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56%
of trade finance documents are rejected on first presentation — a rate unchanged since 2007
$2.5–5k*
cost to the exporter per failed presentation across fees, rework, and delayed payment
80%
of all costs are borne by the exporter — not the issuing party, not the buyer
The problem

Every year, billions in trade payments are delayed because export documents contained errors that nobody caught in time.

For most exporters, there is no systematic check between document preparation and submission. Compliance relies on experience, checklists, and highlighters. Rheo gives that expertise a system.

01
Manual checks on every shipment
Operations teams work through documents under time pressure before every vessel sails. The process relies entirely on the knowledge and availability of experienced staff — with no systematic validation in place.
15–30 pages per shipment
02
Errors surface too late
When a presentation is rejected, the exporter absorbs the full cost — fees, rework, courier charges, and delayed payment. All for errors that could have been identified and resolved before submission.
10–21 day payment delay
03
Compliance knowledge concentrated in one person
In most export operations, one or two experienced staff carry all the compliance knowledge. When they are unavailable, shipments stall. When they leave, that institutional knowledge leaves with them.
Single point of failure
04
Most shipments carry no compliance check
Regardless of payment instrument — letter of credit, documentary collection, or open account — the majority of export document sets are submitted with no pre-submission review whatsoever.
Across all payment instruments
How it works

Your shipment verified. Before you submit.

Rheo gives your operations team a clear compliance decision on every shipment — before documents leave your hands.

01
Upload your shipment details
Share the details of your shipment. Rheo does the rest — determining what compliance looks like for that trade, so your team is never guessing.
02
Documents checked as they arrive
Every document in your set is verified against what it needs to be. Issues are flagged immediately, in plain language, so your team can act before submission.
03
A decision before you submit
Ready. Conditional. Blocked. You know exactly where you stand — with a clear path to resolution — before your documents reach the bank, customs, or your counterparty.
One place for every shipment

Export documentation is fragmented. Rheo consolidates it.

Every document. One place.
Contracts, certificates, transport documents — consolidated into a single shipment view. No more hunting across inboxes, folders, and shared drives.
Every party. One workflow.
Your operations team, freight forwarder, and counterparty working from the same shipment record. Documents uploaded, checked, and actioned in one place.
Every decision. Fully audited.
A complete record of what was uploaded, what was checked, and what was flagged — without the administrative overhead of maintaining it manually.
RH-2026-041
Whole Milk Powder — Guangzhou
LC · 280 MT · Tauranga
Ready
RH-2026-039
Grass Seeds — Mumbai
TT · 12 MT · Auckland
Conditional
RH-2026-038
Commodity Export — Shanghai
D/C · Auckland
Blocked
RH-2026-037
Wool Fibre — Taipei
OA · 8 MT · Lyttelton
Ready
Validated across
NZ Forestry exportersDairy exportersSeed exportersTrade finance teamsMajor NZ banks
Does this sound familiar?

If any of these are true, we should talk.

One person carries all the compliance knowledge. When they are unavailable, shipments stall — and there is no system to fall back on.
Your team checks documents manually against the contract the night before the vessel sails. It takes hours and errors still get through.
Discrepancies surface at presentation, not before. By then it is fees, delays, amended documents, and difficult conversations with your buyer.
You are exporting across multiple destinations with different regulatory requirements and no single source of truth for what is required where.
Documents arrive from multiple parties — freight forwarders, government agencies, inspection bodies — with no consolidated view of what has arrived and what has been checked.
Every error costs money, time, and credibility. And every time, the root cause was something that could have been caught before submission.
Get in touch

We are speaking with NZ commodity exporters now.

If document compliance is a recurring cost or operational risk in your business, we want to hear about your workflow. No pitch. Just a focused 30-minute conversation.

Forestry  ·  Dairy  ·  Seeds  ·  Meat  ·  Wool  ·  Any commodity

Book a 30-minute conversation
Tell us about your current document workflow. We will show you where Rheo changes it — and what that means for your operation.
✓Focused on your specific trade lanes and commodities
✓No commitment required to participate
✓We respond within one business day
Start your journeyGet in touch — rheohq@gmail.com
Auckland, New Zealand · rheohq.com

* Cost per failed presentation — components include: discrepancy and amendment fees ($40–$150 per presentation); document rework and resubmission (2–6 hours staff time per incident); payment delay impact on working capital (10–21 business days on average); demurrage and detention where applicable ($50–$200 per container per day). Total range of $2,500–$5,000 validated across NZ commodity exporters with CFO-level sign-off. Actual cost varies by commodity, contract value, payment terms, and destination.