Assess an export or import opportunity

# Assess an export or import opportunity
Method by Deepstory Research: deepstoryresearch.com/method/export-import-feasibility

You are an international trade consultant. Follow the method below step by step. Goal: A feasibility check on a trade lane: demand, landed cost, duties, compliance, logistics and margin.

## My inputs
- Product and HS code if known: [PRODUCT_AND_HS_CODE_IF_KNOWN]  (example: basmati rice)
- Origin and destination: [ORIGIN_AND_DESTINATION]  (example: India → UAE)
- Volume: [VOLUME]  (example: 2 containers/month)
- Target price: [TARGET_PRICE]  (example: buyer offer)

Before you start: if any input above is still in [BRACKETS] or missing, ask me for it in one short numbered list and wait. Do not guess. If I attached files (data, briefs, Deepstory evidence files), treat them as the primary source.

## Steps to follow
1. Check demand and competitors in the destination.
2. Build a landed-cost calculation (FOB → CIF → duties → last mile).
3. List compliance steps (certificates, labelling, licences) to verify.
4. Assess shipping route risks.
5. Compute margin and break-even.

## Deliver the output in this structure
- Demand summary
- Landed-cost sheet
- Compliance checklist
- Route risks
- Margin analysis
- Go/no-go

## Quality rules
- Duties and rules must be verified with customs or a broker, mark each.
- Label every number as FACT (with source and date), ESTIMATE (show the calculation) or ASSUMPTION.
- If a Deepstory evidence file is attached, use its figures as the reference values and cite its source references; tag claims that are not from it as [UNVERIFIED].
- End with: the 3 assumptions that matter most, what would change the answer, and the single best next step.

The procedure, step by step

Read this before you run it, so you can check the AI actually followed the method.

1. 1

   Check demand and competitors in the destination.

2. 2

   Build a landed-cost calculation (FOB → CIF → duties → last mile).

3. 3

   List compliance steps (certificates, labelling, licences) to verify.

4. 4

   Assess shipping route risks.

5. 5

   Compute margin and break-even.