Only 11% of companies can reprice within a week of a tariff change. 58% have absorbed costs they meant to pass on to customers. Seven quick questions tell you where your own quoting process actually stands, based on real 2026 trade research, not a guess.
Tariff exposure isn't only about how much of your bill of materials is imported. Current trade research draws a sharper line: it's the combination of how much cost is exposed, how fast a business can reprice when that cost changes, and whether customers accept the new price without walking. A 2026 analysis of global trade volatility found that customer pricing uncertainty is the single most cited operational challenge, ahead of the tariffs themselves.
72% of trade professionals now call tariff volatility the most impactful regulatory change they've dealt with, up from 41% just a year earlier. That's a fast-moving shift, and most quoting processes were never built for it. A quote built on last quarter's costs, sent out on this quarter's tariff schedule, is where margin quietly disappears, one order at a time.
This is exactly the gap the Quote-to-Cash System is built to close.
See the full framework →Tariff exposure is how much a business's costs and pricing depend on imported materials or components subject to changing trade tariffs, and how well-prepared the business is to reprice and communicate those changes to customers quickly.
There is no single correct interval, but current trade research found only 11% of companies can reprice within a week of a tariff change, while 48% take three weeks or more. Faster repricing generally protects margin and customer trust better than a delayed, reactive adjustment.
A documented plan for how a business will respond to a sudden tariff or trade policy change: who decides on repricing, how customers are notified, and which cost increases will be absorbed versus passed through. Research found 29% of companies have no such plan at all.
Yes. Most of the exposure documented in current research comes from slow, undocumented, one-person-dependent quoting processes rather than the tariffs themselves, which is a process problem a smaller business can often fix faster than a larger one.
No. It's a directional self-assessment based on documented industry patterns, meant to highlight where to look first, not a financial or legal risk assessment specific to your business.
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Disclaimer: This quiz is provided for general informational purposes and is a self-assessment tool, not financial, trade-compliance, or legal advice. It does not calculate or guarantee any specific outcome, cost, or risk figure. Individual exposure depends on your specific supply chain, contracts, and market, and should be evaluated with qualified trade and legal counsel where material decisions are involved. Cited statistics are attributed to their original sources (Doss.com 2026 Global Trade Volatility Index; Thomson Reuters 2026 Global Trade Report) and are not JBM-generated estimates.