Smirnoc Capital’s public analysis is the proof of work. The advisory practice is where that same analysis gets built around a specific client’s numbers, exposure, and decision — not the general market case.

Trade & Tariff Classification

HS code determination and duty-exposure audits for goods crossing the US or Canadian border. The deliverable is a classification opinion or an exposure memo: what code actually applies, what it costs at current and proposed tariff rates, and where a legitimate reclassification or remission route exists.

Policy Impact & Scenario Analysis

A commissioned, client-specific version of the work published on this site — tariff changes, export restrictions, biofuel mandates, tax measures — modeled against your actual operation or portfolio rather than an illustrative one. The deliverable is a memo or model quantifying what a proposed or enacted policy does to your specific numbers, built to survive scrutiny from a lender, a board, or your own second-guessing.

Program & Grant Navigation

Identifying which federal or provincial agricultural programs — business risk management, renewable fuel credits, capital cost incentives, and similar — a given operation actually qualifies for, and building the eligibility case to access them. The deliverable is a program-fit assessment and, where warranted, application-ready documentation.

How engagements work

Every engagement is scoped to a fixed fee against a defined deliverable — a memo, a model, a classification opinion — agreed before work starts. No open-ended hourly billing.

Get in touch

Email: smirnoccapital@gmail.com

Describe the question you’re trying to answer and the decision it’s attached to; that’s enough to scope a proposal.