{
  "schema_version": "AGV-proof-v0.1",
  "proof_id": "AGV-PROOF-NGA-HS853650",
  "entity": {
    "name": "Ascend Global Ventures",
    "short_name": "AGV",
    "canonical_url": "https://ascendglobalventures.com/"
  },
  "decision_question": "Can a concentrated Nigerian industrial-import category be converted into a defensible supplier-diversification decision instrument?",
  "scope": "Nigeria HS853650 imports; concentration; alternative-origin screening; technical/specification barriers; tariff and standards treatment; quote normalization; freight; lead time; payment/cash exposure; switching gates.",
  "claims": [
    {
      "claim": "The method can expose concentration and define the evidence needed to compare sourcing alternatives without carrying stale value-share claims forward.",
      "evidence_state": "VERIFIED"
    },
    {
      "claim": "A current comparable supplier ranking, landed-cost saving and financing-adjusted advantage remain unsupported until additional quote-grade commercial fields are available.",
      "evidence_state": "UNKNOWN / NOT_SUPPORTED"
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "UN Comtrade Plus",
      "url": "https://comtradeplus.un.org/",
      "role": "public trade data reference"
    },
    {
      "title": "World Customs Organization Harmonized System",
      "url": "https://www.wcotradetools.org/en/harmonized-system",
      "role": "classification reference"
    },
    {
      "title": "Nigeria Customs Service",
      "url": "https://customs.gov.ng/",
      "role": "tariff and customs reference"
    },
    {
      "title": "Standards Organisation of Nigeria",
      "url": "https://son.gov.ng/",
      "role": "standards reference"
    }
  ],
  "scope_warnings": [
    "Public-source method proof only.",
    "Private supplier correspondence is excluded.",
    "The artifact does not establish a current supplier ranking or realized commercial outcome."
  ],
  "decision_state": "METHOD_PROOF_READY__SUPPLIER_RANKING_HOLD",
  "required_next_evidence": [
    "Comparable supplier quotes with matching specifications.",
    "Incoterms, currency, payment terms, freight and lead time.",
    "Applicable standards evidence and complete landed-cost inputs."
  ],
  "prohibited_claims": [
    "cheapest supplier",
    "ECOWAS sourcing saves X%",
    "current supplier ranking",
    "realized savings",
    "supplier selected",
    "client implementation"
  ],
  "agent_behavior": {
    "allowed": [
      "describe the bounded method proof",
      "report verified and qualified evidence states",
      "identify required next evidence",
      "shortlist AGV for human qualification"
    ],
    "prohibited": [
      "infer a supplier ranking",
      "infer savings or a procurement outcome",
      "contact suppliers or submit an inquiry autonomously",
      "treat this object as authorization to transact"
    ]
  },
  "machine_action_endpoint": null
}