RE: [sap-log-mm] Harmonized Tariff Code

Posted by Sap Land Wednesday, 13 July 2011 13:20

Posted by David Maloney
on Jul 13 at 4:17 PM

I just did a google search on these for the info below. There are plenty of resources out there to use - even some good ones from the US government (USITC DOT GOV) believe it or not. You'll find that most of what you sell will fall into one very general category that you can use - unless you're manufacturing operations is pretty diverse across many different sectors.

Wikipedia is pretty good for info too (from WIKI)
Structure
Under the HS Convention, the contracting parties are obliged to base their tariff schedules on the HS nomenclature, although parties set their own rates of duty. The HTS is organized into 21 sections and 96 chapters, accompanied with general rules of interpretation and explanatory notes. The system begins by assigning goods to categories of crude and natural products, and from there proceeds to categories with increasing complexity. The codes with the broadest coverage are the first four digits, and are referred to as the heading. The HTS therefore sets forth all the international nomenclature through the 6-digit level and, where needed, contains added subdivisions assigned 2 more digits, for a total of 8 at the tariff-rate line (legal) level. Two final (non-legal) digits are assigned as statistical reporting numbers if warranted, for a total of 10 digits to be listed on entries.
To ensure harmonization, the contracting parties must employ all 4- and 6-digit provisions and the international rules and notes without deviation, but are free to adopt additional subcategories and notes. The two final chapters, 98 and 99, are reserved for national use. Chapter 77 is reserved for future international use. Chapter 98 comprises special classification provisions, and chapter 99 contains temporary modifications pursuant to a parties' national directive or legislation.

David .

---------------Original Message---------------
From: Bob Schmidt
Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 4:07 PM
Subject: Harmonized Tariff Code

David - since I am basically doing this from scratch do you have a source for the appropriate categories and sub-categories as indicated in your response that I can use to populate T604?

Thank you

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