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What is the Harmonized Tariff System?

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The Harmonized Tariff System classifies products by a standardized numerical method. Products receive a ten-digit number that enables customs agents worldwide to determine duties, taxes, and regulations on that product. You can obtain a harmonized number for your product through the U.S. Census Bureau (http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/schedules/b/). The 2005 Harmonized Tariff Schedule can be ordered from http://bookstore.gpo.

What are Harmonized System (HS) codes and Schedule B numbers?

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The Harmonized System is an international method of classifying products for trading purposes. This classification is used by customs officials around the world to determine the duties, taxes and regulations that apply to the product. A six-digit number is assigned to each product. The description that corresponds to this number should mean the same thing in different countries. Some products that have multiple uses or can be described in different ways may have several possible HS codes.

What is a Harmonized System (HS) Classification (Schedule B) Number?

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's) -- U.S. Commercial Servic...
The Harmonized System Classification is a standardized numerical method of classifying traded products. This ten digit identifying number is assigned to each product and used by customs officials around the world to determine the duties, taxes and regulations that apply to the product. The first six digits are harmonized throughout the world. The last four digits vary by country.

What is a tariff?

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A tariff is a levy or cost that is imposed by the electricity distributor (Energex, Ergon Energy) for the use of electricity. The actual cost of the electricity is made up of the number of kilowatt/hours that you use multiplied by the tariff, for example, if you use 100 kilowatt/hours of electricity and it costs you $0.20c per kilowatt/hour then your electricity account will be $20.

What are the "harmonized European standards"? Are they voluntary or mandatory?

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This is the term used to describe the standards drafted by the European standards bodies (CEN/CENELEC), on a mandate from the European Commission, with reference to the European Directives of the "New Approach" kind. These directives define generic safety requirements to which some families of products, considered dangerous or associated to serious risks, must adhere.

What is the Harmonized System or HS?

DHL: Trade Automation Service: FAQ
The Harmonized System is the basis for Customs tariffs and international trade statistics in more than 100 nations. The Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (Harmonized System or HS) is an international commodity classification (six digit codes) developed under the auspices of the Customs Cooperation Council (now the World Customs Organization).

What is the Harmonized Code?

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The Harmonized Code classifies the manufactured items and commodities in transnational shipments in numeric categories that range from very broad two-digit categories to very specific 10-digit categories. Customs uses the Harmonized Code, or Harmonized System, to determine what duties (tariffs), taxes and clearance requirements apply to shipments.

What must be included in a tariff?

Frequently Asked Questions - Federal Maritime Commission
Rates, charges, classifications, rules, and practices between all points or ports on a carrier's or conference's own route and on any through transportation route that has been established. Also, content requirements for some provisions in a tariff are the following: places between which cargo will be carried; level of ocean transportation intermediary compensation; each terminal or other charge..

When must my tariff be published?

Frequently Asked Questions - Federal Maritime Commission
On or before transportation services commence thereunder, or the tariff's effective date - an OTI/NVOCC must also be in compliance with bonding/licensing requirements under 46 CFR part 515 of the Commission's rules. Yes. Any assessorial charge that will be added to the basic ocean freight rate must be listed individually. If there are other rules or charges that may otherwise affect the shipment under certain circumstances(e.g.

How can I find a tariff publisher?

Frequently Asked Questions - Federal Maritime Commission
A list of tariff publishers can be obtained from the Commission. You may contact the Bureau of Trade Analysis, Office of Service Contracts and Tariffs by telephone at (202) 523-5856.

What is a 'harmonized' safety label format?

Clarion - General FAQ About Product Safety Labels
Harmonized labels incorporate one or more ISO-formatted symbols in the symbol panel(s) of an ANSI Z535.4 label. For more information, click here.
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