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Harmonized System HS Code

The Harmonized System is an internationally standardized system of names and numbers for classifying traded products, maintained by the World Customs Organization. It provides a common framework for over 160 member countries to classify goods for customs tariffs, international trade statistics, rules of origin, internal taxes, trade negotiations, transport tariffs and statistics, and monitoring of controlled goods. While the core system uses a six-digit nomenclature, individual countries extend it to eight or ten digits for customs and export purposes.

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Harmonized System HS Code

The Harmonized System is an internationally standardized system of names and numbers for classifying traded products, maintained by the World Customs Organization. It provides a common framework for over 160 member countries to classify goods for customs tariffs, international trade statistics, rules of origin, internal taxes, trade negotiations, transport tariffs and statistics, and monitoring of controlled goods. While the core system uses a six-digit nomenclature, individual countries extend it to eight or ten digits for customs and export purposes.

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Harmonized System

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The Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (HS) of tariff nomenclature is an
internationally standardized system of names and numbers for classifying traded products developed and
maintained by the World Customs Organization (WCO) (formerly the Customs Co-operation Council), an
independent intergovernmental organization with over 160 member countries based in Brussels, Belgium.
The HS is a six-digit nomenclature. Individual countries have extended it to ten digits for customs
purposes, and to 8 digits for export purposes. Almost 200 countries, representing about 98% of world trade,
use the HS as a basis for:

Customs tariffs
Collection of international trade statistics
Rules of origin
Collection of internal taxes
Trade negotiations (e.g., the World Trade Organization schedules of tariff concessions)
Transport tariffs and statistics
Monitoring of controlled goods (e.g., wastes, narcotics, chemical weapons, ozone layer depleting
substances, endangered species)
Areas of Customs controls and procedures, including risk assessment, information technology and
compliance.

Codes have been revised through the years. So if you need to reference a code related to a trade issue from
even a few years ago, make sure the definition set that you're using matches the code.
851660 Other Ovens; Cookers, Cooking Plates, Boiling Rings, Grillers, Roasters

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