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Information on HTS / B Codes

Exercise #4– http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/reference/codes

/index.html– http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/regulations/for

ms/index.html– http://www.unzco.com/basicguide/– http://www.officialexportguide.com/– http://www.exportfocus.com/import-export-guide.php

– http://www.usitc.gov/tata/hts/index.htm http://www.usitc.gov/tata/hts/bychapter/index.htm

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Export Import Codes Schedule B codes (for exports) Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) codes (for

imports)

The HTS assigns 6-digit codes for general categories. Countries which use the HTS are allowed to define commodities at a more detailed level than 6-digits, but all definitions must be within that 6-digit framework.

The U.S. defines products using 10-digit HTS codes. Exports codes (which the U.S. calls Schedule B) are administered by the U.S. Census Bureau. Import codes are administered by the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC).

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How to do your research http://www.ita.doc.gov/td/tic/tariff/getting_started.htm http://www.ita.doc.gov/td/tic/tariff/country_tariff_info.htm For Example: Malaysia

– Malaysia is in ASEAN data base http://www.us-asean.org/aftatariffs.asp http://www.aseansec.org/17693.htm

– TARIFF RESOURCE: 2005 CEP Tariff Schedule, 25% MFN rate or 5% CEPT (Common Effective Preferential

Tariff)

– TAX: Sales tax varies by product: 5, 10 or 15 percent with 10 percent being the most common. It is applied on CIF + duty.

Don’t be timid – call the Trade Information Center– 1-800-USA-TRADE

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Our Product

http://www.msrcorp.com/filters/miniworks_ex.asp

Manual– http://www.msrcorp.com/support/pdfs/MiniWorksEX.pdf

Schematic:– http://www.msrcorp.com/support/schematics/

MiniWorksEX.pdf

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FYI HTS Service Codes (still used by some

countries, but not US)– 4 digit code– Section 98 and 99 (after misc.)

9875 management consulting services

– HTS Manual, 2004 / 2005 and 2007 do not include service

Other sites:– http://www.buyusa.gov/home/– https://gtm.fedex.com/GTM?cntry_code=us– http://www.fita.org/useful/

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