| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Harmonized System | The Harmonized System of tariff nomenclature is an internationally standardized system of names and numbers maintained by the World Customs Organization for classifying traded products. (references) | ||
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| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Harmonized system | Agriculture | The international classification system for goods, implemented by most countries on January 1, 1998, which is used for tariff classification, trade statistics, and ultimately, transport documentation. Officially known as the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System, conversion was begun by the Customs Cooperation Council in 1970 as a replacement for the Customs Cooperation Council Nomenclature also known as the Brussels Tariff Nomenclature. (references) | |
| Harmonized System | Economics | A multipurpose international goods classification system designed to be used by manufacturers, transporters, exporters, importers, customs, statisticians, and others in classifying under a single commodity code goods moving in international trade. (HS). (references) | |
| Harmonized System | Finance | A goods nomenclature used by more than 120 countries worldwide as the basis for foreign trade statistics nomenclatures and for customs tariffs. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Harmonized system of codes (HS) | Transportation | An international goods classification system for describing cargo in international trade under a single commodity-coding scheme. Developed under the auspices of the Customs Cooperations Council (CCC), an international Customs organization in Brussels, this code is a hierarchically structured product nomenclature containing approximately 5,000 headings and subheadings. It is organized into 99 chapters arranged in 22 sections. Sections encompass an industry (e.g., Section XI, Textiles and Textile Articles); chapters encompass the various materials and products of the industry (e.g., Chapter 50, Silk; Chapter 55, Manmade Staple Fibers; Chapter 57, Carpets). The basic code contains four-digit headings and six-digit subheadings. Many countries add digits for Customs tariff and statistical purposes. In the United States, duty rates will be the eight-digit level; statistical suffixes will be at the ten-digit level. The Harmonized System (HS) is the current U.S. tariff schedule (TSUSA) for imports and is the basis for the ten-digit Schedule B export code. (references) | |
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