Harmonized System Convention
Also called: International Convention on the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System · HS Convention
The WCO convention, concluded in 1983 and in force since 1988, under which contracting parties agree to base their tariff and statistical nomenclatures on the HS at the six-digit level, including the General Interpretative Rules and legal notes. It is amended periodically to produce new HS editions.
In practice
Because all major trading partners apply the same six-digit structure, a code researched in one country is a strong starting point in another.
EU
Türkiye
UK
USARelated terms
- HS code
- The six-digit product code of the Harmonized System, the international goods nomenclature maintained by the World Customs Organization and used by…
- HS edition
- The Harmonized System is revised roughly every five years to reflect new products, technology and trade patterns. HS 2022 has applied since 1 January…
- World Customs Organization
- An intergovernmental organisation based in Brussels whose members represent customs administrations worldwide. It manages the Harmonized System and…
- Classification opinion (WCO)
- A decision of the WCO Harmonized System Committee on the classification of a specific product, published in the Compendium of Classification…