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This article talks about the meaning of “ex” before commodity codes listed under Annex I of the EU Deforestation Regulation. With confusion around the interpretation of these codes, it’s one … of the points that would need to be clarified before the Regulation can be implemented.

In this article, the author outlines the content of his presentation and the subsequent questions and answers session during the meeting of the Council's Customs Union Working Group (CUG) on … 19 September 2024, in Brussels. The author was invited by the Hungarian Presidency as a customs law expert.

New Commission guidelines for cyber-surveillance exporters were published on 16 October 2024. The new guidelines aim to make EU controls “more effective and consistent across Member States”. … The information provided by the Commission is not new but offers a clarification on how controls should be carried out by traders. They assist EU exporters in navigating export controls for cyber-surveillance items by providing a step-by-step approach to transaction screening.

News in brief: safety and security declarations, reduced data set and Single Window delayed. UK Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) consultation response and plastic packaging tax consultation … response published. Two new Tariff notices issued. New guidance on internal market movements from Great Britain to Northern Ireland. New guidance on preventing Russian export control and sanctions evasion. Trade remedies notices: registration of imports of biodiesel originating from China. Trade remedies notices: registration of imports of certain engine oils and hydraulic fluids from Lithuania and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Tobacco Duty: changes to rates from 30 October 2024. Postponement of the Tariff Data Structure – Autonomous Suspensions.

News in week 44: Combined Nomenclature 2025; WCO exploratory study on the possible strategic review of the HS; definitive countervailing duties on imports of electric vehicles; initiation of … an anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of choline chloride; EU-Colombia, Peru trade agreement - next step; CBAM updated documents; Commission opens formal proceedings against Temu.

Everyone knows how crucial accurate customs classification is to global trade compliance. In this article, the author explores the importance of accurate data in customs classification, which … data matters, and how to trust the data you are working with. She also explores the evolving role that Artificial Intelligence (AI) can play in assigning tariff codes now and potentially in the future.

Companies are legally required to keep records related to their import and export transactions. That includes commercial, customs and shipping documentation. The company needs to obtain some … of the documents from its freight forwarder, customs broker or other parties involved.

Non-manipulation certificate is a document required when goods of preferential origin are unloaded, stored and/or subjected to treatments necessary to maintain the goods in a third country while … being shipped from the country of dispatch to the country of destination.

Compliance means that a person or organisation complies with the applicable laws and regulations of their own accord or adheres to them. Learn about the international standard definition of compliance … and what customs authorities do to ensure compliance.

An EORI number means an identification number, unique in the customs territory of the European Union, assigned by a customs authority to an economic operator or to another person in order to … register that person for customs purposes.