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Binding Tariff Information: for one or for all?
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- Topic: classification
- Market: EU - European Union
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The technological advances we have witnessed in recent times affect all areas of our lives. Customs is no exception. On the one hand, there are a large number of new products equipped with advanced … technologies, including AI, that need to be classified, cleared and taxed upon import. On the other hand, customs authorities and private sector customs professionals are using the latest technologies for their professional purposes, in particular for tariff classification. How does this technology boom affect both sides of the customs industry? Does it make life easier for customs professionals or does it create new headaches? Experts from around the world tried to find answers to these complex questions during the 22nd Authors' Meeting. Below is an overview of the main points provided by experts from some of the EU Member States, the UK, Switzerland, the USA, Canada, Brazil and Israel.
The technological advances we have witnessed in recent times affect all areas of our lives. Customs is no exception. On the one hand, there are a large number of new products equipped with advanced technologies, including AI, that need to be classified, cleared and taxed upon import. On the other hand, customs authorities and private sector customs professionals are using the latest technologies for their professional purposes, in particular for tariff classification. How does this technology boom affect both sides of the customs industry? Does it make life easier for customs professionals or does it create new headaches? Experts from around the world tried to find answers to these complex questions during the 22nd Authors' Meeting. Below is an overview of the main points provided by experts from some of the EU Member States, the UK, Switzerland, the USA, Canada, Brazil and Israel.
Tariff classification is one of the most complicated things about customs. Not surprisingly, there are many tools available to make the process easier and more automated. This article provides … an overview of the main technologies and solutions available to assist classification, particularly those found online. This article is an abridged version of the full article published in the World Customs Journal, 18(1). The abridged version of the article is published with the permission of the WCJ.
Prof. Dr. Andrew Grainger
Tariff classification is one of the most complicated things about customs. Not surprisingly, there are many tools available to make the process easier and more automated. This article provides an overview of the main technologies and solutions available to assist classification, particularly those found online. This article is an abridged version of the full article published in the World Customs Journal, 18(1). The abridged version of the article is published with the permission of the WCJ.
Prof. Dr. Andrew Grainger
An Israeli court recently ruled in favour of an importer's claim against the Israeli customs authority. The court found that the classification of a protective safe used to prevent the theft … of vehicle computers was in line with the importer's proposal. At the same time, the court dismissed part of the claim due to the statute of limitations.
Omer Wagner
An Israeli court recently ruled in favour of an importer's claim against the Israeli customs authority. The court found that the classification of a protective safe used to prevent the theft of vehicle computers was in line with the importer's proposal. At the same time, the court dismissed part of the claim due to the statute of limitations.
Omer Wagner
In 2023, Côte d’Ivoire introduced a new and modern system of advance customs rulings. This development followed two workshops organised in Côte d’Ivoire in May 2023 with the German Alliance for … Trade Facilitation and under the aegis of the EU-WCO Programme for the Harmonized System in Africa funded by the EU. The workshops were part of a wider capacity-building programme to support Côte d’Ivoire in meeting its WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement obligations - in particular, Article 3 of the TFA which requires signatory parties to provide an option to apply advance rulings on origin and classification.
Segba Jean Soro
In 2023, Côte d’Ivoire introduced a new and modern system of advance customs rulings. This development followed two workshops organised in Côte d’Ivoire in May 2023 with the German Alliance for Trade Facilitation and under the aegis of the EU-WCO Programme for the Harmonized System in Africa funded by the EU. The workshops were part of a wider capacity-building programme to support Côte d’Ivoire in meeting its WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement obligations - in particular, Article 3 of the TFA which requires signatory parties to provide an option to apply advance rulings on origin and classification.
Segba Jean Soro
The EU communication on tariff classification is of interest to anyone using or considering using Binding Tariff Information (BTI) decisions, as well as anyone interested in the correct classification … of goods. Let's take a look at some of the international measures published in the latest communication that concern the classification of smartwatches, robots, food supplements, dental products, festive articles, parts and accessories and a conservatory (garden room).
Ingrida Sakalienė
The EU communication on tariff classification is of interest to anyone using or considering using Binding Tariff Information (BTI) decisions, as well as anyone interested in the correct classification of goods. Let's take a look at some of the international measures published in the latest communication that concern the classification of smartwatches, robots, food supplements, dental products, festive articles, parts and accessories and a conservatory (garden room).
Ingrida Sakalienė
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