Tariff Schedule in the United States

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States

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Tariff Schedule and the International Trade Law

Concept of Tariff Schedule in Foreign Trade

A definition of Tariff Schedule in relation with foreign trade is provided here: A comprehensive list or schedule of goods with applicable duty rates to be paid or charged for each listed article as it enters or leaves a country.

Concept of Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States Annotated (HTSA) in Foreign Trade

A definition of Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States Annotated (HTSA) in relation with foreign trade is provided here: The import statistics are initially collected and compiled in terms of approximately 18,000 10-digit commodity codes in the HTSA. The HTSA is maintained by the U.S. International Trade Commission and is based on the 2-, 4-, and 6-digit headings and subheadings of the international Harmonized System (HS). The HTSA is revised and published at least twice annually; new codes are usually effective January 1 and July 1. Suggested changes to the statistical requirements of the HTSA should be submitted in the form of a request to the 484(f) Committee. For more information, see http://hts.usitc.gov/.

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Further Reading

• Tariff Schedule entry in the Dictionary of International Trade Law (Raj Bhala)
• Tariff Schedule entry in the Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History (Thomas Carson; Mary Bonk)
• Tariff Schedule entry in the Dictionary of International Trade
• Tariff Schedule entry in the Dictionary of International Trade: Handbook of the Global Trade Community (Edward G. Hinkelman)