Harmonized System Tariff & Classification Workshop

Understand your Responsibility with Customs Classifications

Harmonized System Tariff & Classification Workshop

Pacific Customs Brokers is offering a workshop on H.S. Tariff & Classification. This session will focus on the Harmonized Tariff and will be of interest to: Business Owners, Managers, Purchasers and Shippers related to importing all commercial goods into either Canada or the United States. This seminar will provide you with a solid foundation in the principles of commodity classification, along with information on obtaining binding rulings from Customs on your merchandise. You will also have a better understanding of how duties are determined and how certain Special Programs may assist you in lowering the duties that your business pays for imported goods.

Topics of the Workshop Include:
* Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System
* History and Development
* Structure and Legal Text
* General Rules of Interpretation
* Additional Classification Aids
* Binding Rulings
* Rates of Duty
* Informed Compliance and Shared Responsibility
* Actual Harmonized System Books, used as tools to ascertain H.S. Code

Presentation Speakers:
April Collier, LCB, CCS - Licensed Customs Broker and Certified Customs Specialist with over 25 years experience in the industry. April has been teaching Customs Brokerage Classes for over 15 years.
Laura Myers, LCB, CCS - Licensed Customs Broker and Certified Customs Specialist with 29 years experience in the industry.