Tag: HTS Classification

  • Tariff Engineering Services: How Smart Product Design Can Save You Millions

    The Intersection of Product Design and Trade Policy What if modest changes to your product’s design, materials, or condition at importation could move it into a different tariff classification with a materially lower duty rate? Tariff engineering is the deliberate, legal practice of designing products with their tariff classification in mind. How Tariff Engineering Works…

  • HTS Code Classification Consulting: Getting Your Tariff Codes Right

    Why Classification Is the Most Important Decision in Your Import Program Every imported product needs an HTS code. That code determines duty rate, eligibility for preferential treatment, whether it is subject to quotas or trade remedy duties, and whether specific agency requirements apply. Get it right, and compliance falls into place. Get it wrong, and…