1.0Livingston Internationalhttps://www.livingstonintl.comKelsey Cruzhttps://www.livingstonintl.com/author/kelsey-cruz/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="qDAYdKxdBL"><a href="https://www.livingstonintl.com/world-customs-organization-changes-2017-customs-tariff/">World Customs Organization Changes in the 2017 Customs Tariff</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.livingstonintl.com/world-customs-organization-changes-2017-customs-tariff/embed/#?secret=qDAYdKxdBL" width="600" height="338" title="“World Customs Organization Changes in the 2017 Customs Tariff” — Livingston International" data-secret="qDAYdKxdBL" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://cdn.livingstonintl.com/livingston-content/uploads/2017/02/25230144/07-WCO-changes.jpg900600By Paul J. Diamond, GTM Governance, Canada The World Customs Organization (WCO) Harmonized System (HS) of Classification provides the Customs tariff base for all member countries. The first six digits of the ten-digit classification, section and chapter notes are uniform for all countries. The final four digits are determined by each country along with the... Read more »