1.0Livingston Internationalhttps://www.livingstonintl.comKaren Jasperhttps://www.livingstonintl.com/author/livingston-karen/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="jjef44bV4T"><a href="https://www.livingstonintl.com/plan-ahead-for-the-2017-wco-harmonized-system-updates-2/">Plan Ahead for the 2017 WCO Harmonized System Updates</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.livingstonintl.com/plan-ahead-for-the-2017-wco-harmonized-system-updates-2/embed/#?secret=jjef44bV4T" width="600" height="338" title="“Plan Ahead for the 2017 WCO Harmonized System Updates” — Livingston International" data-secret="jjef44bV4T" 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/2016/01/25230327/240x160-Plan-ahead-for-the-2017-WCO-HS-updates.jpg240160Written by Philip Sutter; U.S. Consulting The World Customs Organization (WCO) updates the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System, or Harmonized System (HS), every five years. The next update is coming up soon, on January 1, 2017. There are 153 contracting parties to the HS each with their own country specific tariff. The Harmonized System... Read more »