Who should attend:

  • Those who work in an import or export environment and need to navigate how and which commodity codes are used to support Customs compliance.
  • Receive orders from outside of the UK and then complete the relevant paperwork to move the goods overseas. 
  • Want expert advice to broaden your Customs knowledge, support cost effective business processes, ensure compliance and mitigate risk.

Course Content:

The international system for coding products for Customs purposes when we trade internationally is generally regarded as complex and difficult to understand.

The penalties for wrongly assigning a code to a product could be severe, and relying on a freight forwarder’s judgement does not release the producer or shipper from responsibility for accurately describing the goods.

This half day course will explore the implications of using the incorrect codes for your goods, not just for you but for your customer, and will also include guidance on the UK Global Tariff.

Course Outcomes:

Each attendee will take away vital knowledge on the following topics:

  • Background to Trade Commodity Codes
  • Make up of a commodity code
  • General Interpretive Rules (GIR)
  • How to build a commodity code
  • How to find a commodity code
  • Hard to classify goods
  • What help is available
  • Advanced Tariff Ruling – what is it and how might it help?
  • Things to consider
  • UK Global Tariff
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