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2024 U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule Guide

The International Trade Commission has posted the 2024 Basic Edition of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule, with changes taking effect on 1 January 2024. To help trade professionals stay current on these tariff revisions and statistical reporting changes, International Trade Today is offering a complimentary overview: the 2024 U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule Guide.

Harmonized Tariff Schedule July 2023 Summary

The International Trade Commission's latest round of changes to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule became effective July 1, 2023. To help trade professionals stay current on the latest tariff revisions and statistical reporting changes, International Trade Today is offering a complimentary summary guide: the Harmonized Tariff Schedule Summary of Updates.

2022 Sanctions and Export Enforcement Recap

Export regulators set enforcement records in 2022 on the backs of significant sanction activity against Russia, technology restrictions against China, and a number of other new controls. To help export compliance professionals, trade lawyers and others stay up to date with current enforcement trends, Export Compliance Daily has prepared the complimentary 2022 Sanctions and Export Enforcement Recap.

2023 U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule Guide

The International Trade Commission's latest round of changes to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule became effective on January 1, 2023. To help trade professionals stay current on these tariff revisions and statistical reporting changes, International Trade Today is offering a complimentary overview: the 2023 U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule Guide.

Special Report on Robocall Scourge

Robocalls and texts currently represent the FCC's largest source of complaints, with an estimated 4.4 billion calls generating 161,000 complaints in 2021 alone. In this special investigative report, Communications Daily's editors review the current sources and scale of the robocall scourge, examine legislative and judicial actions attempting to address the issue at the federal and state levels, and look to other countries' efforts for potential solutions. 

2022 U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule Guide

The International Trade Commission's latest round of changes to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule will become effective January 27, 2022. To help trade professionals stay current on the most extensive tariff revisions and statistical reporting changes made in the last five years, International Trade Today is offering a complimentary overview: the 2022 U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule Guide.

Summary of Commerce's AD/CVD Final Rule

The Commerce Department recently released its final rule making extensive changes to its antidumping and countervailing duty regulations. Intended to strengthen the administration, enforcement, and efficiency of AD/ CVD laws, the final rule significantly clarifies and codifies the scope ruling process among other changes.

To support customs and trade law professionals, Trade Law Daily is pleased to present our Summary of Final Rule to 'Improve Administration and Enforcement' of AD/CVD Laws.

Harmonized Tariff Schedule July 2021 Summary

The International Trade Commission's latest round of changes to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule became effective July 1, 2021. To help trade professionals stay current on the latest tariff revisions and statistical reporting changes, International Trade Today is offering a complimentary summary guide: the Harmonized Tariff Schedule Summary of Updates.

2020 CBP Rulings and Revocations Summary

In 2020, CBP published several thousand prospective rulings in the CROSS database. The 2020 CBP Rulings and Revocations summary covers the significant rulings and decisions reviewed by ITT in 2020 to help importers classify shipments appropriately and understand the regulator's position on areas such as Section 301 tariffs from China, the substantial transformation standard as it relates to the trade remedies, the application of Section 321 to unsold merchandise and the ability to store backup customs broker records on cloud servers outside the United States.

2021 U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule Guide

International Trade Today's 2021 U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule Guide summarizes the International Trade Commission's changes posted to the 2021 Preliminary Edition of the HTS on January 1. This guide provides valuable trade compliance information for business working in the following countries of origin and products:

Special Report on Communications Diversity

This special report summarizes Communications Daily's 2020 reporting on staffing diversity at the FCC and the media and telecom industry. While progress has been made in some areas, the report finds that much of the nation's telecom leadership has room to improve the composition of its workforce and executives in order to better reflect the demographics of the United States. 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule July 2020 Summary

The International Trade Commission's latest round of changes to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule became effective July 1, 2020. To help trade professionals stay current on the latest tariff revisions, new tariff numbers, and units of quantity changes, International Trade Today is offering a complimentary summary guide the Harmonized Tariff Schedule Summary of Updates.

2019 CBP Rulings and Revocations Summary

The 2019 CBP Rulings and Revocations summary includes a number of rulings addressing Section 301 tariffs from China, as well as decisions in multiple areas. 

2020 U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule Guide

The International Trade Commission’s latest changes to the 2020 Basic Edition of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule took effect on January 1, 2020  To help trade professionals keep current on tariff requirements and understand what has changed since the last revision to the online HTS, International Trade Today is pleased to offer this complimentary 2020 U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule Guide 

2019 Sanctions and Export Enforcement Recap

2019 saw heavy export regulatory activity across BIS, the Justice Department and OFAC, which leveled the highest total of civil penalties in its history.  To help export compliance and trade law professionals keep current on enforcement trends and understand evolving policy, Export Compliance Daily is pleased to offer this 2019 Sanctions and Export Enforcement Recap.

Harmonized Tariff Schedule July 2019 Summary

The International Trade Commission's latest round of changes to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule became effective July 1, 2019. To help trade professionals stay current on the latest tariff revisions, new tariff numbers, and GSP changes, International Trade Today is offering a complimentary summary guide the Harmonized Tariff Schedule Summary of Updates.

Special Report on Emergency Communications

This Special Report on Emergency Communications details the challenges of modernizing systems 911, and other hurdles to further improving public safety. The six articles by Communications Daily journalists are the result of months of research, interviews, document reviews and public-records requests.

2019 U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule Guide

Though not posted until the beginining of February the latest round of changes made by the International Trade Commission to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule came into effect on January 1, 2019. To help trade professionals summarize these changes, International Trade Today is offering the 2019 U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule Guide.

2018 CBP Rulings and Revocations Summary

The 2018 CBP Rulings and Revocations Summary provides a list of CBP’s 2018 rulings and legal decisions covered by International Trade Today to help you make business decisions based on how your goods will be treated upon importation.  These rulings addressed topics such as issues classification, country of origin, marking and preferential treatment, valuation, drawback, exclusion order enforcement, liquidation, and more.

Medical Devices Classification Guide

International Trade Today’s Medical Devices Classification Guide details the classification of devices in Heading 9018 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule. From Explanatory Notes within the heading to medical device terms and product examples, this guide will aid and expedite the classification of medical devices.

Footwear Classification Guide

Based on CBP’s presentation to the industry, International Trade Today’s Footwear Classification Guide details the classification of footwear in Chapter 64 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule. This paper also includes explanatory notes, treasury decisions and footwear definitions.

Harmonized Tariff Schedule July 2018 Summary

The International Trade Commission's latest round of changes to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule became effective July 1, 2018. To help trade professionals stay current on the latest tariff revisions, new tariff numbers, and GSP changes, International Trade Today is offering a free summary guide the Harmonized Tariff Schedule Summary of Updates.

Pharmaceuticals Tariff Classification Guide

Based on CBP’s recent presentation to the industry, International Trade Today’s Pharmaceuticals Tariff Classification Guide details the classification of pharmaceuticals and other compounds recognized as drugs in Chapters 29 and 30 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule. This white paper also includes links to relevant CBP rulings, informed compliance documents and court cases, as well as the CBP’s preferred procedure for obtaining a ruling on a pharmaceutical compound from its binding rulings program.

Drug and Device Customs Rulings Summary Q1 2018

Life Sciences Trade Alert’s Drug and Device Customs Rulings Summary is now available as a FREE resource for trade compliance professionals in the healthcare sector! Get all of CBP’s prospective rulings affect the pharmaceutical, medical device and biotechnology sectors in one convenient report. This two-part summary includes coverage of the first quarter of 2018, as well as a list of rulings issued by CBP’s National Commodity Specialist Division detailing the products subjected to ruling requests and CBP’s decision on their tariff classification.

2017 CBP Rulings and Revocations Summary

The 2017 CBP Rulings and Revocations Summary provides a list of CBP’s 2017 rulings and legal decisions covered by International Trade Today to help you make business decisions based on how your goods will be treated upon importation.  These rulings addressed topics such as issues classification, country of origin, marking and preferential treatment, valuation, drawback, exclusion order enforcement, liquidation, and more.

2018 U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule Guide

The International Trade Commission’s latest round of changes to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule became effective on January 1, 2018. To help trade professionals keep current on the latest GSP/AGOA provisions, new and amended statistical suffixes, duty-free changes and more, International Trade Today is pleased to offer our readers the 2018 U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule Guide.

The Pai Perspective

In a special report The Pai Perspective: A Look at the FCC’s New Deregulatory Leadership, the award-winning editorial team at Communications Daily examines the chair’s history prior to the FCC, his record so far, and his priorities for his term.

Harmonized Tariff Schedule July 2017 Summary

The International Trade Commission's latest round of changes to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule became effective July 1, 2017. To help trade professionals stay current on the latest tariff revisions, new tariff numbers, and GSP changes, International Trade Today is offering a free summary guide the Harmonized Tariff Schedule Summary of Updates.

FDA Foreign Supplier Verification Program Guide

Beginning May 30th, U.S. food importers must meet the FDA’s mandate to ensure their foreign suppliers meet U.S. food safety standards. To help you understand how these new regulations will be implemented and enforced, International Trade Today has prepared a complimentary FDA Foreign Supplier Verification Program Compliance Guide.

2016 CBP Rulings and Revocations Summary

CBP published approximately 4,000 prospective rulings and revoked or modified more than 80 others in 2016 addressing topics such as valuation, drawback, liquidation and more. The 2016 CBP Rulings and Revocations Summary provides a list of rulings and legal decisions to help you make decisions based on how your goods will be treated upon importation.

2017 U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule Guide

The Preliminary Edition of the 2017 Harmonized Tariff Schedule took effect January 1st with some of the most extensive changes to the tariff schedule since 2012, the last time the WCO nomenclature was updated. The editors of International Trade Today have compiled a comprehensive and complimentary guide detailing every one of the changes that will impact trade professionals for the foreseeable future. 

The Course of Net Neutrality

Net neutrality has been heavily challenged in the courts and faces an uncertain future under the Trump administration. To help the telecommunications industry understand where net neutrality regulation has come from, and where it might be going, the editors of Communications Daily have assembled a special report: The Course of Net Neutrality.

WCO Harmonized System 2017 Update Guide

On January 1, 2017, the World Customs Organization is implementing amendments to the Harmonized System (HS) Nomenclature. These changes include 242 sets of amendments that apply to more than seven industry sectors, and most were prompted by environmental and social concerns expressed by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. As a free service to the trade industry, International Trade Today’s experts have compiled a comprehensive Tariff Changes Under the WCO Harmonized System 2017 Update Guide.

Information Technology Agreement Tariff Guide

On July 1 2016, the U.S. and 51 other countries launched an eight-year effort that will strike tariffs on more than $180 billion in yearly U.S. tech exports in key markets around the globe. The WTO Expanded Information Technology Agreement will ultimately affect 450 tariff lines on 201 information technology categories representing 80% of all currently traded product lines. And, as a free service to the industry, International Trade Today has compiled a reference guide summarizing the changes to the U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule that will transform information technology trade around the world.

Customs Reauthorization Compliance Guide

The Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act affects the operations of every customs broker and importer operating in the United States. As the most comprehensive, trusted news source for customs brokers and trade professionals, International Trade Today is proud to help keep you current on this legislation through our Customs Reauthorization Compliance Guide.