How Customs Actually Classifies Products: Understanding the General Rules of Interpretation (GRIs)
Most people assume tariff classification is a matter of opening the Harmonized Tariff Schedule, finding a product description that looks close enough, and selecting a number. That is not how classification works. The Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) is based on the Harmonized System (HS), a 6-digit list of numerical classification that […]