Why Should You Attend:
The Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) is used by over 200 countries, territories, or customs unions around the world to assign a number to each product to establish the appropriate duty that should be paid when goods are imported into a country. The HTS is also used to determine whether goods are subject to quotas or free trade agreements. Proper classification is also vital for establishing eligibility under many free trade agreements, i.e. completion of the USMCA Certificate of Origin for trade between U.S., Canada, and Mexico as well as trade agreements between the U.S. and Chile, Singapore, Australia, and the Central America-Dominican Republic.
Agenda
- History and Legal Text of HTS
- Structure of the HTS
- General Rules of Interpretation 1 through 6
- Examples of the Rules
- Additional U.S. Rules 1(a) through 1(d)
- General Notes
- Classification Rulings
- Best Practices for HTS Written Procedures
- Resources
Speakers
Jan Seal is a management consultant on international trade and a licensed customhouse broker with over 40 years of experience in imports and exports. Ms. Seal is a frequent speaker/instructor at nation-wide seminars and webinars for international companies located around the world and international trade organizations. She is also a consultant for medium to multi-national companies on trade compliance. She has taught courses for import specialists at the U.S. National Customs Academy.She is the author of six books on various international trade topics available on Amazon.com. One of those books is "Tariff Classification Using the Harmonized Tariff Schedule".
She received her BA degree from California State University at Fullerton with a year of post-graduate work in education at the University of California, Riverside. She received her MBA at California State University, Dominguez Hills, and is a member of Delta Mu Delta National Honor Society in Business Administration.
Who Should Attend
- Importers and exporters
- Manufacturers
- Freight forwarders/customhouse brokers
- Attorneys
- Compliance personnel classifying goods under the HTS and qualifying goods under free trade agreements, ex. NAFTA and others
