Customs Tariff Classification and Export Control Classification

Overview

The most fundamental task in international trade is determining the correct customs tariff classifications and export control classifications for a product. Subsequently, it is critical to consistently apply these classifications once they have been established. Global classification can be a difficult undertaking but is an essential part of customs and trade compliance. Without  correct classifications, it is not possible to achieve the correct customs duty calculation or preferential treatment determination.

It is  common that people in different divisions of a company often make different decisions about customs tariff and export control classifications. This usually causes duplicative effort and inconsistent results for the same product. Furthermore, in an international environment, with multiple national tariffs, commodity lists, languages, complex interpretive notes and preferential duty rates, classification is quite difficult to manage. This leads to inconsistencies which are “red flags” to authorities, resulting in costly fines and penalties. To avoid this, a central and standardized product classification process is required.

MIC's Central Classification System (MIC CCS) offers a cost-effective solution for the determination, assignment and validation of customs tariffs classifications and export control classifications according to particular customs tariffs and export control commodity lists. Additionally, MIC CCS contains all necessary content in a user-friendly format. Most importantly, the software allows clearly structured control of the entire product classification process at a global level.

Global product customs tariff classification and export control classification

  • A global customs and export control item resp. product master, fully integrated with ERP systems
  • Stores, classifies and validates products against national customs tariffs and export control commodity lists
  • Fully automated, semi-automated, or manual workflow-based assignment of the customs tariff and export control classification for multiple countries
  • Automated customs tariff and export control classification based on company specific product characteristics (user-defined configurable select and matching rules)
  • Automated suggestion logic for customs tariff and export control classification based on intelligent matching algorithms using artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI&ML)
  • Automated customs tariff and export control classification of recurring articles
  • Automatically updated classifications throughout your organization due to cross-classification rules
  • Efficient transnational mass re-classification of multiple articles (e.g. for annual changes of customs tariffs)
  • Consistent customs tariff and export control classification through application of user-defined decision trees
  • Customs tariff and export control classification assignment for a new country based on that of another country (cross-classification)
  • Dashboard for quick overview and navigation to open classification requests
  • Integration of documents and images of the products (document management) used in the analysis and review of the product

Simplified data management

  • User-friendly look-up of customs tariffs, export control commodity lists, as well as duty, tax and trade measures by means of a search assistant
  • Easy transfer of part data to be classified via interfaces with ERP systems and third-party service providers
  • Complete audit trail as well as customs tariff/export control classification history for each item
  • Full audit trail in case of revision
  • Global workflow management of classification tasks, performed from one or many locations
  • Data analytics for analysis and optimization of the quality in the customs tariff and export control classification processes

Optimized communication interfaces

  • Site-specific access to customs tariff/export control classification data
  • Web access to global customs tariff/export control classification data base (internet, intranet)
  • Regularly updated trade content by MIC’s Global Trade Content Service (GTCS) for more than 150 countries via fully automated interfaces to selected national and international content partners (e.g. national authorities, Mendel Verlag, PST.AG, etc.)
Benefits

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Avoids double effort & inconsistency

due to cross-country workflow-based standardized product classification

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Cost-efficient product classification

according to the national customs tariffs as well as export control commodity lists

02

Facilitates the determination

validation as well as allocation of customs tariff classification and export control classification numbers for a product through intelligent matching algorithm

05

User-friendly

format and look-up functionalities by means of search assistant 

03

Allows global control

of the entire product customs tariff classification and export control classification process

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Regularly updated trade content

for more than 150 countries via fully automatic interfaces to selected national and international content partners

Resources

UK and India agree new trade partnership

Legislation | | MIC Customs Solutions |

An Enhanced Trade Partnership has been agreed between the UK and India.


The UK and India have agreed a new trade partnership that both sides hope will lay the foundations for a full free trade agreement at some point in the future.

British international trade secretary Liz Truss concluded a five-day visit to India this week and ministers have said the result is an Enhanced Trade Partnership (ETP) to boost bilateral trade and economic relations between the countries.

The deal will make it easier for investors and exporters to do business together, deepening trade ties and allowing products such as Welsh lamb into Indian markets for the first time.

Ms Truss said the deal marks a "new chapter as an outward-looking global Britain", as well as creating "opportunities for UK businesses that were simply not there as part of the EU".

She also called India an "economic powerhouse" and said trade relations there are "absolutely a priority" for the UK post-Brexit.

"Together, we can help set new and better standards for modern trade in the 21st century," the minister concluded.

It comes after foreign secretary Dominic Raab said last year that the UK is determined to forge new deals in future growth areas after having been "too myopically-focused on Europe" in the past.

The partnership is to be formally launched when British prime minister Boris Johnson visits India himself later this year.

Meanwhile, a source at Downing Street told the Daily Express the ETP was a "golden Brexit bonanza" for trade, particularly in the technology industry.

India is the second-largest investor in the UK after the US and invested in 120 British projects in 2018-19, according to the UK Department for International Trade.

Meanwhile, the UK was the biggest European market for India's exported goods in 2019-20.

Not only will Britain no doubt be glad to have forged another strong relationship after its exit from the European Union, but India is also likely to be pleased to demonstrate its commitment to free trade after its controversial withdrawal from Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership negotiations in 2019.

An agreement with the UK - and the potential for a more substantial deal later on - will also make the Asian nation less reliant on China, which will be an attractive prospect while their relationship remains diplomatically rocky.
 


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