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The Harmonized Tariff Schedule classifies a good based on its name, use, and/or the material used in its construction and assigns it a ten-digit classification code number, and there are over 17,000 unique classification code numbers. Although the U.S. International Trade Commission publishes and maintains the Schedule in its various forms, U.S ...
NAFTA GDP – 2012: IMF – World Economic Outlook Databases (October 2013) The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA / ˈ n æ f t ə / NAF-tə; Spanish: Tratado de Libre Comercio de América del Norte, TLCAN; French: Accord de libre-échange nord-américain, ALÉNA) was an agreement signed by Canada, Mexico, and the United States that created a trilateral trade bloc in North America.
The Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System, also known as the Harmonized System ( HS) of tariff nomenclature is an internationally standardized system of names and numbers to classify traded products. It came into effect in 1988 and has since been developed and maintained by the World Customs Organization (WCO) (formerly the Customs ...
The Agreement between the United States of America, Mexico, and Canada (USMCA) [1] [Note 1] is a free trade agreement between the United States, Mexico, and Canada.It replaced the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) implemented in 1994, [2] [3] [4] and is sometimes characterized as "NAFTA 2.0", [5] [6] [7] or "New NAFTA", [8] [9] since it largely maintains or updates the provisions of ...
A 'Harmonized System' code may be from four to ten digits. For example, 17.03 is the HS code for molasses from the extraction or refining of sugar . However, within 17.03, the number 17.03.90 stands for "Molasses (Excluding Cane Molasses)".
There are 6 General Rules in all, which must be applied in consecutive order. GRI 1 prescribes how to classify products at the 4-digit Heading level, based on the wording of the headings and the relative HS Section and Chapter Notes. GRI 2 prescribes how to classify both incomplete and unassembled goods, and mixtures and combinations of goods.
The Tariff Act of 1930 (codified at 19 U.S.C. ch. 4 ), commonly known as the Smoot–Hawley Tariff or Hawley–Smoot Tariff, [1] was a law that implemented protectionist trade policies in the United States. Sponsored by Senator Reed Smoot and Representative Willis C. Hawley, it was signed by President Herbert Hoover on June 17, 1930.
Passed the House on June 28, 1962 (298–125) Passed the Senate on September 19, 1962 (78–8) Agreed to by the Senate on and by the House on. Signed into law by President John F. Kennedy on October 11, 1962. The Trade Expansion Act of 1962 ( Pub. L. 87–794, 76 Stat. 872, enacted October 11, 1962, codified at 19 U.S.C. ch. 7) is an American ...