Harmonized System - Textiles Event, 10.Mar.2025

Introduction

The HS is used by more than 200 countries and economies as the basis of their national tariff and statistical nomenclatures. Over 98 % of the merchandise in international trade is classified in terms of the HS. It comprises about 5,000 commodity groups; each identified by a six-digit code, arranged in a legal and logical structure and is supported by well-defined rules to achieve uniform classification. It entered into force on 1 January 1988. The Harmonized System is also periodically updated and it is now the 6th edition, the 2017 version that is implemented.

Course Objectives of Harmonized System - Textiles

• Introduce you to the vital importance of applying a uniform nomenclature.
• Analyse the structure of the Harmonized System Nomenclature and how to apply it.
• Help you understand the classification of:
  • Raw hides and skins, leather, furskins;
  • Textiles and textile articles;
  • Silk, wool, cotton, vegetable textile fibres, man-made filaments, man-made staple fibres;
  • Wadding, special woven fabrics, tufted textile fabrics, lace, tapestries;
  • Knitted or crocheted fabrics;
  • Footwear, headgear, umbrellas, walking-sticks, whips, feathers, artificial flowers, articles of human hair.
• Guide you on using the Harmonized System in a consistent and effective manner, and thus facilitate the smooth movement of your company’s goods.
• Assist you on avoiding misclassified entries which can lead not only to significant delays in releasing goods but possibly fines, penalties and seizures of merchandise by the local Customs authorities, creating a huge disruption to the business. 

Course Outlines of Harmonized System - Textiles

Day 1

Introduction

• Introduction to the Harmonized System
• Raw hides and skins, leather, furskins
• Articles of animal gut (other than silk-worm gut)

Day 2-3

Understand the classification

• Textiles and textile articles: general presentation
• Silk, wool, cotton, vegetable textile fibres, man-made filaments, man-made staple fibres
• Wadding; special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace; tapestries
• Knitted or crocheted fabrics
• What's new in 2017?

Day 4-5

Using the Harmonized System

• Footwear, headgear, umbrellas, walking-sticks, whips; feathers; artificial flowers; articles of human hair
• Post-course questions

Note: At the end of this course, each participant is eligible for one month after the course follow-up and questions with the instructor. This is to make sure that our participants get to discuss and apply what they have learned in the course