2012 HS Impact

• 53 Chapters Impacted
• 175 Subheadings Removed
• 329 Subheadings Added
• 38 Subheadings Changed

Key Industries Impacted

• Agriculture
• Cameras/Projectors/Optical Media
• Fish and Wildlife
• Foods/Grocery
• Petroleum
• Video Games
• Weapons

Tips to Consider In Your Preparation for the Changes:

1. Look at Global Impact Now
   • Take a look all of your products to come up with a distinct list of WCO 6 digit subheadings
   • Determine the 6 digit subheadings that will be impacted by WCO 2012 Changes
   
   
2. Plan Globally
• Go ahead and determine the new 6 digit WCO 2012 HS Number for each of your products that are impacted; this will minimize the time it takes to do country specific classifications


3. Stay up-to-date when countries release their 2012 HS information
   • Determine what your source for each of the countries tariff schedule will be for your company
   • Sign up for email notification or come up with a plan to determine how to become aware a tariff schedule has updated
   • Countries may release their 2012 Tariff Schedule before January 1, 2012, and this will allow for you to classify prior to the date it takes affect

WCO Correlation Table

Download the correlation table that provides you with all of the 2007 WCO numbers being updated and the corresponding 2012 HS numbers.

Within the table, you will see the field for type of change. Here is a key to understanding what each of those mean:

• Replace – This means that the HS Numbers in the 2007 are replaced with the HS Numbers in the 2012 HS Number Column
• Update – The description of this heading or subheading was updated
• New – This is a new HS Number with the 2012 WCO HS Updates
• Delete – This 2007 HS number has been removed

Country Specific Notes Related to WCO 2012 HS Update

Below are links to individual country resources related to the 2012 HS Updates. Please check back regularly for updates to this as information is made public.

WCO 2012 HS Amendments - http://www.wcoomd.org/files/1.%20Public%20files/PDFandDocuments/HarmonizedSystem/HS%20Overview/NG0163B1.pdf

WCO Spreadsheet that indicates all of the impacts - click here

Australia 2012 HS Updates - http://www.customs.gov.au/tariff/hs2012.asp

EU Official Journal Highlighting 2012 HS Changes - http://eur-lex.europa.eu/JOHtml.do?uri=OJ:L:2011:282:SOM:EN:HTML

US Proposed Changes for 2012 (NOTE: The US HS changes will not go into force until after these are approved by the President of the United States) - http://www.usitc.gov/tariff_affairs/hts_documents/1205-7FinalReport.pdf 

Brazil Federal Register Update (NOTE: Brazile has not indicated the Fully Qualified HS Numbers yet) - http://www.in.gov.br/visualiza/index.jsp?data=26/10/2011&jornal=1&pagina=31&totalArquivos=240

ALADI 2012 Updates -  Currently, there is not any information for the South American ALADI Countries.  The information will be available once it has been approved by the government of each country. In 2007 - Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay approved the HS Updates in January, Argentina in May, and Ecuador was in October.  However, Venezuela never approved the 2007 resolution and might approve both 2007 and 2012 at the same time. 

Norway 2012 HS Updates - http://www.toll.no/upload/tolltariffen/NG0163B1.pdf

France 2012 HS Updates - https://pro.douane.gouv.fr/rita/actualites/ASP/affich_modifications_nomenclatures.asp

Canada 2012 HS Updates - http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/trade-commerce/tariff-tarif/2011/menu-eng.html

Hong Kong 2012 HS Updates -- Chapters 1-50: http://www.statistics.gov.hk/publication/classification_list/B2XX00192012XXXXB0100.pdf

Hong Kong 2012 HS Updates - Chapters 51-97: http://www.statistics.gov.hk/publication/classification_list/B2XX00202012XXXXB0100.pdf

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