Customs and Tariff Bureau (CTB) announces updated HS Classification rules

関税局―関税率表解説及び国際分類例規の改定と追加 3月5日


Customs and Tariff Bureau (CTB) announces updated HS Classification rules

CTB announces as under that classification rules are revised and they are going to be effective from April 1.

These revisions and additions are reflection of WCO HS Classification Committee’s discussions and decisions. WCO usually releases the results of the Committee’s meeting results in English and French but it has not yet shares the documents. Or I have not been able to spot the news in the WCO’s homepage by now.

HS Explanatory Note revision and addition

http://www.customs.go.jp/kaisei/tsutatsu/H31tsutatsu/H31tsutatsu0288/annex01.pdf

HS Classification Opinion revision and addition

http://www.customs.go.jp/kaisei/tsutatsu/H31tsutatsu/H31tsutatsu0288/annex02.pdf