Classification Detail
Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System 1996 (HS 1996)
Basic Bibliographic Information
• Status:
Superseded
[The current version is HS 2017]
• Type:
To Be Determined
• Citation:
N/A
• ISBN:
N/A
• Website:
• Custodian:
World Customs Organization
• Available Formats:
N/A
• Year Adopted:
1996
• Year Published:
1996
Available Languages (besides English):
Français, Español, Pусский, German, Portuguese Details...
Français
Système harmonisé de désignation et de codification des marchandises 1996 (SH 1996)
Español
Sistema armonizado de designación y codificación de mercancías 1996 (SA 1996)
Pусский
Гармонизированная система описания и ирования товаров 1996 (ГС 1996)
German
Harmonisierten System zur Bezeichnung und Codierung der Waren 1996 (HS 1996)
Portuguese
Sistema Harmonizado de Designação e de Codificação de Mercadorias 1996 (SH 1996)
• Availability:
Fully available in all of the languages above
Purpose of the Classification
• Statistical Domains (in CSA 2.0):
204 International trade
• Purpose:
Multi-purpose goods nomenclature used as the basis for customs tariffs and trade statistical nomenclatures all over the world
• Main Applications:
N/A
• Main Users:
N/A
Methodology
• Scope:
N/A
• Concept Being Classified:
goods
• Statistical Units:
Goods
• Main Principles:
N/A
• Relationships to Other International Classifications:
Related To:
Major Differences (Scope, Structure, and Concepts):
HS 1996 - SITC Rev. 2
HS 1996 - SITC Rev. 1
HS 1996 - BEC
Classification Structure
• Definition of Structure:
Level:
Level Name:
Code Format:
Number of Items:
Level 1
Sections
-
X items
Level 2
Chapters (2-digits)
-
X items
Level 3
Headings (4-digits)
-
X items
Level 4
One-dash or Two-dash Subheadings (6-digits)
-
X items
Revision Information
Chronology of revisions/versions of the classification:
Year Adopted:
Title or Version Number:
Website:
1996
2009
2009
-
HS 2007
-
HS 2002
-
HS 1992
-
HS 2007
-
HS 2002
-
HS 1992
• Official Adopting Entity:
• Coordinating Entity:
• Next Review:
2002
• Documenting Website:
Supporting Documents
• Coding Index Available:
No
• Correspondence with Other Classifications:
Classification:
Correspondence Table:
HS 1996 - SITC Rev. 2
HS 1996 - SITC Rev. 1
• Training Materials and Other Documents:
N/A
Contact Information
• Agency / Office:
World Customs Organization
• Unit:
Tariff and Trade Affairs Directorate
• Contact Name:
Director
• Email:
• Address:
Rue du Marché, 30
B-1210 Brussels
Belgium