Date: 04 March 2015
The WCO Harmonized System Committee (HSC) held its 55th Session from 11 to 20 March 2015 at the WCO headquarters in Brussels, where around 125 delegates representing 59 Contracting Parties to the HS Convention, WCO Member administrations and international organization attended.
Date: 21 April 2021
In order to keep up the momentum in the process of implementation of HS 2022 amendments, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) held a regional meeting of tariff experts, from 12 to 16 April 2021 in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.
Date: 23 September 2019
On 15 and 16 September 2019 the EU-WCO Programme for the Harmonized System (HS) in Africa organised a series of meetings with representatives of the Customs Administration of Somalia in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Date: 30 September 2015
The WCO Harmonized System Committee (HSC) held its 56th Session from 16 to 25 September 2015 at the WCO headquarters in Brussels, where around 120 delegates representing 62 Contracting Parties to the HS Convention, three WCO Member administrations and five international organizations attended.
Date: 10 October 2012
The Nomenclature Sub-Directorate deals with the development, maintenance, and promotion of the International Convention on the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (HS Code) and related issues such as pre-entry rulings. This work enhances the predictability and transparency of Customs controls to smooth the flow of internationally traded legal goods.
Date: 16 January 2017
The WCO manages the HS review process through the Harmonized System Committee – representing the Contracting Parties to the HS Convention – and more specifically through its HS Review Sub-Committee. Each Review Cycle typically lasts five years.
Date: 28 April 2017
At the invitation of the Oceania Customs Organisation (OCO) Secretariat, the WCO attended a Regional Workshop to assist OCO members with the uniform application and implementation of the Harmonized System (HS) 2017.
Date: 23 October 2015
Modification to the Correlation Tables between the 2012 and 2017 editions of the Harmonized System
Date: 24 March 2016
The 2017 Edition of the WCO Harmonized System Nomenclature will enter into force on 1 January 2017. It includes 233 sets of amendments, divided as follows : agricultural sector 85; chemical sector 45; wood sector 13; textile sector 15; base metal sector 6; machinery sector 25; transport sector 18; other sectors 26.
Date: 12 June 2020
HS 2022, which is the seventh edition of the Harmonized System (HS) nomenclature, is used worldwide for the uniform classification of goods traded internationally, and has been accepted by all Contracting Parties to the Harmonized System Convention. It shall enter into force on 1 January 2022.