HS Nomenclature 2017 edition

This section contains the text of the Nomenclature established under the International Convention on the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System, effective from 1 January 2017.

Amendments effective from 1 January 2017

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.

Complementary amendments to the Harmonized System

Complementary amendments to the HS Nomenclature 2017 Edition have been accepted as a result of the Council Recommendation of 11 June 2015. These further amendments enter into force on 1 January 2018. The HS Contracting Parties are, however, encouraged to apply these amendments from 1 January 2017.

Corrigendum amendments to the HS Nomenclature 2017 Edition

The WCO Council, at its 127th/128th Sessions in July 2016, adopted a number of minor corrigendum amendments to the HS Nomenclature 2017 Edition, in order to correct a few editorial errors found in the Recommendation of 27 June 2014, concerning the amendment of the HS Nomenclature to enter into force on 1 January 2017.

Correlation Tables HS 2012 – 2017

06 May 2015

This section contains the tables correlating the 2012 and 2017 versions of the Harmonized System (HS), as drawn up by the World Customs Organization Secretariat in accordance with instructions received from the Harmonized System Committee.