Training course - is this course suitable for you?
Background: Commodity codes
Using the correct commodity code for your goods ensures minimised delays and smooth trade, accurate taxation, and necessary compliance with Customs regulations.
- Completing Customs Declarations & other paperwork: You apply your commodity codes to any paperwork when exporting and importing, including your Customs declarations.
- The amount of Tax and Duty being paid: The commodity code you use influences the amount of tax and duty you pay when importing or exporting products to different countries.
- Legal and Safety Compliance: Correct commodity codes ensure compliance with legal and safety regulations, especially for dangerous or restricted items.
Navigating complex export documentation and compliance is challenging.
This course offers practical tools to determine the correct commodity code to use, supporting the optimisation of Customs processes for your global shipments.
Is it for me?
The course is ideal if you:
- Work in an import or export environment and need to navigate how and which commodity codes are used to support Customs compliance.
- Receive orders from outside of the UK and then complete the relevant paperwork to move the goods overseas.
- Want expert advice to broaden your Customs knowledge, support cost effective business processes, ensure compliance and mitigate risk.
Course content
The international system for coding products for Customs purposes when we trade internationally is generally regarded as complex and difficult to understand.
The penalties for wrongly assigning a code to a product could be severe, and relying on a freight forwarder’s judgement does not release the producer or shipper from responsibility for accurately describing the goods.
This half-day course will explore the implications of using the incorrect codes for your goods, not just for you but for your customer, and will also include guidance on the UK Global Tariff.
Course topics:
- Background to Trade Commodity Codes
- Make up of a commodity code
- General Interpretive Rules (GIR)
- Building a commodity code
- How to find a commodity code
- Hard to classify goods
- Advanced Tariff Ruling
- Things to consider
- UK Global Tariff
- Summary
How to book
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Member’s fee: £200 + VAT
Non-member’s fee: £270 + VAT
Looking to continue learning after the course?
This course is part of our British Chamber (BCC) accredited course collection.
Attendees of a BCC course have the opportunity to work towards gaining the Foundation Award in International trade – a nationally recognised qualification gained from completing six BCC accredited modules of training.
If you would like to find out how to gain this achievement, talk to the team today.Not looking to gain a qualification, but wanting the flexibility to learn specific guidance on your chosen topic?
You are welcome to book and join the course without being enrolled in the Foundation Award collection.
Interested in working with us to create quality course content for your bespoke business requirements?
Our team are experienced in crafting tailored training delivery programmes to meet your specific needs. Contact us to discuss how we would approach this with you.
Ts&Cs
*Any cancellations must be confirmed via email to training@birmingham-chamber.com and must be given within 5 working days clear of the original event date. For any cancellations given less than 5 working days before the event, fees will not be refunded.
This also counts for non-attendance. If the course is due to run again in the future, delegates can opt to transfer to the next available date. A £50 fee will still be issued to cover the costs already incurred.
*Please note, the aim is always to finish at the time provided above, but please allow extra time depending on how many delegates are on the course, as there may be more questions for the trainer to answer.
