HS Classification Solutions

HS Classification errors cost importers and governments billions of dollars annually. The United States Government confirms that misclassification is the No. 1 cause of non-compliance- accounting for approximately 75% of all import violations. The Auditor General of Canada reports that 30% to 50% of all customs entries (depending on the industry examined) contain classification errors, impacting the operations of 90% of all export/import companies.

Classification errors occur because of:

• Complexity - The Harmonized System is an extremely complicated structure that describes products in technical and unfamiliar terms and is governed by a multitude of complex rules.
• Specialized knowledge requirement - A unique combination of knowledge of the Harmonized System rules and of the product is required to bridge the gap between how products are commonly described by their manufacturers and distributors and how they are expressed in the HS. Developing and retaining personnel with this knowledge is difficult and expensive.
• Manual processing - Without 3CE, classification is a time-consuming, manual process. Current classification tools deliver mostly irrelevant and/or incorrect results and depend on the depth of knowledge and experience of users.

3CE is a breakthrough in Commodity Code classification that applies state-of-the-art information technologies to translate common product descriptions used on invoices and product catalogues into the correct HS Code and retrieves the proper tariff rate for any country.

3CE is the solution to the needs of:

• Customs Brokers
• Import / Export
• Governments