Carriers require Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) Codes for the contents of all international shipments. Failure to provide valid HTS Codes will be considered non-compliant and could result in fines, penalties, delivery delays, rejections (returned), or parcel destruction.
We encourage you to reach out to your vendors and manufacturers who should be able to provide HTS codes for your products. However, you can also view HTS codes provided by the United States International Trade Commission here. Reading the General Notes; General Rules of Interpretation; General Statistical Notes is strongly recommended. Consulting with your tax attorney or accountant is also highly advised, as these values control the duties and taxes assessed to shipments to international customers.
From the USITC site, you can use the search tool. By doing a search for "hat," you'll see that it finds 18 possible matches. The left pane in the screenshot below shows the possible sections and as you click on each of these, the body of the page changes. As you can see, this information is very detailed.
In the Item setup in My.Amplifier, we support up to 10 digits in the HTS field. Our preference is all 10 with no delimiters. However, if you only have 4 or 6 or 8 digits, we will add zeros to the end in our manifest to the carrier, totaling 10 characters.
As an example, any of the following entries could be acceptable for a motorcycle helmet:
6506
650610
65061060
6506106030
Don't enter the period when entering HTS codes in My.Amplifier.
If you have any questions, please email Amplifier Client Success at help@amplifier.com.
This content provides general information to merchants who ship goods internationally and is for informational purposes only. Export classification systems change often and without notice. You are responsible for reviewing and using this information appropriately.
Per Amplifier policies linked below, Amplifier will not be liable for product loss due to lack of or incorrect HTS assignment for client items, or for improperly assessed duties, taxes, customs clearance or other fees charged by entities outside of Amplifier.