https://htspilot.com/blog/ Guides to HS codes, the US HTS, EU TARIC and CN codes and customs compliance, with the official sources cited, from the team behind HTS Pilot. en https://htspilot.com/blog/ai-hts-classification-with-human-review/ https://htspilot.com/blog/ai-hts-classification-with-human-review/ Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT US HTS AI HTS classification can speed up tariff coding, but it cannot carry the legal duty. Where automation helps, where it fails and where people must review. https://htspilot.com/blog/de-minimis-suspension-hts-codes-small-shipments/ https://htspilot.com/blog/de-minimis-suspension-hts-codes-small-shipments/ Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT US HTS The US de minimis suspension means $800-and-under shipments now need entry, duties and 10-digit HTS codes. What changed in 2026 and what sellers must do. https://htspilot.com/blog/hts-chapter-99-additional-duties/ https://htspilot.com/blog/hts-chapter-99-additional-duties/ Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT US HTS HTS Chapter 99 explained: how 9903 headings add Section 301 and 232 duties, how to report them with your code, and what changed in US tariffs in 2026. https://htspilot.com/blog/eu-import-duty-and-taric-measures/ https://htspilot.com/blog/eu-import-duty-and-taric-measures/ Mon, 17 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT EU TARIC and CN How EU import duty is worked out from the TARIC code: customs value, third-country duty, preferences, anti-dumping, import VAT and the 2026 low-value rule. https://htspilot.com/blog/hts-updates-how-often-the-tariff-schedule-changes/ https://htspilot.com/blog/hts-updates-how-often-the-tariff-schedule-changes/ Mon, 10 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT US HTS HTS updates now arrive every few weeks. See how many revisions USITC published in 2024 to 2026, what drives them, and how to track changes to your codes. https://htspilot.com/blog/hts-codes-for-e-commerce-products/ https://htspilot.com/blog/hts-codes-for-e-commerce-products/ Mon, 03 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT US HTS HTS codes for e-commerce products, worked through with CBP rulings: T-shirts, leggings, phone cases, bottles, mugs, candles, earbuds and yoga mats. https://htspilot.com/blog/hs-code-for-chargers-cables-headphones/ https://htspilot.com/blog/hs-code-for-chargers-cables-headphones/ Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Product guides HS code for chargers, USB cables, headphones and power banks: the Chapter 85 headings, the EU CN 2026 lines and duties, and the borderline cases to check. https://htspilot.com/blog/hs-code-for-cosmetics/ https://htspilot.com/blog/hs-code-for-cosmetics/ Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Product guides HS code for cosmetics: how perfume, make-up, skin care, hair care, oral care, deodorants and soap fall in headings 3303 to 3307 and 3401, with EU duties. https://htspilot.com/blog/tariff-classification-audit-trail/ https://htspilot.com/blog/tariff-classification-audit-trail/ Mon, 13 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Trade compliance What a tariff classification audit trail should record for each product: facts, code, tariff version, rejected codes, sources and sign-off, with a template. https://htspilot.com/blog/customs-classification-compliance-checklist/ https://htspilot.com/blog/customs-classification-compliance-checklist/ Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Trade compliance A customs classification compliance checklist for US and EU importers: product data, method, rulings, review, records and tariff changes, and the rules. https://htspilot.com/blog/customs-misclassification-penalties/ https://htspilot.com/blog/customs-misclassification-penalties/ Mon, 29 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT US HTS Customs misclassification penalties under 19 U.S.C. 1592: the limits for negligence, gross negligence and fraud, liquidation, protests and prior disclosure. https://htspilot.com/blog/reasonable-care-tariff-classification/ https://htspilot.com/blog/reasonable-care-tariff-classification/ Mon, 22 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Trade compliance What reasonable care means for tariff classification: the 19 U.S.C. 1484 duty, CBP's checklist, penalty tiers, prior disclosure and the EU parallel. https://htspilot.com/blog/hs-code-for-furniture/ https://htspilot.com/blog/hs-code-for-furniture/ Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Product guides HS code for furniture: how seats, tables, cabinets, mattresses and lamps are classified in Chapter 94, the notes that decide, and EU CN 2026 lines and duties. https://htspilot.com/blog/hs-code-for-footwear/ https://htspilot.com/blog/hs-code-for-footwear/ Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Product guides HS code for footwear: how the upper and outer sole decide headings 6401 to 6405, what counts as sports footwear, and the EU CN 2026 lines and duties for shoes. https://htspilot.com/blog/hts-vs-taric-us-eu-classification/ https://htspilot.com/blog/hts-vs-taric-us-eu-classification/ Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT EU TARIC and CN HTS vs TARIC compared on one product: a men's knitted cotton T-shirt is 6109.10.00.12 in the US and 6109 10 00 10 in the EU. What differs, and why it matters. https://htspilot.com/blog/hts-code-for-t-shirts/ https://htspilot.com/blog/hts-code-for-t-shirts/ Mon, 25 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT US HTS The HTS code for T-shirts depends on knit, fibre, gender and design. Read heading 6109 line by line, with CBP rulings and 2026 duty rates for each case. https://htspilot.com/blog/eu-binding-tariff-information-bti/ https://htspilot.com/blog/eu-binding-tariff-information-bti/ Mon, 18 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT EU TARIC and CN Binding Tariff Information in the EU: who can apply, the 30 and 120 day deadlines, 3-year validity, the EBTI database and when a BTI decision stops applying. https://htspilot.com/blog/cbp-binding-rulings-cross/ https://htspilot.com/blog/cbp-binding-rulings-cross/ Mon, 11 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT US HTS CBP binding rulings explained: what a ruling covers, how to search the CROSS database, spot revoked rulings, cite them correctly and request your own. https://htspilot.com/blog/country-of-origin-vs-hs-code/ https://htspilot.com/blog/country-of-origin-vs-hs-code/ Mon, 04 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT Trade compliance Country of origin vs HS code: two separate customs tests that work together. How origin rules use tariff classification, and why one error affects the other. https://htspilot.com/blog/how-to-read-the-hts/ https://htspilot.com/blog/how-to-read-the-hts/ Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT US HTS How to read the HTS line by line: headings and indents, statistical suffixes, units of quantity, general, special and column 2 rates, and footnotes. https://htspilot.com/blog/how-to-find-a-taric-code/ https://htspilot.com/blog/how-to-find-a-taric-code/ Mon, 20 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT EU TARIC and CN How to find a TARIC code for a product imported into the EU: describe it, work down from the chapter to the 10 digits, check TARIC measures and record it. https://htspilot.com/blog/how-to-find-hts-code/ https://htspilot.com/blog/how-to-find-hts-code/ Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT US HTS How to find HTS code numbers the way CBP reads the schedule: describe the product, read the notes, apply the GRIs, check rulings and record why. https://htspilot.com/blog/combined-nomenclature-cn-codes-explained/ https://htspilot.com/blog/combined-nomenclature-cn-codes-explained/ Mon, 06 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT EU TARIC and CN The EU Combined Nomenclature explained: how 8-digit CN codes are built, the CN 2026 regulation, notes and explanatory notes, and how CN codes link to TARIC. https://htspilot.com/blog/general-rules-of-interpretation-gri/ https://htspilot.com/blog/general-rules-of-interpretation-gri/ Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT HS code basics The General Rules of Interpretation decide every HS and HTS code. See what GRI 1 to 6 say, the order to apply them, and real CBP rulings that use them. https://htspilot.com/blog/what-is-the-eu-taric-code/ https://htspilot.com/blog/what-is-the-eu-taric-code/ Mon, 23 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT EU TARIC and CN What a TARIC code is, how its 10 digits build on the HS and CN, which EU measures it carries and how to read one, with a worked example checked in TARIC. https://htspilot.com/blog/hs-code-chapters-list/ https://htspilot.com/blog/hs-code-chapters-list/ Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT HS code basics HS code chapters list: all 21 sections with their chapter ranges, the US-only chapters 98 and 99, and the chapters importers and online sellers use most. https://htspilot.com/blog/hs-vs-hts-vs-schedule-b/ https://htspilot.com/blog/hs-vs-hts-vs-schedule-b/ Mon, 09 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT HS code basics HS vs HTS vs Schedule B: who maintains each code, how many digits it has, and which one belongs on a US import entry or on an export filing. https://htspilot.com/blog/what-is-an-hs-code/ https://htspilot.com/blog/what-is-an-hs-code/ Mon, 02 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT HS code basics What is an HS code? Learn how the six digits are built, how countries extend them to 8 or 10 digits, and how to read a real code line by line.