Tariff classification toolkit

Rizwan Mahmood
Rizwan Mahmood
Additional Collector of Customs, Pakistan Customs, Pakistan
Published 09 Oct 2022
Tariff classification toolkit
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The areas requiring customs compliance are of a very technical nature. To get it right, a systematic approach is required. In this article, we present the ‘Tariff classification toolkit’, developed by the author. This is a generic version of a toolkit. It can be tailored to the requirements of any company by expanding them and making the requirements more specific.

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