Third Party Event
Tariffation and preferential origin of goods
This seminar provides employees of exporting companies with practical basic knowledge on the tariff classification of industrial products in the Swiss Customs Tariff and on the determination of preferential product origin. Participants learn how to correctly classify goods, the importance of tariff classification for origin and how to comprehensively determine preferential origin for commercial and self-produced goods.
The focus is on practical application: examples and exercises are used to explain the relevant regulations, tools and calculation methods in an understandable way.
Why it’s worth participating:
The seminar is aimed at employees in export, logistics, purchasing, sales or customs clearance who want to acquire sound basic knowledge of tariff classification and preferential product origin. No prior knowledge is required.
Focus areas
Tariffation
- Basic knowledge of the structure of the tariff Internationally valid Harmonized System (HS)
- Determining the customs tariff number for a product
- Difficulties in determining the correct customs tariff number
- Important additional information in Tares
- practice exercise
Preferential Goods Origin
- Basics and objectives of free trade agreements
- Distinguishing the original species
- Introduction to preferential origin
- Documents on preferential origin
- Preferential origin for commercial goods and self-produced goods
- Apply diagonal cumulation
- Application of the tolerance rule
- In-depth calculation of preferential origin
- Authorized Exporter – Requirements, Rights and Obligations
- Tips for the optimal preparation of an origin verification
- Practical exercises