Import and export rules by route
Know the rules for your trade route.
Choose where your goods leave, where they arrive and what you are shipping. Get the export rules, import rules, duties and documents for that exact route.
Check a trade route
Start with the countries, then choose the closest product match.
Both sides
Export and import rules
The origin's rules and the destination's, for one route
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HS chapters indexed
HS 2022, with sections and headings
A to Z
Trade glossary
Written for the declaration, not the dictionary
1:1
Source for every rule
Each requirement links to its authority
What exactly is being shipped?
The product name alone may not determine its HS code. Material, construction and intended use can change the classification.
- Material and composition
- How the goods are made
- Intended use
What must happen before goods leave?
The exporting country may require policy checks, licences, inspections and a customs declaration.
- Export policy and product controls
- Permits or certificates
- Departure customs records
What is required on arrival?
The receiving country sets import permissions, product standards, tariff rates, taxes and clearance documents.
- Import controls and standards
- Duties and taxes
- Arrival documents
How a route is built
One shipment. Two sets of rules.
Export requirements come from the country your goods leave. Import requirements come from the country receiving them. The product and its HS classification decide which of each apply.
How we check sourcesFree trade tools
Find the code a trade form asks for.
Look up HS chapters and ISO country codes before you fill in a customs declaration, a carrier booking or a certificate of origin.
Open all trade toolsGuides
Prepare the paperwork before you ship.
These guides explain the decisions behind the fields in a trade declaration.
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The material, construction and intended-use details that decide the HS heading.
GuideWhich documents belong in a shipment file?
What the invoice, packing list, transport record and customs declaration each do.
GuideWhat decides customs duty and import tax?
How HS code, origin, customs value and date of entry change the amount payable.
Start with a route
Know what applies before the goods move.
Two countries and a product are enough to see the rules, duties and documents on both sides.
Check a trade route