Understanding Codes For International Trade Many trade compliance departments are faced with the decision to assign both a Schedule B Number and a Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) code to their products, or just to assign the HTS code only. The Harmonized System of classification is a six-digit standard for classifying globally traded products. The first…
This week, we’ve all been transfixed by the news that Usama bin Laden was killed by U.S. Special Forces at a hideout in Pakistan. But there’s an interesting footnote to this story, which is starting to get more attention. It has to do with a U.S. helicopter that crashed at the scene.According to various news reports, on Saturday…