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WCO Updates Guide on Preferential Rules of Origin

The World Customs Organization updated its guide released earlier this year for updating preferential rules of origin (see 1701190008) to include annexes on the impacts of Harmonized System amendments and a presentation, the WCO said (here). The WCO issued the…

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guide (here) after the 2017 changes to the Harmonized System tariff schedule adopted by WCO members, including the U.S. The updated guide now includes "Annexes I – B to III – B (impact of HS Amendments on rules of origin) and Appendix (presentation)," the WCO said. The International Trade Commission posted in January the Preliminary Edition of the 2017 Harmonized Tariff Schedule, which implements the WCO tariff changes in the U.S. and largely took effect at the beginning of 2017 (see 1701090071).