International Trade and Business Resource Guide: Tariffs & Taxes

A guide to determine tariffs and taxes levied on U.S. products and services exported to other countries. Includes information on how to identify Harmonized System (Schedule B) numbers for your product.

Developed and maintained by Lloyd C. Russow, Philadelphia University. Includes links to information on the NAICS-to-SIC or SIC-to-NAICS concordance, Harmonized Tariff Schedule, Classification of Products by Activity (European Union), and the Common Procurement Vocabulary (European Union).

An overview of when and how to use the exports codes (i.e., Schedule B, which are administered by the U.S. Census Bureau), and import tariff codes, (which are administered by the U.S. International Trade Commission, USITC). NOTE: see the USITC Tariff Information Center for the Harmonized Tariff Schedule.

Search or browse the Harmonized Tariff Schedule.

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