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What is GRI and How It Can Affect Your HS Classification
06 Nov 2020
What is GRI and How It Can Affect Your HS Classification
This article will guide anyone who wants to classify Harmonized System (HS) Codes, by explaining about the General Rules of Interpretation (GRI) and how it can be used as a guideline to help you classify your goods.
What Is the General Rules of Interpretation (GRI)?
The GRI are a set of 6 rules used to identify products. To ensure a uniform legal understanding of the HS Nomenclature, these rules need to be applied in sequential order.
For example: If GRI Rule 1 cannot be applied to the classification of a product, only then we move on to GRI Rule 2, then if GRI Rule 2 cannot be applied we will move on to GRI Rule 3, etc.
GRI Rule 1
Rule 1 states that "Classification shall be determined according to the terms of the headings and any relative Section or Chapter Notes". Table of contents index, titles of sections and chapters are for ease of reference only.