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In this article, we overview a recent judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union concerning tariff classification of goods. The product is 'bamboo beakers' made of plant fibers (72,33% … by weight) and melamine resin (25,2% by weight), the latter gives the product its shape and strength. The questions raised: how are headings 3924 and 4419 of the Combined Nomenclature to be interpreted for the classification of this product; whether GIR 3 (a) ('heading which provides the most specific description') or GIR 3 (b) ('the material which gives the goods their essential character') should be applied.

Binding Origin Information (BOI) refers to a written decision issued by a Customs administration that certifies the origin of goods. Also known as an “advance ruling regarding the origin of goods”, … such a decision is usually binding on the applicant and on the Customs authorities for a given amount of time.

Businesses usually contact the Customs Laboratory to find out the tariff classification of a good and/ or certain parameters of it in order to assess the financial aspects of their business plan … and aspects related to the prohibitions and restrictions on entry or exit of goods. Let's take a look at how to get the product classification recommendation in Lithuania and what to do if you disagree with it.

Imagine uploading an image into the system, which in turn analyses which item is depicted and automatically assigns it the appropriate customs tariff number. Sounds nice, doesn’t it? Automatic … image recognition would completely revolutionise the customs sector. But how could this work, and how far are we from implementation?

Place of origin of import VAT obligation - the final destination of the goods entering the territory of the Union or entering the economic circulation of the Union? This question was further … explored and answered by the Court of Justice of the European Union.

It often happens that customs declarations are incorrectly filled out. Such errors are not necessarily intentional and are often nothing more than carelessness. The question in such cases is … whether it is possible to amend the customs declaration retrospectively and how. Whereas it is accepted it is possible to go back and correct particulars about the goods and their value, the customs administration has generally not allowed the customs declarant to be amended in this way. Among the reasons cited is that the relevant court judgements have also rejected such an amendment. We now have two recent judgements which deal with this question of the retrospective amendment of the customs declarant. How helpful are these judgements in practice?

EU Member States import a significant amount of timber, timber products, and sawn timber from Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine. Therefore, the judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union … in a recent case, in which the issue of tariff classification of sawn timber (boards) was examined, may be relevant for many businesses.

Mokestiniuose ginčuose dėl teisingo prekių tarifinio klasifikavimo ir tinkamo klasifikavimo kodo (pagal ES Kombinuotąją Nomenklatūrą) priskyrimo dažnai kyla klausimas kokia yra privačių (muitinės … įstaigų sistemai nepriklausančių) tyrimo laboratorijų išvadų dėl prekių kodo teisinė reikšmė. Ypač tais atvejais, kai verslo subjektai, nesutikdami su muitinės įstaigų (Muitinės laboratorijos) atliktais prekių mėginių tyrimų rezultatais bei jų pagrindu atliktu prekių klasifikavimu, savo pozicijai apginti kreipiasi į kitas ekspertinių tyrimų įstaigas (laboratorijas) ir, remdamiesi jų išvadomis, ginčija muitinės sprendimus.

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) examined a case regarding the determination of the customs value of imported goods (technical sulfuric acid). The question was raised whether … customs authorities were entitled to add transport costs to the transaction price if, under the Incoterms DAF terms agreed between the parties, the transport costs were already included in the transaction price but actually exceeded it.

The mechanical engineering industry has a problem. Or more specifically the customs specialists at the respective companies. The departments of these companies can cooperate so well with each … other and provide each other with important information for everyday work, but the customs tariff is and remains a sticking point. Simply because there is little background knowledge about it and also the limited offer of further education often focuses on the customs tariff in general. This is also one of the reasons why ERP master data around foreign trade is often not correctly maintained.

In this article, we review the judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), in which the goods relevant at this time of year are examined, namely tariff classification of spot-on … solution for cats against fleas and ticks. One of the questions raised was whether permission to place a product on the market as a veterinary medicinal product means that the product should be classified as a medicinal product in the Combined Nomenclature.

Is the banknote validator classified as an office machine or as a measuring or checking instrument? The situation is interesting in that two Binding Tariff Information (hereinafter – BTI) decisions … have been taken on identical goods. According to one of them, this product falls in CN heading 8472 (office machines), while according to the second decision, it is CN heading 9031 (measuring or checking instruments). The Commission classified the product under heading 8472 of the CN by means of an Implementing Regulation. Is such classification correct and valid? The Court of Justice of the European Union (hereinafter – CJEU) answered the question and provided clarification.

If an importer or exporter is unsure about the origin of their goods, or simply wants legal certainty, they can apply for a Binding Origin Information decision (BOI).A BOI, also referred to as … an advance ruling on origin, is a written decision on the origin of the good, issued by Customs to a company prior to an importation or exportation. The decision can cover preferential or non-preferential origin.

In the Mexican United States, the tariff code is found in the law called “Ley de los Impuestos Generales de Importación y de Exportación” (“Law of General Import and Export Taxes”). The law had … significant modifications recently, which were published on July 1st, 2020 to come into effect on December 28th of the same year.

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