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The Secret Code Behind Every Product Just Changed

Every product you own has a secret code. And in 2028, that code is rewriting itself.

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Meet the HS Code.

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The Harmonized System gives every traded product on Earth its own identity. It's the invisible backbone of global trade.

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The biggest update in years just got approved.

The World Customs Organization has spoken.

1,229 headings.

By the numbers...

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5,852 subheadings

428 brand-new categories created

6 new top-level headings

Lessons from COVID, written into law.

New codes for ambulances, ventilators, PPE and diagnostics — so the world is never caught flat-footed again.

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Plastic waste - now traceable.

New classifications align with the Basel Convention. Single-use plastics? For the first time, fully visible in global trade data.

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Out with the old.

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5 headings retired

172 subheadings deleted

Trade is evolving....

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Is your product catalogue?

1 JANUARY 2028

Two years sounds long. It isn't...

Update your product catalogue with the new 2028 HS codes - before implementation hits.

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