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Data classification
• National Tariff Lines (NTL) codes
• Classification of goods after the 6 digit level of
the Harmonized System classification.
• National Tariff Lines go from 8 digits to 12
digits.
• Why use the HS and NTL classification
• The HS classification is standardised
internationally
• The NTL classification is not standardised
internationally.
Each country decides its own further
classification after the Harmonized System.
Hence, National Tariff Line codes can be
different from a country to another.
HS-2
HS-4
HS-6
NTL
Data classification
HS
(Internationa
l standard)
08 Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons.
08.04 Dates, figs, pineapples, avocados, guavas,
mangoes and mangosteens, fresh or dried.
08.04.50 Guavas, mangoes and mangosteens.
NTL
(NON
standard)
Australia
08.04.50.00 Fresh or dried guavas, mangoes and mangosteens
Japan
08.04.50.01.1 Mangoes, fresh
08.04.50.01.9 Guavas and mangosteens, fresh
United States:
08.04.50.40.40 Mangoes, fresh, if entered during the period from
September 1, in any year, to the following May 31,
inclusive
08.04.50.60.80 Guavas and mangosteens, fresh, if entered during the
period from June 1 to August 31, of the following year,
inclusive
08.04.50.80.00 Guavas, mangoes and mangosteens, dried