Developed by the World Customs Organization (WCO), the codes are used to classify and define internationally traded goods. ... A code with six digits is a universal standard (HS Code) and a code with 7-10 digits (HTS Code) is often unique after the 6th digit and determined by individual countries of import.

Are HTS codes country specific?

The first six digits of the HTS code identify all items in international trade and are the same for all countries that use the HTS. The last two or four digits are country specific; in the U.S. these last four digits provide the duty rate and balance of trade statistical reporting suffix for the imported goods.

Is HS code same for all countries?

Being an internationally recognized standard, the first 6 digits of the HSN Code are the same for all the countries. But for further classification countries have added more digits to their respective HS Code systems.