HS Classification Handbook (second edition) 

The HS Classification Handbook provides an introduction to the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System, usually referred to simply as the Harmonized System or the “HS”.

It explains the origins of the Harmonized System, gives a detailed description of it, sets out the provisions for its maintenance and describes the complementary publications of the Harmonized System.

It also contains the text of the International Convention on the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System, the Rules of procedure of the Harmonized System Committee and Sub-Committees and much more.