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WorldTariff®

WorldTariff®

WorldTariff®

Tools and guidance to help you navigate the international trade process

Tools and guidance to help you navigate the international trade process

Tools and guidance to help you navigate the international trade process


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Navigate the complexities of international trade more easily and affordably

When it comes to international trade, your world is full of opportunities. It can also be full of roadblocks if you don't know how to navigate the process. WorldTariff can help. Whether you want to ship goods, undertake product launches, or locate strategic sourcing partners, we have the solutions you need to help you become more compliant with trade regulations, which could help you reduce risks and grow your business.

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Potentially lower your costs

With up-to-date duty and tax information at your fingertips, you can determine the lowest applicable duty rate for your products.


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Help reduce border delays

Properly classifying and describing your products for your destination countries and territories can help you avoid border delays.


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Make informed decisions

Know potential duty and tax rates in advance when choosing sourcing partners, manufacturing locations or product-launch sites.


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Improve operational efficiencies

Get the accurate duty and tax information you need to help optimize operations for international shippers in the global marketplace.



Deliver on time, transparently

International customers want to know that their package will arrive when they need it. Learn about time- and day-definite services that can meet their needs. They can also get an estimated delivery time and track their package in near real time.


Get up-to-date global trade data and the help you need to classify your shipments

One of the world’s largest global trade databases, WorldTariff® simplifies, standardizes and translates into English, duty and tax information for over 200 countries, territories and customs areas. The classification service gives subscribers access to a multilingual team of specialists who can help provide classification information for products at the HS 6-digit or fully qualified national tariff code levels.

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Tariff descriptions and codes

Help your shipments move  through customs by using the correct fully qualified HS codes for your goods.


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Duty rates

Understand how duty rates are calculated, most favored nation (MFN) duty rates, and origin-to-destination preferential duty rates.


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Tax information

Get complete information on value-added tax (VAT), excise taxes, miscellaneous border taxes and import/export quotas.


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Enhance compliance efforts

Classification information can help you avoid delays, penalties, and incorrect payment of duties and taxes.



Use these tips to complete customs documents

Preparing international shipments doesn’t have to be intimidating. Use FedEx International Shipping Assist to help you determine the documents you’ll need. Then use these steps to help you complete and submit them.


Get instant access to our database

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Website access

Access to the database is granted per query, through custom access or annual subscription.


Corporate access

For direct access through your company’s intranet or download a file to run behind your company’s firewall. 


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Data management services

We can help you develop and maintain a comprehensive product database, with stock-keeping unit (SKU) or inventory part numbers, as well as descriptions and classification numbers for the U.S., Canada and other countries to which you export. 


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Classification information services

Leverage a multilingual team of specialists who can help provide classification information for your product at the HS 6-digit level or fully qualified national tariff code level, whether you have a single product or tens of thousands of SKUs.

  • Get HTS classification services for products including chemical pharmaceutical and aerospace industries.
  • Get access to an on-staff PhD chemist that helps support our chemical and pharmaceutical clients.
  • Review and validate your existing chemical classification for accuracy. 

Outsource, automate and simplify complex duty and tax calculations with the Estimated Duty and Tax Engine

Duties and taxes can have a huge impact on your e-commerce business. We help simplify this process with our estimated duty and tax engine, which can automatically perform complex calculations for you. Easily integrated with most  global trade management systems and e-commerce platforms, it provides the information you need to keep your costs under control. This can help you to:

  • Accurately determine the costs of doing business abroad
  • Reduce shopping cart abandonment rates by providing the full landed costs up front to customers
  • Receive access to data through daily updates
  • Choose between HS6 or fully qualified classification estimates

Benefits: 

  • Use with any mode of transportation
  • Leverage a dedicated IT team for setup and testing

Help protect your business from hidden risks with restricted party screening

When you do business with individuals and organizations on government watch lists, you expose yourself to a number of risks. Our restricted party screening helps you to identify and avoid buyers who have been denied international business transactions. This helps you:

  • Vet suspect individuals and suppliers from an up-to-date database
  • Avoid fines, penalties, and sanctions that could result from doing business with the wrong people

Benefits: 

  • Integrate seamlessly with your existing systems and platforms
  • Use with any mode of transportation
  • Leverage a dedicated IT team for setup and testing 

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WorldTariff Customer Service

Learn more about our portfolio of services and subscription options:

For sales inquiries email: worldtariffsales@fedex.com

For general questions email: worldtariff@fedex.com

For our dedicated team, call 1.866.268.7602

Monday-Friday 

8:00 a.m.-10:30 p.m. CT



Customer testimonial


Otterbox

"For a consumer products company that ships products all across the globe, it's nearly impossible to keep track of all we need to, regulatory-wise, and having WorldTariff API gives us the ability to scale up our business in a way that we never would have been able to previously."

Jim Park, CEO, Otter Products, LLC


Countries we support

Each country contains 97+ HS chapters with tariff descriptions in English, most favored nation (MFN) applied duty rates, origin-to-destination preferential duties, and import taxes, including value added tax (VAT), excise, and other fees assessed at importation.


International trade news

Read all of the international trade news bulletins. Announcements are current only as of the date and time issued.


Disclaimer and Notice.  The information provided by WorldTariff Ltd. pursuant to this service is for general, educational and planning purposes only. The specific tariff classification to be applied to a specific entry of merchandise is to be determined by the licensed customs broker or other agent engaged to file the entry. In the event the broker or agent handling the entry expresses an opinion different from that provided by this service, the opinion of the broker or agent should be followed, subject to post-entry verification.

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