HS Code Classifier: US HTS, EU TARIC, UK Duty Rates

Classify product descriptions into 6-digit HS codes, mapped to 10-digit US HTS, EU TARIC and UK commodity codes with base duty rates, confidence scores and reasoning. Batch customs classification.

This skill teaches your agent when and how to call the HS Code Classifier tool on the MessNoMore Data Tools MCP server, with tight cost caps and answers that cite their source.

Ask your agent

• "What's the HS code and US duty for a vacuum-insulated stainless steel water bottle?"
• "Classify these 200 SKUs into EU TARIC codes."
• "Which UK commodity code fits men's cotton T-shirts?"

What the skill adds

• Picks the right mode and arguments for the question.
• Caps every run to the results the question needs and asks before any job over about $1.
• Handles runs that take longer than the client waits, without starting duplicates.
• Answers in tables with source links and last-verified dates, flags low-confidence matches and never fills gaps from memory.

Why not just ask your agent?

Models answer questions like these from training data that is months or years old, and they guess codes, dates and registry entries that look right. This skill makes the agent fetch the current record from the source instead, and say so when nothing matches.

Use cases

• Classify an e-commerce catalog for customs
• Estimate base import duty before sourcing
• Prepare US HTS codes for shipments
• Map products to EU TARIC and UK codes
• Flag low-confidence codes for broker review

Data sources

AI classification into 6-digit HS codes, mapped to the USITC Harmonized Tariff Schedule, EU TARIC and the UK Global Tariff.

Requirements

• An agent with remote MCP support: Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code Copilot, Codex or ChatGPT developer mode.
• The MessNoMore Data Tools MCP server: free to connect, sign in with Apify. Setup steps for every client are inside the skill.
• A free Apify account. Lookups are billed per result to your own Apify account ($0.01 per product). No subscription.

Known limitations

• Duty shown is the base rate only (no Section 301, anti-dumping, preferential rates or VAT). Codes need review by a customs broker before a declaration.
• The tools are unofficial and not affiliated with the organisations whose public data they read. Confirm important results with the official source.

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