Technology to Customs: Catch me, if you can
Omer Wagner
Omer Wagner, L.L.B., Department of Law, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan (Israel), Middle East.
Manuscript received on 20 July 2024 | Revised Manuscript received on 21 October 2024 | Manuscript Accepted on 15 November 2024 | Manuscript published on 30 November 2024 | PP: 9-17 | Volume-11 Issue-3, November 2024 | Retrieval Number: 100.1/ijmh.L16460891223 | DOI: 10.35940/ijmh.L1646.11031124
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Abstract: The WTO and the WCO are probably two of the most critical players in the international trade sector. They are engaged in conventions designed to facilitate global trade. The HS convention wishes to set rules for customs classification. The ITA goal is to enhance the duty-free treatment of technological products. Occasionally, a frontal dispute between the two conventions occurs when the classification of alleged ITA products is appealed, as happened in Israel in 2021, concerning STB. While the worldwide trend is to innovate and create new technological products, and the ITA’s purpose is to encourage their use, it appears that numerous obstacles exist to achieving this goal, with customs classification disputes being the primary one. Possible solutions for reducing classification disputes may include developing software and applications to help classify goods automatically, rather than relying on human beings and alternatively, having more recent updates of the ITA, once every year (for product descriptions), and coordinating these updates with the HS updates. The world of technology products is changing at a rapid pace. If the ITA wishes to survive in this era, it must adapt; otherwise, it may fall behind and become irrelevant.
Keywords: WTO, WCO, ITA, Technology, STB, Customs, Classification, HS.
Scope of the Article: Management