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Personal Finance and Economics S4 Prater
Trade Agreements
The FTA and Tariffs
What is the FTA Tariff Tool?
The FTA Tariff Tool is an online resource to help you determine the tariff, or tax at the border, that certain foreign countries will collect when your product crosses into their country. In trade agreements, countries commit to lowering tariff rates over time to zero. The FTA Tariff Data Tool is a database with all of the rates the United States’ Free Trade Agreement (FTA) partners have committed to implementing and maintaining.
To use the FTA Tariff Tool will help you find a few key pieces of information:
What is your product’s HS Code? You need to know your product’s HS code. The HS code can be a 6, 8 or 10 digit number used for a category of products. Unfortunately, the HS code terminology can be somewhat arcane. For example, a computer is referred to as an automated data processing machine in HS code terminology. However, the Census Bureau has developed a cross-reference of everyday terms to HS terminology, and they provide phone support if the database does not work.
Does your product meet the rule of origin? Under FTAs tariffs are eventually eliminated for almost all products that meet the agreement’s rule of origin. A rule of origin specifies how a product receives originating status in order to take advantage of the agreement’s tariff reductions and related provisions.
With this information, you can use the FTA Tariff Tool to look up the tariff rate for your product today, as well as identify when in the future the tariff rate will go down further or be eliminated altogether.
Read about the FTA Tariff Tool.

How can using the FTA Tariff Tool help producers and consumers? Choose three correct answers.

Responses

It can tell businesses when future tariff rates will change.
It can tell businesses when future tariff rates will change.

It allows producers to see what countries will be entering FTAs.
It allows producers to see what countries will be entering FTAs.

It allows businesses to request that tariffs not be applied to their products.
It allows businesses to request that tariffs not be applied to their products.

It lists tariff rates, allowing businesses to plan for exports.
It lists tariff rates, allowing businesses to plan for exports.

It can help business owners determine product prices to account for tariffs.

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Correct answers (choose three):

- It can tell businesses when future tariff rates will change.
- The tool shows the schedule of tariff reductions under FTAs so users can see when rates will fall or be eliminated.

- It lists tariff rates, allowing businesses to plan for exports.
- It provides current tariff rates by HS code for FTA partners.

- It can help business owners determine product prices to account for tariffs.
- Knowing expected and current tariffs lets firms incorporate border taxes into pricing and cost estimates.