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company’s director of marketing communications. When it comes to complex legal
rulings and trade regulations, however,
Descartes considers the original document—in its original language—to be the
most authoritative source. So the company captures information with a preference
for the original text, followed by official
translations, with third-party translations
as a last resort (often provided on a “just
for information” basis).
CHANGE IS IN THE WIND
In addition to grappling with the challenges of multilingual data entry, GTM
providers also have to master the complex
language of global trade.
For instance, every five years, the World
Customs Organization (WCO) updates
its “Harmonized Commodity Description
and Coding System,” a standardized
system for classifying products moving
in global commerce for the purpose of
determining tariff rates. (The classification system covers about 5,000 commodity groups, each identified by a six-digit
code.) The latest update took effect earlier
this month, and its impact will be enormous, with 1,159 modifications recommended by the U.S. International Trade
Commission for this country alone.
The changes will affect nearly every
aspect of global commerce, ranging from
the duty rates used to calculate landed costs to the controls that determine
whether you can legally complete your
transaction, according to Amber Road.
Furthermore, a vast number of products
will be affected. The 2017 WCO changes
include 233 sets of amendments, divided
among the agricultural (85), chemical
( 45), wood ( 13), textile ( 15), base metal
( 6), machinery ( 25), transport ( 18), and
“other” ( 26) sectors.
Given that a major GTM developer can
cover as many as 150 countries, an event
tent on topics like trade regulations,
merce solutions to a number of
GTM clients, including Oracle and
SAP, through its Descartes Customs
Info product.
Somewhere in the encyclopedic
table of global products, a single
code identifies the fancy running
shoes that our U.S. consumer
ordered for a gift. The act of deliver-
ing those Saucony, Reebok, or Nike
sneakers to an address anywhere
in the world depends on GTM
software that powers the engines
of international trade, but remains
invisible to the typical shopper.
