ESSENTIAL MODULE
The essential module includes the HS Codes, UOQ, Import Duty, Export Duty, Excise Duty, Sales Tax, Import License and Export License requirements.
FREE TRADE AREA (FTA)
A preferential tariff rate is extended to partner countries who have signed Free Trade Agreements (FTA) with each other. This means that customs duties for selected imported goods that originate from the FTA partner countries are lower or totally eliminated. There will be lower or zero tariffs for exports from FTA partner countries to Malaysia that satisfy the necessary rules of origin and are given preferential tariff treatment by the importing country. Tariff Finder includes complete preferential tariff rate for:
ASEAN Free Trade Agreement (AFTA)
ASEAN China Free Trade Agreement (ACFTA)
Malaysia Pakistan Closer Economic Partnership (MPCEPA)
Malaysia Japan Economic Partnership (MJEPA)
ASEAN Korea Free Trade Agreement (AKFTA)
ASEAN Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership (AJCEP)
ASEAN Australia New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (AANZFTA)
Malaysia New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (MNZFTA)
ASEAN India Free Trade Agreement (AIFTA)
Free Trade Area (FTA) = Lower Duty or Duty FreeCUSTOMS LAW & REGULATIONS
In some circumstances, there is a need to refer to Customs Laws & Regulations. Up-to-date Legislations related to Customs Act, Excise Act, Sales Tax Act, Service Tax Act, Free Zone Act, Levy Act, Free Trade Agreements and others are available within Tariff Finder. The documents are searchable, translatable, printable and can be copied and pasted onto any Windows application.
LEGISLATIVE SUPPLEMENTS (P.U. (A))
The gazette documents in Bahasa Malaysia and English ensure informed decision making on the amendments. The documents are searchable, translatable, printable and can be copied and pasted onto any Windows application.
CUSTOMS AMENDMENTS HISTORY
Check on Customs amendments history with ease, by right clicking on your mouse. You will be able to view amendments history for a particular tariff code or the complete listing of amendments for the year.
SMART SEARCH
Experience and intensive knowledge is needed in order to search for tariff codes or classifications. A majority of commodities do not have direct indication of the commodities name in the Tariff Description. For example, if you are looking for the word “car”, the Tariff Description uses the term “vehicle”. The tariff description of “computer” is “data processing machine”, and “dvd player” falls under the description “others”. This makes the search process tricky. Tariff Finder is built in with an intelligent feature known as the Smart Search, allowing you to search by using layman keywords.
REVOLUTIONARY IMAGE FINDER
A picture is worth a thousand words – Tariff Finder searches through the world of internet to list out the match images based on the brand name or model of your product, increasing your understanding of the product, thus making classification more accurate.
PERSONALIZED BRANDING
In order to take Corporate Identity to a higher level, you may insert the Tariff Finder print out and email attachment with your company’s name or you may leave them blank.
MULTIPLE ITEMS DUTY CALCULATION & ANALYSIS
Duties are important as it affects the cost of goods. Tariff Finder provides calculations as well as analysis for the landed cost estimate. Customs weekly exchange rate is updatable via Live Update. Knowledge of Free Trade Area is very important as it allows you to enjoy lower tariff or duty free on the goods. Tariff Finder calculates and comes up with various duties options subject to all the FTAs. Tariff Finder sorts out the total duties from lowest to highest duties.Why pay more duties? Remember, your profit margin depends on you.
WORLDWIDE TARIFF CODE INFORMATION
Tariff Finder is not valued by your invested money, but as a rich source of information and direction. More information equals more power and value. Simplify, simplify. We make innovation our business. We simplify world tariff code finding. Our vision is to have every country’s tariff code, in any language, all integrated in Tariff Finder.Currently, Tariff Finder includes tariff information for:
Australia
China
Japan
Malaysia
Nigeria
Thailand
USA
STATE-OF-THE-ART LANGUAGE TRANSLATOR
Tariff Finder’s translation is produced by state-of-the-art technology, without the intervention of human translators or known as automatic translation. Automatic translation is very difficult, as the meaning of words depends on the context in which they are used. In the interim, we hope you find this service useful for most purposes.Currently, Tariff Finder supports translation language :
- Afrikaans
- Arabic
- Chinese Simplified
- Chinese Traditional
- English
- Filipino
- French
- German
- Hindi
- Indonesian
- Japanese
- Korean
- Malay
- Portuguese
- Spanish
- Swedish
- Thai
- Vietnamese
EMAIL TARIFF INFORMATION
Providing up-to-date tariff information to people around the world with ease via Tariff Finder’s email, definitely the most cost effective way.
HIERARCHICAL / TREE STYLE
View tariff code the way that’s best for you with well grouping hierarchical layout. For example, you can display hierarchical views of the tariff heading, sub-heading and the breakdown of the tariff codes.
LIVE UPDATE
Tariff Finder emphasizes on Up-To-Date and Accurate information.
Most people have the notion that customs amendments only happen once or twice during the year, such as during Budget Day. The fact is there is at least one amendment per month. So, how to keep up with all the frequent amendments?
Besides the existing Free Trade Area like AFTA, ASEAN China FTA, more and more FTAs will be implemented. With the preferential tariff, importers and exporters can now enjoy lower duty or duty free. It is indeed good news provided you update yourself with the information as and when it is made available.
In year 2012, there will be major amendments to the structure of HS tariff code worldwide including Malaysia. The whole structure will be revamped. The exercise happens once every 4 to 5 years. It means that, all tariff references will be obsolete. There will be additional tariff codes. Existing tariff codes might be removed or replaced.,br.,br.With all the happenings, are you well equipped for the updates? Bear in mind that knowledge of the latest amendments, FTAs or information affects your profit margin. Tariff Finder is built in with Live Update feature. Whenever there are amendments, a notification will be sent to you through email or SMS.
How soon can you obtain the latest amendment? The commitment is within the same day of the amendment effective date.
LIVE CHAT SUPPORT
Tariff Finder Live Chat support enables simple problem solving and saves cost on phone bill. It allows coversation between both parties in the event of system malfunction.
ONLINE REMOTE SUPPORT
Efficient support – as if we were there. With Online Remote Support, we can see your problem immediately without tedious explanations. We see what you see. We can intervene immediately and provide help or training support. It is an innovative way to save travel costs and journey time.
TARIFF FINDER PORTABLE
Now you can take Tariff Finder with you. Carry and access Tariff Finder on any PC* without installation or activation. Just plug the drive into the USB port and the world of Tariff is with you!
Imagine carrying Tariff Finder software on the same USB drive that carries your files. That’s what you can do with a Tariff Finder The World Edition – Portable smart drive. You can plug it into any PC* and work, find tariff code, calculate duty, save bookmarks, print tariff codes and more. A Tariff Finder The World Edition – Portable smart drive makes any PC your own PC. And when you unplug it, it leaves no personal data behind.
* Support Windows 7, Vista, XP, & 2000