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- Hard Currency - The currency of a nation which may be exchanged
for that of another nation without restriction. Sometimes referred
to as convertible currency. Hard currency countries typically
have sizeable exchange reserves and surpluses in their balance
of payments. See: Soft Currency.
- h - Hour
- H. & M. - Hull and machinery
- h. & o. - Hook and oil damage
- H.A. or D. - Havre, Antwerp or Dunkirk Harbor
- H.P.N. - Horse-power nominal
- H.S.S.C. - Heating, sweating and spontaneous combustion
- H.T. - Half-time survey
- H.W.D. - Heavy weather damage
- H.W.M. - High water mark
- H.W.O.S.T. - High water ordinary spring tides
- h/c - Held covered (insurance)
- H/H - Havre to Hamburg
- ha - Hectares
- Harmonized System - The Harmonized Commodity Description and
Coding System (or Harmonized System, HS) is a system for classifying
goods in international trade, developed under the auspices of
the Customs Cooperation Council. Beginning on January 1, 1989,
the new HS numbers replaced previously adhered-to schedules in
over 50 countries, including the United States. For the United
States, the HS numbers and four additional digits are the numbers
that are entered on the actual export and import documents. Any
other commodity code classification number (SITC, end-use, etc.)
are just rearrangements and transformations of the original HS
numbers.
- Harmonized System (HS) - A schedule of tariff nomenclature
arranged in 6 digit codes allowing all participating countries
to classify traded goods on a common basis. Beyond the 6 digit
level, countries are free to introduce national distinctions for
tariff or statistical purposes. This system will replace the Tariff
Schedule of the United States (TSUS). The Harmonized System was
implemented by the United States and other major GATT countries
after Jan, 1. 1988. Additional countries are expected to be implementing
the system subsequent to that date.
- Hbr. - Harbour
- Hearing - A hearing which is held at the request of an interested
party in antidumping proceedings for the purpose of allowing interested
persons to express their views orally to officials of the Commerce
Department. The hearing is held prior to the Commerce Department's
(International Trade Administration) final determination or before
the final results of an administrative review are published. See:
Tariff Act of 1930.
- Helsinki Accord - The Helsinki Accord deals with the rights
of people to migrate freely. The tourism portions of the Accord
encourage: (a) tourism and tourism studies, (b) preservation of
artistic, historic and cultural heritages of signatories, (c)
lowering of fees and documentation needed for international travel,
and (d) other efforts to encourage cooperation on tourism among
countries. The Accord was signed in 1975.
- hhd. - Hogshead
- hk. - Hook damage
- hold - Space below the deck of a ship that is used to carry
cargo. The holds of a ship are numbered for purposes of cargo
identification and location.
- hold cleaning - Cleaning a hold after cargo has been discharged.
- Home Market Price - See: Foreign Market Value.
- Homologation .. of an Automobile - Homologation of an automobile
is the certification by a country that a vehicle conforms to its
safety and emission standards -- primarily that a vehicle has
been manufactured or modified to meet a country's standards.
- Horizontal Export Trading Company - An export trading company
which exports a range of similar or identical products supplied
by a number of manufacturers or other producers. Webb-Pomerene
Organizations, trade-grouped organized export trading companies,
and an export trading company formed by an association of agricultural
cooperatives are the prime examples of horizontally organized
export trading companies.
- Horn of Africa - The Horn of Africa comprises Djibouti, Ethiopia,
Somalia, and Sudan.
- hours purposes. - The time allowed by charter for the dual
operation of loading and discharging the cargo
- hp - Horsepower
- HS - Harmonized System
- HS - Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System
- HSC - Harmonized System Committee
- HTS - Harmonized Tariff Schedule
- HTWG - High Technology Working Group
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