Electronic tariff adds new feature

Required information returned instantly Clive King . . .no need to replace pages on a weekly basis JACOBSEN’S ELECTRONIC Tariff (JET), the electronic version of the Customs and Excise Tariff, has added a special plug-in Application Programming Interface (API) which allows specialist developers access to all JET data, including searches and calculations. Its significant value, says director Clive King, is that the JET API shields these operators from the intricacies of dealing with complex database structure and calculations. A query sent to it returns the required information instantly. The JET system covers all six schedules of the Customs and Excise Tariff and includes all chapter, part and section notes. It has two powerful search engines, one covering every word in the tariff and the other a generic search, where the user can search using everyday words, not necessarily ‘Customs speak’. A Product Library on line cuts down future research time. It automatically validates the stored traffic headings each time it is used, and an immediate warning is given if a tariff heading linked to a product code is no longer valid. The system is updated electronically with no waiting necessary for updates to be printed and received by ‘snail mail’, says King. “There’s no need to replace pages on a weekly basis. You merely press one button and you are up to date. It gives you the choice of receiving the currency updates on a daily basis, or with the weekly tariff amendments. There is also full calculation of all duties including, where appropriate, schedules 3 and 4 of the Tariff.”