{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DefinedTerm","name":"Tariff Engineering","description":"As of July 2026 — Tariff engineering (duty-optimised product design) is the legal practice of deliberately designing a product's form, materials, composition or condition at importation so that it falls under a Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) heading carrying a lower duty rate. It rests on a core principle of US customs law: goods are classified in their \"condition as imported\", and an importer may fashion merchandise so that the most favourable rate applies — affirmed since the Supreme Court r","inDefinedTermSet":{"@type":"DefinedTermSet","name":"Frachtportal Logistics Glossary","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/glossary"},"url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/glossary/tariff-engineering","inLanguage":"en","dateModified":"2026-07-18T20:35:46.286465","citation":"U.S. Supreme Court, Merritt v. Welsh, 104 U.S. 694 (1881); U.S. DOJ, Pressemitteilung zum Ford-Transit-Connect-Vergleich (März 2024, ca. 365 Mio. USD); U.S. CBP Informed Compliance & HTSUS (hts.usitc.gov); en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tariff_engineering. Stand: Juni 2026.","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/glossary/en/tariff-engineering","provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Frachtportal","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Tariff Engineering · As of July 2026 — Tariff engineering (duty-optimised product design) is the legal practice of deliberately designing a product's form, materials, composition or condition at importation so that it falls under a Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) heading carrying a lower duty rate. · Quelle: U.S. Supreme Court, Merritt v. Welsh, 104 U.S. 694 (1881); U.S. DOJ, Pressemitteilung zum Ford-Transit-Connect-Vergleich (März 2024, ca. 365 Mio. USD); U.S. CBP Informed Compliance & HTSUS (hts.usitc.gov); en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tariff_engineering. Stand: Juni 2026."}