Classifications Agent

**Role Summary**

Determine and classify the shipment commodities in accordance to the national tariff classifications tables available, and corresponding duty and tax rates

**Main Responsibilities**:

- Corresponding duty and tax rates taking into consideration Country of origin for preferential treatment, Concessions or Exemptions applicable to the shipment commodity or importer / exporter; and Applicable customer instructions
- Compute a preliminary assessment on the duty and taxes payable to the external agencies (including any additional taxes and fees or charges payable to DHL
- Assign the shipment records where it is not able to compute a preliminary duty and tax assessment due to incomplete or inadequate information available on the shipment record to the Clearance Support Group for further investigation and resolution
- Assign the shipment record when it is determined to contain prohibited or restricted shipments (as identified from HTS classifications) to Clearance Support for verification and resolution
- In event that the computed preliminary duty and taxes payable exceeds the DHL approved limits, the Classification Agent will assign the shipment record to Clearance Support to obtain the payment approvals unless there exists pre-recorded customer approvals to make the excess payments.

**Requirements**:

- Bachelor Degree
- 2 - 3 years experiences in customs clearance environment
- Good communication skills (English), spoken and written
- Having good knowledge on Software skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
- Able to set clear and realistic goals and objectives