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Level 7 Diploma in Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Tariff Structures, Duties, and Landed Cost Analysis

LSC701 · Logistics Management — Week 6 of 16

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This week’s topics

Tariff Structures, Duties, and Landed Cost Analysis

  1. Harmonized System (HS) classification and valuation rules
  2. Ad valorem, specific, and preferential tariff impacts
  3. Trade agreements and rules of origin
  4. Pricing implications and landed cost modeling
  5. Rules of origin recorded webinar
  6. Supply Chain Impacts during Rising Global Trade Tensions - MIT-SCx-Live
  7. Lecture 45: WTO, GATT, Origin and Functions, MFN Principles, Agreements

What you will be able to do

  • 3.1 Critically evaluate export and import regulations including customs procedures and tariffs in the import and export of goods.
  • 3.2 Analyse how tariffs and duties affect the prices of imported/exported goods.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: critically evaluate export and import regulations including customs procedures and tariffs in the import and export of goods.

Study materials

Videos

  • Rules of origin recorded webinar · YouTube · HMRC · 20 min · for registered students
  • Supply Chain Impacts during Rising Global Trade Tensions - MIT-SCx-Live · YouTube · MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics · 59 min · for registered students
  • Trade Dialogues: Professor Paola Conconi (full lecture) · YouTube · World Trade Organization · 44 min · for registered students
  • Understanding the Economics of International Trade | CFA Institute® · YouTube · CFA Institute · 19 min · for registered students
  • What is Tariff? | International Business | From A Business Professor · YouTube · Business School 101 · 6 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • International trade paperwork: the basics (GOV.UK) · Reading · GOV.UK, guidance · for registered students
  • Understanding the WTO, ch. 2.2: Tariffs – more bindings and closer to zero · PDF · Other, textbook chapter; p. 25 · for registered students
  • The World Trade Organization: Theory and Practice · PDF · NBER, article · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Strategic Logistics Management and Contemporary Challenges
  • Week 2: Transport Modes and Freight Infrastructure
  • Week 3: Transport Economics and Operational Cost Structures
  • Week 4: Modal Selection and Transport Optimization
  • Week 5: International Customs Procedures and Regulatory Compliance
  • Week 6: Tariff Structures, Duties, and Landed Cost Analysis
  • Week 7: Strategic Warehouse Network Design and Infrastructure
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Warehouse Mechanisation and Automated Handling Systems
  • Week 10: Inbound and Outbound Warehouse Operations
  • Week 11: Packaging Architecture and Integrated Logistics Value
  • Week 12: Applying Logistics Management in practice: case studies
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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