General Rules of Interpretation

GET/v1/hs/reference/gri$0.01 per call

Reference for the 9 GRI used in tariff classification.

Response fields

Field	Type	Description
success	boolean	e.g. `true`
data	array
data[].rule	string	e.g. `GRI 1`
data[].title	string	e.g. `Terms of Headings and Section/Chapter Notes`
data[].description	string	e.g. `Classification is determined by the terms of the headings and…`
meta	object
meta.dataSource	object
meta.dataSource.name	string	e.g. `ComplianceGrid`
meta.dataSource.provenance	string	e.g. `computed`

Fields are read from a real response captured 2026-11-04, shortened. Optional fields may be absent in other responses.

Errors

400 invalid request
401 missing or bad key
403 not in your plan
429 rate limited, see Retry-After
402 payment required
5xx retry with backoff

Error bodies and codes are described in Error codes and troubleshooting.

curl "https://api.compliancegrid.ai/v1/hs/reference/gri" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CG_API_KEY"

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Example response · captured from production 2026-11-04 · shortened

{
  "success": true,
  "data": [
    {
      "rule": "GRI 1",
      "title": "Terms of Headings and Section/Chapter Notes",
      "description": "Classification is determined by the terms of the headings and any relative section or chapter notes."
    },
    {
      "rule": "GRI 2(a)",
      "title": "Incomplete or Unfinished Articles",
      "description": "Incomplete or unfinished articles having the essential character of the complete article are classified as the complete article."
    }
  ],
  "meta": {
    "dataSource": {
      "name": "ComplianceGrid",
      "provenance": "computed"
    }
  }
}