---
title: Country-specific HS codes in one column
date: 2026-10-29
description: Product exports put all country HS codes of a variant in one cell, and imports read more column formats for HS codes.
tags: ["Products","Exports","Imports"]
categories: ["Changelog"]
url: https://www.getaltera.com/changelog/2026-10-29-country-hs-codes-in-one-column/
---
Country-specific HS codes are easier to edit in this update. Each variant row now has all of its codes in one cell, next to the general HS code.

### What's New

- **Variant HS Codes By Country** - one cell holds every country code of the variant, for example `US:6109100010; CA:6109100000` ([Variant HS Codes By Country](https://support.getaltera.com/en/articles/11490229-product-fields#country-specific-hs-codes-by-country)).
- **HS Code / US columns** - imports read one `HS Code / <country code>` column for each country, and merge them with the other HS code columns ([per-country columns](https://support.getaltera.com/en/articles/11490229-product-fields#country-specific-hs-codes-code)).
- **HS Code and COO** - imports read these headers as `Variant HS Code` and `Variant Country of Origin`.

### Improvements

- **Clean codes** - imports remove dots and spaces from country HS codes, so `6109.10.00` is saved as `61091000`.
- **Clear errors** - a cell that can't be read, or a country with two codes in one row, now fails only that product with a message that names the country.

### Heads-up

- **One column instead of many** - exports write `Variant HS Codes By Country` instead of one `Country HS Code: <Country>` column for each country, also in saved and scheduled exports.
- **Old files still import** - files with `Country HS Code: <Country>` columns import as before, but update any tool that reads the exported columns.