Customs Tariff (on January 1, 2003)

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• See also, Summary of Changes for Tariff Consolidation 2003

DEPARTMENTAL CONSOLIDATION of the CUSTOMS TARIFF 2003

This Consolidation is based on the best information available at the time of printing

The changes in this consolidation for the 2003 Tariff are the following:

• amendments to the Customs Tariff, pursuant Sections 7 to 11 of An Act to amend certain Acts as a result of the accession of the People's Republic of China to the Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization (Bill C-50), chapter 19 of the Statutes of Canada, 2002, effective on September 30, 2002;
• amendments to the Customs Tariff, from the Canada-Costa Rica Free Trade Agreement (Bill C-32), Chapter 28 of the Statutes of Canada, 2001, effective on November 1, 2002;
• amendments from the Regulations Amending The List of Tariff Provisions Set out in the Schedule to the Customs Tariff (Firearms), SOR/2002-430, effective on November 21, 2002;
• amendments to the Customs Tariff, pursuant to an Order Amending the Schedule to the Customs Tariff (Least Developed Country Tariff), P.C. 2002-2238, SOR/2003-20, effective on January 1, 2003;
• amendments to statistical suffixes.

Change bars identify all the above-mentioned changes.

A summary of changes describing the status of each change is also included for your reference.

The 2003 Departmental Consolidation of the Customs Tariff also includes the scheduled rate reductions from Tariff Simplification and the first round of scheduled rate reductions for Costa Rica. Change bars do not identify these changes.

December 30, 2002

Table of contents

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• An Act respecting the imposition of, and providing relief against the imposition of, duties of customs and Coding System
• General Rules for the Interpretation of the Harmonized System
• List of Countries and Applicable Tariff Treatments
• Administrative Guidelines

Table of sections and chapters
of the harmonized system

SECTION I
LIVE ANIMALS; ANIMAL PRODUCTS

Chapter

SECTION II
VEGETABLE PRODUCTS

SECTION III
ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE FATS AND OILS AND THEIR CLEAVAGE PRODUCTS; PREPARED EDIBLE FATS; ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE WAXES

SECTION IV
PREPARED FOODSTUFFS; BEVERAGES, SPIRITS AND VINEGAR; TOBACCO AND MANUFACTURED TOBACCO SUBSTITUTES

SECTION V
MINERAL PRODUCTS

SECTION VI
PRODUCTS OF THE CHEMICAL OR ALLIED INDUSTRIES

1. Chemical elements
2. Inorganic acids and inorganic oxygen compounds of non-metals
3. Halogen or sulphur compounds of non-metals
4. Inorganic bases and oxides, hydroxides and peroxides of metals
5. Salts and peroxysalts, of inorganic acids and metals
6. Miscellaneous

29. Organic chemicals

1. Hydrocarbons and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives
2. Alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives
3. Phenols, phenol-alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives
4. Ethers, alcohol peroxides, ether peroxides, ketone peroxides, epoxides with a three-membered ring, acetals and hemiacetals, and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives
5. Aldehyde-function compounds
6. Ketone-function compounds and quinone-function compounds
7. Carboxylic acids and their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives
8. Esters of inorganic acids and their salts, and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives
9. Nitrogen-function compounds
10. Organo-inorganic compounds, heterocyclic compounds, nucleic acids and their salts, and sulphonamides
11. Provitamins, vitamins and hormones
12. Glycosides and vegetable alkaloids, natural or reproduced by synthesis, and their salts, ethers, esters and other derivatives
13. Other organic compounds

SECTION VII
PLASTICS AND ARTICLES THEREOF; RUBBER AND ARTICLES THEREOF

1. Primary forms
2. Waste, parings and scrap; semi-manufactures; articles

SECTION VIII
RAW HIDES AND SKINS, LEATHER, FURSKINS AND ARTICLES THEREOF; SADDLERY AND HARNESS; TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR CONTAINERS; ARTICLES OF ANIMAL GUT (OTHER THAN SILK-WORM GUT)

SECTION IX
WOOD AND ARTICLES OF WOOD; WOOD CHARCOAL; CORK AND ARTICLES OF CORK; MANUFACTURES OF STRAW, OF ESPARTO OR OF OTHER PLAITING MATERIALS; BASKETWARE AND WICKERWORK

SECTION X
PULP OF WOOD OR OF OTHER FIBROUS CELLULOSIC MATERIAL; RECOVERED (WASTE AND SCRAP) PAPER OR PAPERBOARD; PAPER AND PAPERBOARD AND ARTICLES THEREOF

SECTION XI
TEXTILES AND TEXTILE ARTICLES

1. Other made up textile articles
2. Sets
3. Worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags

SECTION XII
FOOTWEAR, HEADGEAR, UMBRELLAS, SUN UMBRELLAS, WALKING-STICKS, SEAT-STICKS, WHIPS, RIDING-CROPS AND PARTS THEREOF; PREPARED FEATHERS AND ARTICLES MADE THEREWITH; ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS; ARTICLES OF HUMAN HAIR

SECTION XIII
ARTICLES OF STONE, PLASTER, CEMENT, ASBESTOS, MICA OR SIMILAR MATERIALS; CERAMIC PRODUCTS; GLASS AND GLASSWARE

1. Goods of siliceous fossil meals or of similar siliceous earths, and refractory goods
2. Other ceramic products

SECTION XIV
NATURAL OR CULTURED PEARLS, PRECIOUS OR SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES, PRECIOUS METALS, METALS CLAD WITH PRECIOUS METAL AND ARTICLES THEREOF; IMITATION JEWELLERY; COIN

1. Natural or cultured pearls and precious or semi-precious stones
2. Precious metals and metals clad with precious metal
3. Jewellery, goldsmiths' and silversmiths' wares and other articles

SECTION XV
BASE METALS AND ARTICLES OF BASE METAL

1. Primary materials; products in granular or powder form
2. Iron and non-alloy steel
3. Stainless steel
4. Other alloy steel; hollow drill bars and rods, of alloy or non-alloy steel

SECTION XVI
MACHINERY AND MECHANICAL APPLIANCES; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; PARTS THEREOF; SOUND RECORDERS AND REPRODUCERS, TELEVISION IMAGE AND SOUND RECORDERS AND REPRODUCERS, AND PARTS AND ACCESSORIES OF SUCH ARTICLES

SECTION XVII
VEHICLES, AIRCRAFT, VESSELS AND ASSOCIATED TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT

SECTION XVIII
OPTICAL, PHOTOGRAPHIC, CINEMATOGRAPHIC, MEASURING, CHECKING, PRECISION, MEDICAL OR SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS AND APPARATUS; CLOCKS AND WATCHES; MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; PARTS AND ACCESSORIES THEREOF

SECTION XIX
ARMS AND AMMUNITION; PARTS AND ACCESSORIES THEREOF

SECTION XX
MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES

SECTION XXI
WORKS OF ART, COLLECTORS' PIECES AND ANTIQUES

1. Relief provisions
2. Prohibition provisions