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Canada - Chile Free Trade Agreement

Legend for use with Canadian Tariff Schedule

TARIFF SCHEDULE OF CANADA

TARIFF ELIMINATION - STAGING CATEGORY DESCRIPTIONS

The following staging categories apply to the elimination of customs duties:

  1. Duties on goods provided for in the items of staging category A- shall be reduced by the following percentages of the rate shown in the Schedule and such goods shall be duty-free January 1, 1999.

    i) Date of Implementation 33.3 per cent
    ii) January 1, 1998 66.7 per cent
    iii) January 1, 1999 100 per cent

  2. Duties on goods provided for in the items of staging category B- shall be reduced by the following percentages of the rate shown in the Schedule and such goods shall be duty-free January 1, 2001.

    i) Date of Implementation 14.3 per cent
    ii) January 1, 1998 28.6 per cent
    iii) January 1, 1999 42.9 per cent
    iv) January 1, 2000 57.1 per cent
    v) January 1, 2001 100 per cent

  3. Duties on goods provided for in the items of staging category B-* shall be reduced by the following percentages of the rate shown in the Schedule and such goods shall be duty-free January 1, 2001.

    i) Date of Implementation 20 per cent
    ii) January 1, 1998 40 per cent
    iii) January 1, 1999 60 per cent
    iv) January 1, 2000 80 per cent
    v) January 1, 2001 100 per cent

  4. Duties on goods provided for in the items of staging category Ba shall be reduced by the following percentages of the rate shown in the Schedule and such goods shall be duty-free January 1, 2002.

    i) Date of Implementation 16.7 per cent
    ii) January 1, 1998 33.3 per cent
    iii) January 1, 1999 50 per cent
    iv) January 1, 2000 66.7 per cent
    v) January 1, 2001 83.3 per cent
    vi) January 1, 2002 100 per cent

  5. Duties on goods provided for in the items in staging category B shall be reduced by the following percentages of the rate shown in the Schedule and such goods shall be duty-free January 1, 2003.

    i) Date of Implementation 14.3 per cent
    ii) January 1, 1998 28.6 per cent
    iii) January 1, 1999 42.9 per cent
    iv) January 1, 2000 57.1 per cent
    v) January 1, 2001 71.4 per cent
    vi) January 1, 2002 85.7 per cent
    vii) January 1, 2003 100 per cent

  6. Duties on goods provided for in the items of staging category BL shall, for each of the years set out, be determined as follows:

    i) Date of Implementation Rate less 2 percentage points
    ii) January 1, 1998 Rate less 4 percentage points
    iii) January 1, 1999 Rate less 6 percentage points
    iv) January 1, 2000 January 1, 1999 rate less 25 per cent
    v) January 1, 2001 January 1, 1999 rate less 50 per cent
    vi) January 1, 2002 January 1, 1999 rate less 75 per cent
    vii) January 1, 2003 January 1, 1999 rate less 100 per cent

  7. Duties on goods provided for in the items of staging category Bn shall, for each of the years set out, be determined as follows:

    i) Date of Implementation Rate less 2 percentage points
    ii) January 1, 1998 Rate less 4 percentage points
    Bn1    
    iii) January 1, 1999 8 per cent
    iv) January 1, 2000 6 per cent
    v) January 1, 2001 4 per cent
    vi) January 1, 2002 2 per cent
    vii) January 1, 2003 Free
    Bn2    
    iii) January 1, 1999 2.6 per cent
    iv) January 1, 2000 1.9 per cent
    v) January 1, 2001 1.3 per cent
    vi) January 1, 2002 0.6 per cent
    vii) January 1, 2003 Free
    Bn3    
    iii) January 1, 1999 9.1 per cent
    iv) January 1, 2000 6.8 per cent
    v) January 1, 2001 4.5 per cent
    vi) January 1, 2002 2.2 per cent
    vii) January 1, 2003 Free
    Bn4    
    iii) January 1, 1999 8.9 per cent
    iv) January 1, 2000 6.7 per cent
    v) January 1, 2001 4.4 per cent
    vi) January 1, 2002 2.2 per cent
    vii) January 1, 2003 Free
    Bn4*    
    iii) January 1, 1999 Free
    Bn5    
    iii) January 1, 1999 8.8 per cent
    iv) January 1, 2000 6.6 per cent
    v) January 1, 2001 4.4 per cent
    vi) January 1, 2002 2.2 per cent
    vii) January 1, 2003 Free
    Bn6    
    iii) January 1, 1999 9.1 per cent
    iv) January 1, 2000 6.8 per cent
    v) January 1, 2001 Free
    Bn7    
    iii) January 1, 1999 5.2 per cent
    iv) January 1, 2000 3.9 per cent
    v) January 1, 2001 2.6 per cent
    vi) January 1, 2002 1.3 per cent
    vii) January 1, 2003 Free
    Bn8    
    iii) January 1, 1999 4.2 per cent
    iv) January 1, 2000 3.1 per cent
    v) January 1, 2001 2.1 per cent
    vi) January 1, 2002 1 per cent
    vii) January 1, 2003 Free

  8. Duties on goods provided for in the items of staging category Bq shall, for each of the years set out, be determined as follows:

    i) Date of Implementation Rate less 2 percentage points
    ii) January 1, 1998 Rate less 4 percentage points
    iii) January 1, 1999 Rate less 6 percentage points
    Bq1    
    iv) January 1, 2000 6.7 per cent
    v) January 1, 2001 4.4 per cent
    vi) January 1, 2002 2.2 per cent
    vii) January 1, 2003 Free
    Bq2    
    iv) January 1, 2000 7.5 per cent
    v) January 1, 2001 5 per cent
    vi) January 1, 2002 2.5 per cent
    vii) January 1, 2003 Free

  9. Goods (generally dairy, poultry and egg products) provided for in the tariff items noted Y are exempt from tariff elimination provisions.

  10. The rate in the Schedule on a good provided for in a tariff item with staging category X1 will be reduced to Free on condition that such good has been removed from the list of products eligible for "simplified duty drawback". The Free rate shall come into effect no later than 120 days after the Government of Chile confirms to the Government of Canada that the good will no longer be on the list of products eligible for "simplified duty drawback" and no later than January 1, 2003.

  11. The rate in the Schedule on a good provided for in a tariff item with staging category X2 will be phased-out in six equal stages except that the reduced rate provided for by such phasing shall come into effect only in the year the product ceases to be eligible for "simplified duty drawback". If the product remains eligible for "simplified duty drawback" until 2003, then no tariff phase-out will occur and the tariff will be eliminated on January 1, 2003. The first stage of reduction shall start no later than 120 days after the Government of Chile confirms to the Government of Canada that the product is removed from the list of products eligible for "simplified duty drawback" and, in annual stages, on January 1 of each subsequent year. The item shall be free no later than January 1, 2002 unless the product has not been removed from "simplified duty drawback" by January 1, 2002.

    Therefore the phasing referred to above, starting from the rate shown in the Schedule, would be the following:

    i) January 1, 1997 16.7 per cent
    ii) January 1, 1998 33.3 per cent
    iii) January 1, 1999 50 per cent
    iv) January 1, 2000 66.7 per cent
    v) January 1, 2001 83.3 per cent
    vi) January 1, 2002 100 per cent

  12. The rate in the Schedule on a good provided for in a tariff item with staging category X3 will be phased-out in equal annual stages on the basis that the rate shall be divided by the number of years between (and including) the year that the product ceases to be eligible for "simplified duty drawback" and 2003 and shall be duty-free on Janaury 1, 2003. The first stage of reduction shall start no later than 120 days after the Government of Chile confirms to the Government of Canada that the product is removed from the list of products eligible for "simplified duty drawback" and, in annual stages, on January 1 of each subsequent year.

  13. If Article C-14.4 is invoked for a tariff item, the Most-Favoured-Nation rate in effect on that date shall replace the rate in the Schedule in order to calculate any future tariff reductions.

  14. In the event that Canada undertakes, before January 1, 2000, a unilateral reduction of the applied customs duties, the margin of preference for originating goods from Chile shall be adjusted so that it is not less than 2 percentage points for the products subject to a phase-out ending on January 1, 2003 in the Schedule of Canada.

NOTE:

Whenever a tariff reduction is to take place in equal annual stages, the first stage shall be considered to be a full year even if implemented during the year of implementation and all subsequent reductions, unless otherwise provided for, shall take place on January 1 of each subsequent year.

Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA)


Schedule of Canada
Index

SECTION I
LIVE ANIMALS; ANIMAL PRODUCTS

  1. Live animals.
  2. Meat and edible meat offal.
  3. Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates.
  4. Dairy produce; birds' eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included.
  5. Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included.

SECTION II
VEGETABLE PRODUCTS

  1. Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage.
  2. Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers.
  3. Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons.
  4. Coffee, tea, maté and spices.
  5. Cereals.
  6. Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten.
  7. Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder.
  8. Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts.
  9. Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included.

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

  1. 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

  1. Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates.
  2. Sugars and sugar confectionery.
  3. Cocoa and cocoa preparations.
  4. Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; pastrycooks' products.
  5. Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants.
  6. Miscellaneous edible preparations.
  7. Beverages, spirits and vinegar.
  8. Residues and waste from the food industries, prepared fodder.
  9. Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes.

SECTION V
MINERAL PRODUCTS

  1. Salt; sulphur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement.
  2. Ores, slag and ash.
  3. Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes.

SECTION VI
PRODUCTS OF THE CHEMICAL OR ALLIED INDUSTRIES

  1. Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals, of radioactive elements or of isotopes.
  2. Organic chemicals.
  3. Pharmaceutical products.
  4. Fertilizers.
  5. Tanning or dyeing extracts; tannins and their derivatives; dyes, pigments and other colouring matter; paints and varnishes; putty and other mastics; inks.
  6. Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations.
  7. Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modelling pastes, "dental waxes" and dental preparations with a basis of plaster.
  8. Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes.
  9. Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations.
  10. Photographic or cinematographic goods.
  11. Miscellaneous chemical products.

SECTION VII
PLASTICS AND ARTICLES THEREOF; RUBBER AND ARTICLES THEREOF

  1. Plastics and articles thereof.
  2. Rubber and articles thereof.

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)

  1. Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather.
  2. Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silk-worm gut).
  3. Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof.

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

  1. Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal.
  2. Cork and articles of cork.
  3. Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork.

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

  1. Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard.
  2. Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard.
  3. Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans.

SECTION XI
TEXTILES AND TEXTILE ARTICLES

  1. Silk.
  2. Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric.
  3. Cotton.
  4. Other vegetable textile fibres; paper yarn and woven fabrics of paper yarn.
  5. Man-made filaments.
  6. Man-made staple fibres.
  7. Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns; twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof.
  8. Carpets and other textile floor coverings.
  9. Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace; tapestries; trimmings; embroidery.
  10. Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use.
  11. Knitted or crocheted fabrics.
  12. Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted.
  13. Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted.
  14. Other made up textile articles; sets; 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

  1. Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles.
  2. Headgear and parts thereof.
  3. Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking-sticks, seat-sticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof.
  4. Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair.

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

  1. Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials.
  2. Ceramic products.
  3. Glass and glassware.

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, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metal clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewellery, coin.

SECTION XV
BASE METALS AND ARTICLES OF BASE METAL

  1. Iron and steel.
  2. Articles of iron or steel.
  3. Copper and articles thereof.
  4. Nickel and articles thereof.
  5. Aluminum and articles thereof.
  6. (Reserved for possible future use in the Harmonized System)
  7. Lead and articles thereof.
  8. Zinc and articles thereof.
  9. Tin and articles thereof.
  10. Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof.
  11. Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal.
  12. Miscellaneous articles of base metal.

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

  1. Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof.
  2. Electrical machinery and equipment and 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

  1. Railway or tramway locomotives, rolling-stock and parts thereof; railway or tramway track fixtures and fittings and parts thereof; mechanical (including electro-mechanical) traffic signalling equipment of all kinds.
  2. Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling-stock, and parts and accessories thereof.
  3. Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof.
  4. Ships, boats and floating structures.

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

  1. Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof.
  2. Clocks and watches and parts thereof.
  3. Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles.

SECTION XIX
ARMS AND AMMUNITION;
PARTS AND ACCESSORIES THEREOF

  1. Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof.

SECTION XX
MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES

  1. Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings; lamps and lighting fittings, not elsewhere specified or included; illuminated signs, illuminated name-plates and the like; prefabricated buildings.
  2. Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof.
  3. Miscellaneous manufactured articles.

SECTION XXI
WORKS OF ART, COLLECTORS' PIECES AND ANTIQUES

  1. Works of art, collectors' pieces and antiques.
  2. Special classification provisions.
Last Updated:
2003-02-07
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