ARCHIVED - Tariff Notice – 58

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Revised: December 1, 2011
November 29, 2011

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) wishes to advise you of amendments to the Departmental Consolidation of the Customs Tariff (Tariff), found in Tariff Amendment package T2011-4.

The complete details are found in Order in Council P.C. 2011-1314, which reduces certain rates of duty and makes some numbering changes, as per the Annex below.

The "PDF format; By Chapter — T2011-4", the "PDF format; Complete Tariff — T2011-4", as well as the "Microsoft Access® format" version of the Tariff, will soon be available on the Customs Tariff page of the CBSA's website.

A B2 – Adjustment Request may be filed to obtain a refund with respect to importations made on or after November 17, 2011, that are impacted by these rate reductions.

Printed Copies of the Tariff

If you have questions regarding the paper copy of the Customs Tariff, which is printed and distributed by Public Works and Government Services Canada, please contact: Government of Canada Publications.

Tariff Classification Assistance

If you have questions regarding tariff classification, rates of duty, permits or other CBSA programs please contact the CBSA's computerized, 24-hour telephone service (Border Information Service) at 1-800-461-9999, available free of charge throughout Canada; press “0” to speak directly with an agent during regular business hours, Monday to Friday (08:00 – 16:00 local time / except holidays). From outside Canada call (204) 983-3500 or (506) 636-5064, long distance charges will apply. TTY is also available within Canada: 1-866-335-3237.

The CBSA also offers advance rulings for tariff classification which provide binding, written advice as to the classification of a product.

The Harmonized System Explanatory Notes and Compendium of Classification Opinions are reference material copyrighted by the World Customs Organization (WCO) that may be purchased from licensed WCO sales agents in each country or from the WCO Bookstore. In Canada, purchases may be made through McMullin Publishers Limited.

Problems with the Tariff files

If you have a problem accessing the PDF Tariff files on the Tariff webpage, please refer to our Document Formats page. If you find errors or omissions in those files, or continue to have difficulty opening them, please report the problem.

Annex

The rate reductions set out in Parts 1, 3 and 5 of the Order take effect November 17, 2011.

The rate reductions set out in Parts 2 and 4 of the Order take effect on January 1, 2012.

As set out in Paragraph 1 of the Order, the following Tariff items are deleted:

1504.10.90, 2009.79.10, 3402.90.90, 3403.19.90, 3403.99.00, 3901.90.00,
3926.90.40, 3926.90.90, 6406.10.90, 7419.91.90, 7610.90.00, 7907.00.10,
7907.00.20, 7907.00.90, 8716.90.10, 8716.90.20 and 8716.90.90

As set out in Parts 3 the following tariff Items are added effective November 17, 2011 with the initial rates of duty as indicated; changes to the Statistical breakouts are also shown:

As set out in Part 1 of the Order, the following Tariff Items are modified effective November 17, 2011 as indicated by bolded text; changes to the Statistical breakouts are also shown: