The Canada Border Services Agency advises that the 2017 Customs Tariff is effective as of January 1, 2017 and is now available on their website.
The 2017 Departmental Consolidation of the Customs Tariff reflects changes to the Harmonized System (HS) from the World Customs Organization (WCO), Department of Finance Canada and Statistics Canada as well as scheduled rate reductions contained within the legislation of individual free trade agreements.
The Order Amending the Schedule to the Canadian Customs Tariff Harmonized System 2017 is found in the Canada Gazette II SOR/2016-817, September 23, 2016 issue.
Here are some of the changes in the specific areas to note:
- Agricultural and food sector: chapter 03 fish and fish products, more specific product detailing, changes in chapter 5, 8, 12, 13, 16 and 22;
- Mineral sector: chapter 27 preparation method, wording changes;
- Chemical sector: changes in chapter 28, 29, 30, 31, 37, 38, Anti-malarial products, amendment to several categories of pharmaceutical products: specific controlled products and pharmaceutical preparations;
- Plastic sector: chapter 39, Ethylene-alpha=olefin copolymers;
- Wood sector: chapter 40, 42, 44 forestry products, wood species, bamboo products, rattan products, tropical wood and non-tropical wood amendment;
- Paper sector: chapter 48 newsprint, wording changes in chapter notes;
- Textile sector: chapter 54, 55, 57, 60 and 63, fabrics of polyethylene monofilament, bed nets;
- Ceramic products: chapter 68, 69, chapter notes wording changes;
- Base metal sector: chapter 82, 83, hand tools, articles of base metal and clothing and textile accessories;
- Machinery sector: chapter 84 and 85, multi-component integrated circuits and electric accumulators, water-jet cutting machines, machine centers and LED lamps;
- Transport sector: chapter 87, hybrid, plug-in hybrid and all-electric vehicles;
- Other goods of chapter 95, new subheading in chapter 96 for monopods, bipods, tripods and similar articles.
Customs Notice 16-26 published on November 29, 2016 contains links to the Customs Tariff and additional information.