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Notice to the reader: This document is no longer in effect. It has been archived online and is kept purely for historical purposes.

Departmental Consolidation
of the Customs Tariff – 2006

January 1, 2006

This Departmental Consolidation is based on information available at the time of publishing. Any changes made to the Customs Tariff after November 23, 2005 are not included, but will be reflected in an amendment package.

The changes to the Departmental Consolidation of the Customs Tariff 2006 are as follows:

  • Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Finance, pursuant to section 82 of the Customs Tariff, hereby makes the annexed Order Amending the Schedule to the Customs Tariff, 2005-4. (Changes to Chapter 44 Only). P.C. 2005-2187, SOR/2005-372. For more details, please visit the Canada Gazette Web site.
  • Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Finance, pursuant to section 82 of the Customs Tariff, hereby makes the annexed Order Amending the Schedule to the Customs Tariff, 2005-3 (Textiles and Apparel). P.C. 2005-2115, SOR/2005-370. For more details, please visit the Canada Gazette Web site.
  • The Minister of Finance, pursuant to subsection 45(13) of the Customs Tariff, hereby makes the annexed Order Amending the Schedule to the Customs Tariff (Special Provisions for the Purposes of the United States Tariff (UST)). For more details, please visit the Canada Gazette Web site.
  • 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 2006 Departmental consolidation of the Customs Tariff also includes the scheduled rate reductions. Change bars do not identify these changes.

The files listed below are available for download in PDF format. If you have trouble reading PDF files, refer to this notice.

Table of Contents

Sections and Chapters of the Harmonized System

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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
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Section II : Vegetable Products

6.
Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage
7.
Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers
8.
Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons
9.
Coffee, tea, maté and spices
10.
Cereals
11.
Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten
12.
Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder
13.
Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts
14.
Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included
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Section III : Animal or Vegetable Fats and Oils and their Cleavage Products; Prepared Edible Fats; Animal or Vegetable Waxes

15.
Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes
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Section IV : Prepared Foodstuffs; Beverages, Spirits and Vinegar; Tobacco and Manufactured Tobacco Substitutes

16.
Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates
17.
Sugars and sugar confectionery
18.
Cocoa and cocoa preparations
19.
Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; pastrycooks' products
20.
Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants
21.
Miscellaneous edible preparations
22.
Beverages, spirits and vinegar
23.
Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal fodder
24.
Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes
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Section V : Mineral Products

25.
Salt; sulphur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement
26.
Ores, slag and ash
27.
Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
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Section VI : Products of the Chemical or Allied Industries

28.
Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals, of radioactive elements or of isotopes
  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
30.
Pharmaceutical products
31.
Fertilizers
32.
Tanning or dyeing extracts; tannins and their derivatives; dyes, pigments and other colouring matter; paints and varnishes; putty and other mastics; inks
33.
Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations
34.
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
35.
Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes
36.
Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations
37.
Photographic or cinematographic goods
38.
Miscellaneous chemical products
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Section VII : Plastics and Articles Thereof; Rubber and Articles Thereof

39.
Plastics and articles thereof
  1. Primary forms
  2. Waste, parings and scrap; semi-manufactures; articles
40.
Rubber and articles thereof
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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)

41.
Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather
42.
Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silk-worm gut)
43.
Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof
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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

44.
Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal
45.
Cork and articles of cork
46.
Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork
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Section X : Pulp of Wood or of Other Fibrous Cellulosic Material; Recovered (Waste and Scrap) Paper or Paperboard; Paper and Paperboard and Articles Thereof

47.
Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; recovered (waste and scrap) paper or paperboard
48.
Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard
49.
Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans
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Section XI : Textiles and Textile Articles

50.
Silk
51.
Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric
52.
Cotton
53.
Other vegetable textile fibres; paper yarn and woven fabrics of paper yarn
54.
Man-made filaments
55.
Man-made staple fibres
56.
Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns; twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof
57.
Carpets and other textile floor coverings
58.
Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace; tapestries; trimmings; embroidery
59.
Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use
60.
Knitted or crocheted fabrics
61.
Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted
62.
Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted
63.
Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags
  1. Other made up textile articles
  2. Sets
  3. Worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags
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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

64.
Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles
65.
Headgear and parts thereof
66.
Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking-sticks, seat-sticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof
67.
Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair
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Section XIII : Articles of Stone, Plaster, Cement, Asbestos, Mica or Similar Materials; Ceramic Products; Glass and Glassware

68.
Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials
69.
Ceramic products
  1. Goods of siliceous fossil meals or of similar siliceous earths, and refractory goods
  2. Other ceramic products
70.
Glass and glassware
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Section XIV : Natural or Cultured Pearls, Precious or Semi-precious Stones, Precious Metals, Metals Clad with Precious Metal and Articles Thereof; Imitation Jewellery; Coin

71.
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
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Section XV : Base Metals and Articles of Base Metal

72.
Iron and steel
  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
73.
Articles of iron or steel
74.
Copper and articles thereof
75.
Nickel and articles thereof
76.
Aluminum and articles thereof
77.
(Reserved for possible future use in the Harmonized System)
78.
Lead and articles thereof
79.
Zinc and articles thereof
80.
Tin and articles thereof
81.
Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof
82.
Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal
83.
Miscellaneous articles of base metal
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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

84.
Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
85.
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
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Section XVII : Vehicles, Aircraft, Vessels and Associated Transport Equipment

86.
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
87.
Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling-stock, and parts and accessories thereof
88.
Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof
89.
Ships, boats and floating structures
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Section XVIII : Optical, Photographic, Cinematographic, Measuring, Checking, Precision, Medical or Surgical Instruments and Apparatus; Clocks and Watches; Musical Instruments; Parts and Accessories Thereof

90.
Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof
91.
Clocks and watches and parts thereof
92.
Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles
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Section XIX : Arms and Ammunition; Parts and Accessories Thereof

93.
Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof
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Section XX : Miscellaneous Manufactured Articles

94.
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
95.
Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof
96.
Miscellaneous manufactured articles
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Section XXI : Works of Art, Collectors' Pieces and Antiques

97.
Works of art, collectors' pieces and antiques
98.
Special classification provisions – non-commercial
  1. Relief provisions
  2. Prohibition provisions
99.
Special classification provisions – commercial


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