Regulations Amending the Commonwealth Caribbean Countries Tariff Rules of Origin Regulations: SOR/2023-211
Canada Gazette, Part II, Volume 157, Number 22
Registration
SOR/2023-211 October 6, 2023
CUSTOMS TARIFF
P.C. 2023-1017 October 6, 2023
Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Finance, makes the annexed Regulations Amending the Commonwealth Caribbean Countries Tariff Rules of Origin Regulations under subsection 16(2)footnote a of the Customs Tariff footnote b.
Regulations Amending the Commonwealth Caribbean Countries Tariff Rules of Origin Regulations
Amendments
1 (1) Subsection 2(2) of the Commonwealth Caribbean Countries Tariff Rules of Origin Regulations footnote 1 is replaced by the following:
(2) Goods, other than those set out in Chapters 61 to 63 of the List of Tariff Provisions, originate in a beneficiary country if the value of the materials, parts or products originating outside the beneficiary country or in an undetermined location and used in the manufacture or production of the goods is no more than 40% of the ex-factory price of the goods as packed for shipment to Canada.
(2) Section 2 of the Regulations is amended by adding the following after subsection (3):
(4) Goods set out in Chapters 61 and 62 of the List of Tariff Provisions originate in a beneficiary country if they are cut, or knit to shape, and sewn or otherwise assembled in that beneficiary country.
(5) Goods set out in Chapter 63 of the List of Tariff Provisions originate in a beneficiary country if they are cut, or knit to shape, and sewn or otherwise assembled in that beneficiary country from fabric produced in any beneficiary country or Canada.
(6) For the purpose of determining whether a good set out in Chapters 61 to 63 of the List of Tariff Provisions originates in a beneficiary country, subsections (4) and (5) apply only to the fabric or the parts knit to shape that determine the tariff classification of the good, identified in accordance with the General Rules for the Interpretation of the Harmonized System set out in the schedule to the Customs Tariff.
(7) When a good that qualifies as originating is transported outside a beneficiary country, the good retains its originating status only if
- (a) the good remains under customs control outside the beneficiary country; and
- (b) the good does not undergo any further production or other operation outside the beneficiary country, other than unloading, reloading, separation from a bulk shipment, storing or any other operation necessary to transport the good to Canada or to preserve it in good condition.
Coming into Force
2 These Regulations come into force on January 1, 2025.
N.B. The Regulatory Impact Analysis Statement for these Regulations appears following SOR/2023-207, General Preferential Tariff Withdrawal and Extension (2023 GPT Review) Order.