Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement

Legend for use with Canadian Tariff Schedule

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

Section II: Vegetable Products

Section III: 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

Section V: Mineral Products

Section VI: Products of the chemical or allied industries

Section VII: Plastics and Articles Thereof; 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)

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

Section X: Pulp of Wood Or Of Other Fibrous Cellulosic Material; Waste and Scrap of Paper or Paperboard; Paper and Paperboard and Articles Thereof

Section XI: Textiles and Textile Articles

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

Section XIII: Articles of Stone, Plaster, Cement, Asbestos, Mica or Similar Materials; Ceramic Products; 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

Section XV: Base Metals and 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

Section XVII: Vehicles, Aircraft, Vessels and Associated Transport Equipment

Section XVIII: Optical, Photographic, Cinematographic, Measuring, Checking, Precision, Medical or Surgical Instruments and Apparatus; Clocks and Watches; Musical Instruments; Parts and Accessories Thereof

Section XIX: Arms and Ammunition; Parts and Accessories Thereof

Section XX: Miscellaneous Manufactured Articles

Section XXI: Works of Art, Collectors' Pieces and Antiques