Imports of Certain Textile and Apparel Goods from Honduras Customs Duty Remission Order

SOR/2014-221CUSTOMS TARIFF
Registration 2014-09-26
Imports of Certain Textile and Apparel Goods from Honduras Customs Duty Remission Order
P.C. 2014-983 2014-09-25His Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Finance, pursuant to section 115Footnote a of the Customs TariffFootnote b, makes the annexed Imports of Certain Textile and Apparel Goods from Honduras Customs Duty Remission Order.

Return to footnote aS.C. 2005, c. 38, par. 145(2)(j)
Return to footnote bS.C. 1997, c. 36
Interpretation

1 The following definitions apply in this Order.

apparel
apparel means goods referred to in Chapters 61 and 62 of the List of Tariff Provisions that are cut or knit to shape and are sewn or otherwise assembled in Honduras from fabric or yarn produced or obtained outside the free trade area. (vêtements)
fabric and made-up goods

fabric and made-up goods means

(a) fabric and made-up textile goods referred to in Chapters 51 to 55, 58, 60 and 63 of the List of Tariff Provisions that are woven or knitted in Honduras from yarn produced or obtained outside the free trade area or that are knitted in Honduras from yarn spun in Honduras or Canada from fibre produced or obtained outside the free trade area; or
(b) goods of subheading No. 9404.90 of the List of Tariff Provisions that are finished and cut and sewn or otherwise assembled in Honduras from fabric or yarn produced or obtained outside the free trade area. (tissus et articles confectionnés)

free trade area
free trade area means the area comprising Canada and Honduras. (zone de libre-échange)

Remission of Customs Duty

2 Subject to section 3, remission is granted of the customs duty paid or payable at the Most-Favoured-Nation Tariff rates of customs duty on apparel and fabric and made-up goods imported from Honduras on or after October 1, 2014.

Conditions

3 (1) The remission granted under section 2 applies only to an amount not exceeding the annual quantitative limits, for each of the goods referred to in that section, that are set out in Section 5 of Annex 3.1 to Chapter Three of the Canada–Honduras Free Trade Agreement.

(2) Remission is granted under section 2 on the condition that the importer or owner of the goods provides to a customs officer, at the request of the officer,

(a) at the time that the goods are accounted for under subsection 32(1), (3) or (5) of the Customs Act or are the subject of an application for a refund of the customs duty, a permit issued under the Export and Import Permits Act and the Import Certificate Regulations that identifies the quantity available for purposes of remission or refund under Chapter Three of the Canada–Honduras Free Trade Agreement;
(b) at the time that the goods are accounted for under subsection 32(1), (3) or (5) of the Customs Act or are the subject of an application for a refund of the customs duty, a written declaration, in English or French, indicating that the certification referred to in subparagraph (c)(i) is in the possession of the importer or owner; and

(c) at the time that the goods are released, or at any other time after the importer or owner provides the declaration referred to in paragraph (b),

(i) a certification of the exporter, in English, French or Spanish, in the form set out in the schedule, accompanied by a copy of the applicable invoice or sales agreement, and
(ii) if the certification is in Spanish, an English or French translation of the certification.

Coming into Force

*4 This Order comes into force on the day on which section 43 of the Canada–Honduras Economic Growth and Prosperity Act, chapter 14 of the Statutes of Canada, 2014, comes into force but if this Order is registered after that day, it comes into force on the day on which it is registered.
Return to footnote *[Note: Order in force October 1, 2014, see SI/2014-74.]

SCHEDULE(Subparagraph 3(2)(c)(i))

Exporter’s Certification of Non-Originating Textile Goods
I, the exporter of the goods referred to in the attached invoice or sales agreement, certify that those goods comply with the applicable requirements specified in Section 5 of Annex 3.1 to Chapter Three of the Canada–Honduras Free Trade Agreement.

NAME: 

TITLE: 

COMPANY: 

TELEPHONE: 

FAX: 

INVOICE NO.: 

Signature of ExporterDate