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    • Article 708. Definitions

    For purposes of this Section:

    Agricultural good means a good provided for in any of the following:

    Note: (For purposes of reference only, descriptions are provided next to the corresponding tariff provision.)

    (a) Harmonized System (HS) Chapters 1 through 24 (other than a fish or fish product); or

    (b) HS subheading

    2905.43

    manitol

          HS subheading

    2905.44

    sorbitol

          HS heading

    33.01

    essential oils

          HS headings

    35.01 to 35.05

    albuminoidal substances, modified starches, glues

          HS subheading

    3809.10

    finishing agents

          HS subheading

    3823.60

    sorbitol n.e.p.

          HS headings

    41.01 to 41.03

    hides and skins

          HS heading

    43.01

    raw furskins

          HS headings

    50.01 to 50.03

    raw silk and silk waste

          HS headings

    51.01 to 51.03

    wool and animal hair

          HS headings

    52.01 to 52.03

    raw cotton, cotton waste and cotton carded or combed

          HS heading

    53.01

    raw flax

          HS heading

    53.02

    raw hemp

     

    Customs duty means "customs duty" as defined in Article 318 (TLCAN: Art. 318) (National Treatment and Market Access for Goods - Definitions);

    Duty-free means "duty-free" as defined in Article 318 (TLCAN: Art. 318);

    Fish or fish product means a fish or crustacean, mollusk or other aquatic invertebrate, marine mammal, or a product thereof provided for in any of the following:

    HS Chapter

    03

    fish and crustaceans, mollusks, and other aquatic invertebrates

    HS heading

    05.07

    tortoise-shell, whalebone and whalebone hair and those fish or crustaceans, mollusks or other aquatic invertebrates, marine mammals, and their products within this heading

    HS heading

    05.08

    coral and similar materials

    HS heading

    05.09

    natural sponges of animal origin

    HS heading

    05.11

    products of fish or crustaceans, mollusks or other aquatic invertebrates; dead animals of Chapter 3

    HS heading

    15.04

    fats and oils and their fractions, of fish or marine mammals

    HS heading

    16.03

    "non-meat" extracts and juices

    HS heading

    16.04

    prepared or preserved fish

    HS heading

    16.05

    prepared preserved crustaceans, mollusks and other aquatic invertebrates;

    HS subheading

    2301.20

    flours, meals, pellets of fish

     

    Material means "material" as defined in Article 415 (TLCAN: Art. 415) (Rules of Origin - Definitions);

    Over-quota tariff rate means the rate of customs duty to be applied to quantities in excess of the quantity specified under a tariff rate quota;

    Sugar or syrup good means "sugar or syrup good" as defined in Annex 703.2 (TLCAN: Anexo 703.2);

    Tariff item means a "tariff item" as defined in Annex 401 (TLCAN: Anexo 401); and

    Tariff rate quota means a mechanism that provides for the application of a customs duty at a certain rate to imports of a particular good up to a specified quantity (in-quota quantity), and at a different rate to imports of that good that exceed that quantity.