In an effort to improve the clarity of content in the Automated Import Reference System (AIRS), the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has completed a review of commodities identified in the database which the CFIA does not regulate. The commodities previously identified in AIRS with a recommendation of “No CFIA requirements” have been re-aligned with a recommendation of “Not Regulated by CFIA” in the following chapters.

01 – Live animals
05 – Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included
08 – Edible fruits and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons
13 – Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts
15 – Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes
18 – Cocoa and cocoa preparations
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
25 – Salt; Sulpher; 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
28 – Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals, of radioactive elements or of isotopes.
29 – Organic chemicals
30 – Pharmaceutical products
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
35 – Albuminoidal substances; modified starches, glues, enzymes
38 – Miscellaneous chemical products
39 – Plastics and articles thereof
40 – Rubber and articles thereof
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
44 – Wood and articles of wood; Wood charcoal
46 – Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; Basketware and wickerwork
47 – Pulp of wood or other fibrous cellulosic material; Recovered (waste and scrap) paper or paperboard
51 – Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric
63 – Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags
67 – Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair
68 – Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials
71 – Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal, and articles thereof; Imitation jewellery; coin
73 – Articles of iron or steel
82 – Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal
84 – Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
87 – Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof
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
97 – Works of art, collector's pieces and antiques
98 – Special classification provisions - Non-commercial

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