29 January 2007

 

 

            The Department of Finance is requesting members’ views on a request for tariff relief on certain polyester fabrics for use in the manufacture of internal roller shade systems. The Department proposes to create new tariff items to read as follow:

 

5515.12.20     -- woven fabric of yarns of polyester staple fibres and yarns of polyester filaments, impregnated with polyurethane, for use in the manufacture of internal roller shade systems

 

5903.90.26     -- warp knit fabric of synthetic polyester filaments, unbleached or bleached, impregnated with polyurethane, for use in the manufacture of internal roller shade systems

 

6005.31.60     -- woven fabric of polyester filaments coated on one side with two thin layers of acrylic polymers and on the other wide with a layer of a polyvinyl acetate polymer, for use in the manufacture of internal roller shade systems

 

These products are currently classified under tariff item nos. 5515.12.90; 5903.90.29; and

6005.31.90, all of which are dutiable at 14 per cent under the MFN tariff.

 

            Members with an interest in this matter should contact Stephanie Reid in International Trade Policy Division at 613.996.5538, or fax to 613.992.6761, by 23 February 2007.