Request to Eliminate Duty on “Light” and “Heavy”..
May 22, 2007
22 May 2007
Request to Eliminate Duty on “Light” and “Heavy” Microfibre Fabrics for the Manufacture of Bedding Products
The Department of Finance received a request to eliminate the duty on “light” and “heavy” microfibre for use in the manufacture of bedding products. The proposal is to add a tariff line breakout to subheading No. 5515.12 that would read as follows:
5515.12.20
n plain woven fabric of 100 per cent non-textured yarns, containing 60 per cent by weight of non-textured yarns of polyester staple fibres in the weft and 40 per cent by weight of non-textured yarns of polyester filament in the warp, brushed or napped, bleached, dyed or printed, weighing between 50 g/m2 and 70 g/m2, for use in the manufacture of bedding products.
The fabrics that would fall under the new tariff items are currently classified under tariff item No. 5515.12.90 and are dutiable at a rate of 14 per cent under the MFN Tariff.
Members with an interest in this request should contact Sean Clarke by 9 June 2007, at 613.996.5538, or by e-mail at [email protected].