A) Chapter 07 was published to remove the miscellaneous code “Up to 15 packages with combined weight of up to 250 kg” and modify the import conditions for following the HS Codes with the end use "Travellers & Personal use and not for resale or distribution".
07.01 – Potatoes, fresh or chilled
07.02 – Tomatoes, fresh or chilled
07.03 – Onions, shallots, garlic, leeks and other alliaceous vegetables, fresh or chilled
07.04 – Cabbages, cauliflowers, kohlrabi, kale and similar edible brassicas, fresh or chilled.
07.05 – Lettuce (Lactuca sativa) and chicory (Cichorium spp.), fresh or chilled.
07.06 – Carrots, turnips, salad beetroot, salsify, celeriac, radishes and similar edible roots, fresh or chilled.
07.07 – Cucumbers and gherkins, fresh or chilled.
07.08 – Leguminous vegetables, shelled or unshelled, fresh or chilled.
07.09 – Other vegetables (fresh or chilled)
07.10 – Vegetables (uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water), frozen.
07.11 – Vegetables provisionally preserved (for example, by sulphur dioxide gas, in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions), but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption.
07.12 – Dried vegetables, whole, cut, sliced, broken or in powder, but not further prepared.
07.13 – Dried leguminous vegetables, shelled, whether or not skinned or split.
07.14 – Manioc, arrowroot, salep, Jerusalem artichokes, sweet potatoes and similar roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not sliced or in the form of pellets; sago pith.
B) Chapter 08 was published to:
i) remove the miscellaneous code “Up to 15 packages with combined weight of up to 250 kg” and modify the import conditions for the following HS Codes with the end use "Travellers & Personal use and not for resale or distribution".
08.01 – Coconuts, Brazil nuts and cashew nuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled.
08.02 – Other nuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled
08.03 – Bananas, including plantains, fresh or dried.
08.04 – Dates, figs, pineapples, avocados, guavas, mangoes and mangosteens, fresh or dried.
08.05 – Citrus fruit, fresh or dried
08.06 – Grapes, fresh or dried
08.07 – Melons (including watermelons) and papaws (papayas), fresh
08.08 – Apples, pears and quinces, fresh
08.09 – Apricots, cherries, peaches (including nectarines), plums and sloes, fresh.
08.10 – Other fruit, fresh
08.11 – Fruit and nuts, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter
08.12 – Fruit and nuts, provisionally preserved (for example, by sulphur dioxide gas, in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions), but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption
08.13 – Fruit, dried, other than that of heading Nos. 08.01 to 08.06; mixtures of nuts or dried fruits of this Chapter
08.14 – Peel of citrus fruit or melons (including watermelons), fresh, frozen, dried or provisionally preserved in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions
ii) change the release recommendation from “Refuse entry” to “Refer to CFIA - NISC” for the following HS code originating from Spain.
08.10.10.1001- Strawberries, whole (Fragaria spp.).
This created a requirement version change for the same HS code originating from Peru.
C) Chapter 09 was published to remove the miscellaneous code “Up to 15 packages with combined weight of up to 250 kg” and modify the import conditions for the following HS Codes with the end use "Travellers & Personal use and not for resale or distribution".
09.01 – Coffee, whether or not roasted or decaffeinated; coffee husks and skins; coffee substitutes containing coffee in any proportion.
09.02 – Tea, whether or not flavoured.
09.03 – Maté
09.04 – Pepper of the genus Piper; dried or crushed or ground fruits of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta
09.05 – Vanilla.
09.06 – Cinnamon and cinnamon-tree flowers.
09.07 – Cloves (whole fruit, cloves and stems).
09.08 – Nutmeg, mace and cardamoms.
09.09 – Seeds of anise, badian, fennel, coriander, cumin or caraway; juniper berries.
09.10 – Ginger, saffron, turmeric (curcuma), thyme, bay leaves, curry and other spices.
D) Chapter 12 was published to remove the miscellaneous code “Up to 15 packages with combined weight of up to 250 kg” and modify the import conditions for the following HS Codes with the end use "Travellers & Personal use and not for resale or distribution".
12.01 – Soya beans, whether or not broken
12.02 – Ground-nuts, not roasted or otherwise cooked, whether or not shelled or broken
12.03 – Copra
12.04 – Linseed, whether or not broken
12.05 – Rape or colza seeds, whether or not broken
12.06 – Sunflower seeds, whether or not broken
12.07 – Other oil seeds and oleaginous fruits, whether or not broken
12.08 – Flours and meals of oil seeds or oleaginous fruits, other than those of mustard
12.09 – Seeds, fruit and spores, of a kind used for sowing
12.10 – Hop cones, fresh or dried, whether or not ground, powdered or in the form of pellets; lupulin
12.11 – Plants and parts of plants (including seeds and fruits), of a kind used primarily in perfumery, in pharmacy or for insecticidal, fungicidal or similar purposes, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not cut, crushed or powdered
12.12 – Locust beans, seaweeds and other algae, sugar beet and sugar cane, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not ground; fruit stones and kernels and other vegetable products (including unroasted chicory roots of the variety <Cichorium> <intybus> <sativum>) of a kind used primarily for human consumption, not elsewhere specified or included
12.13 – Cereal straw and husks, unprepared, whether or not chopped, ground, pressed or in the form of pellets
12.14 – Swedes, mangolds, fodder roots, hay, lucerne (alfalfa), clover, sainfoin, forage kale, lupines, vetches and similar forage products, whether or not in the form of pellets
E) Chapter 20 was published to:
i) remove the miscellaneous code “Up to 15 packages with combined weight of up to 250 kg” and modify the import conditions for the following HS Codes with the end use "Travellers & Personal use and not for resale or distribution".
20.01 – Vegetables, fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants, prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid
20.02 – Tomatoes prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid
20.03 – Mushrooms and truffles, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid
20.04 – Other vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, frozen, other than products of heading No. 20.06
20.05 – Other vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen, other than products of heading No. 20.06
20.06 – Vegetables, fruit, nuts, fruit-peel and other parts of plants, preserved by sugar (drained, glacé or crystallised)
20.07 – Jams, fruit jellies, marmalades, fruit or nut purée and fruit or nut pastes, obtained by cooking, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter
20.08 – Fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants, otherwise prepared or preserved, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit, not elsewhere specified or included
20.09 – Fruit juices (including grape must) and vegetable juices, unfermented and not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter
ii) remove the following OGD extensions.
20.05.70.2082.20 – Olives - airtight containers
20.05.70.2082.21 – Olives - airtight containers - Organic
20.05.70.2082.98 – Other olives, prepared or preserved (airtight containers) - Organic
20.07.99.9999.24 – Other preparations of jams, fruit jellies, marmalades, fruit or nut purée and fruit or nut pastes - Organic
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If you have any questions, please contact your National Import Service Centre.