Most-Favoured-Nation Tariff Withdrawal Order (2022-2): SOR/2022-209

October 26, 2022

CUSTOMS TARIFF

P.C. 2022-1089 October 7, 2022

Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Finance, makes the annexed Most-Favoured-Nation Tariff Withdrawal Order (2022-2) under paragraphs 31(1)(a) and (b) of the Customs Tariff.

The Government of Canada has heard from several stakeholder groups about the impact of the MFN withdrawal on their import sourcing and operations. In the case of one product, the isotope cobalt-60, imports from Russia are necessary to meet Canadian demand for this good, which is widely used in the sterilization of medical products and equipment with limited alternative suppliers. As a result, the Government of Canada is repealing the current Most-Favoured-Nation Tariff Withdrawal Order (2022-1) and simultaneously making the new Most-Favoured-Nation Tariff Withdrawal Order (2022-2), which excludes cobalt-60 from the 35% tariff. The result is to reinstate the MFN Tariff treatment for these imports.

The only other country subject to the General Tariff is North Korea.

Full details are available in the Canada Gazette.

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