ANNOUNCEMENT 01 Oct 2010

In October 2010, the government of Canada announced a change in import duties.

NUMBER OF INTERVENTIONS

1

  • 0 harmful
  • 0 neutral
  • 1 liberalising

SOURCE



Department of Finance Canada. (2010). Backgrounder: New Tariff Measures for Ships. Available at http://www.fin.gc.ca/n10/data/10-089_1-eng.asp


Inception date: 01 Jan 2010 | Removal date: open ended

Import tariff

On 1 October 2010, the Finance Ministry of Canada announced the scrapping of the import tariff on ships. Retroactive from 1 January 2010, the 25 percent tariff will be reduced to zero for "cargovessels and tankers, as well as ferries of a length of 129 metres or more".

AFFECTED SECTORS

 
493

AFFECTED PRODUCTS

 
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