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cusma.4B.730820.c1846

Provision: Subheading 730820 · In force from 2020-07-01 to 2022-07-01 · Applies to: all lanes

Approved in bulk and released by FSRC on 2026-11-10; not yet reviewed rule by rule by a licensed reviewer (see the review note) · Citation: CUSMA Annex 4-B (Global Affairs Canada consolidated text), Annex 4-B, Section B, Chapter 73 Articles of Iron or Steel, 7308.20

Review note, as released

Parsed by @origin/rulebook-ingest (Annex 4-B adapter); awaiting licensed review. Effective date not stated per provision on the page; the loader sets it from the reviewer’s explicit --effective-from decision (D-91), never a default. Page note: Note: Beginning on the date of entry into force of the Agreement until January 1, 2022 or two years after entry into force of this Agreement, whichever is later, the following rules of origin shall apply to subheading 7308.20: Page note: Note: Beginning on January 1, 2022 or two years after entry into force of this Agreement, whichever is later, and thereafter, the following rules of origin shall apply to subheading 7308.20: Period rule (D-106): in force from 2020-07-01 until 2022-07-01 (exclusive), computed from the note with entry into force 2020-07-01. Grammar elements (D-100): review_materials, time_phased. Edition HS2022 and effective date 2020-07-01 set by FSRC at load (D-91; OPEN-06: the Annex is written against HS 2012 nomenclature; transposition not applied). Approved in bulk on the owner's instruction (FSRC owner (user 480c01a9-b5b3-4a3e-a5d0-223e73975b24), 2026-11-10; D-73).

Edition of the Harmonized System: the product-specific rules of CUSMA Annex 4-B were written against the 2012 edition (HS 2012). This release applies them to codes of today’s tariffs, which follow the 2022 edition (HS 2022), without transposing them (open question OPEN-06). Where a code was created, split or renumbered after 2012, check the rule against the official text.

Plain-language note

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Official text

EN

Note: Beginning on the date of entry into force of the Agreement until January 1, 2022 or two years after entry into force of this Agreement, whichever is later, the following rules of origin shall apply to subheading 7308.20: A change to subheading 7308.20 from any other heading, except for changes resulting from the following processes performed on angles, shapes, or sections of heading 72.16: (a) drilling, punching, notching, cutting, cambering, or sweeping, whether performed individually or in combination; (b) adding attachments or weldments for composite construction; (c) adding attachments for handling purposes; (d) adding weldments, connectors or attachments to H-sections or I-sections, provided that the maximum dimension of the weldments, connectors, or attachments is not greater than the dimension between the inner surfaces of the flanges of the H-sections or I-sections; (e) painting, galvanizing, or otherwise coating; or (f) adding a simple base plate without stiffening elements, individually or in combination with drilling, punching, notching, or cutting, to create an article suitable as a column.

FR

Aucun changement nécessaire de la classification tarifaire à la sous-position 7308.20, à la condition que la teneur en valeur régionale ne soit pas inférieure à : a) 65 p. 100 lorsque la méthode de la valeur transactionnelle est utilisée, ou b) 55 p. 100 lorsque la méthode du coût net est utilisée.

ES

Not available in this language

Structured rule

Alternatives (any one suffices)

    • Tariff shift from any other heading; materials of 7216 are reviewed by a person: excepted if they are “changes resulting from the following processes performed on angles, shapes, or sections of heading 72.16: (a) drilling, punching, notching, cutting, cambering, or sweeping, whether performed individually or in combination; (b) adding attachments or weldments for composite construction; (c) adding attachments for handling purposes; (d) adding weldments, connectors or attachments to H-sections or I-sections, provided that the maximum dimension of the weldments, connectors, or attachments is not greater than the dimension between the inner surfaces of the flanges of the H-sections or I-sections; (e) painting, galvanizing, or otherwise coating; or (f) adding a simple base plate without stiffening elements, individually or in combination with drilling, punching, notching, or cutting, to create an article suitable as a column”
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Version history

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