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(Toronto, February 23, 2011)...Here is your chance to tell the Department of Finance what you think about the potential elimination of import duty on a number of tariff classifications, including the following products:

• Bolts, nuts, screws and washers of plastics or other materials of headings 39.01 to 39.14, currently classified under tariff item No. 3926.90.90.
   
• Gaskets of plastics or other materials of headings 39.01 to 39.14, currently classified under tariff item No. 3926.90.90.
   
• Belts and belting for machinery other than conveyer belts of plastics or other materials of heading 39.01 to 39.14, currently classified under tariff item No. 3926.90.90.
  

Product selections were based on the following criteria:

• goods covered by these tariff items are used by Canadian manufacturers in their operations
   
• eliminating the tariff on these goods will reduce production costs for Canadian industry
   
• requests were received from stakeholders to eliminate MFN tariffs to enhance competitiveness
  

To learn more, view the full notice and list of classifications (see pages 200 - 203).

Interested parties should send (before March 7, 2011) written comments to:

MFN Tariff Elimination, Tariffs and Market Access Section
International Trade Policy Division, Department of Finance
140 O'Connor Street, 14th Floor, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0G5
613- 992-6761 (fax), tariff-tarif@fin.gc.ca (email)

For more information, please call (905) 882-4880, Brian Rowe, General Manager – Customs Consulting Services.