World Trade
Organization WT/L/741
2 December 2008 (08-5883) General Council
18-19 December 2008 Original: English/ French

CANADIAN TARIFF TREATMENT FOR COMMONWEALTH
CARIBBEAN COUNTRIES

2008 Report of the Government of Canada on the
Trade-Related Provisions of CARIBCAN

The following communication, dated 1 December 2008, is being circulated at the request of the Delegation of Canada.
On 28 November 1986, a decision by the Contracting Parties to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) waived until 15 June 1998, the provisions of paragraph 1 of Article 1 of the General Agreement, "only to the extent necessary to permit the Government of Canada to provide duty-free treatment to eligible imports of Commonwealth Caribbean countries benefiting from the provisions of CARIBCAN,
Country Coverage

The Customs Tariff lists 18 countries or dependent territories which are eligible to receive the duty-free benefits accorded under CARIBCAN: Anguilla, Antigua-Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Montserrat, St.
Statistical Annexes:

Annex I: Total Imports form CARIBCAN Beneficiaries 1997 - 2007

Annex II: Total Canadian exports to CARIBCAN Beneficiaries 1997 - 2007

Annex III: 2007 Imports from CARIBCAN Beneficiaries by Tariff Treatment

Annex IV: Top 25 Merchandise Imports from CARIBCAN Beneficiaries which entered Canada under the CARIBCAN Duty-Free Tariff Treatment (CCCT) in 2007

Total Canadian Imports from CARIBCAN Beneficiaries 1997 – 2007 Annex I
(thousands of Canadian dollars) Country 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Anguilla 41 7 8 9 10 13 8 27 145 153 149 Antigua - Barbuda 1,

Annex III (i) Duty Free 2007 Imports from CARIBCAN Beneficiaries by Tariff Treatment
(in Canadian dollars) Country Total Imports MFN Free GPT Free Caribcan (CCCT) Free Total Free Total Free as % of Total Imports Anguilla 149,218 49,021 - - 49,021 33 Antigua and Barbuda 564,452 452,931
- 95,689 548,620
97 Bahamas 63,303,182 57,902,406 21,374 3,759,018 61,682,798 97 Barbados 8,117,371 804,156 5,008,179 1,930,990 7,743,325 95 Belize 10,959,266 9,959,179 177,638 390,042 10,526,859 96 Bermuda 3,191,860 2,159,801 2,288 17,492 2,179,581 68 Br.
858,998 21039020 Mixed condiments and mixed seasonings 852,646 22071010 Undenatured ethyl alcohol >= 80% vol for use in the manufacture of spirituous or alcoholic beverages 732,693 85369091 Other: Junction boxes;Receptacle boxes of metal 616,055 20059990 Other [Other vegetables and mixtures of vegetables] 606,835 22021000 Waters, including mineral waters and aerated waters, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured 596,964 19059049 Other biscuits [Containing less than 25% by weight of wheat] 501,576 21039090 Other [sauces] 500,360 07149090 Other [Arrowroot, salep, Jerusalem artichokes and similar roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, fresh, chilled or dried, whether or not sliced or in the form of pellets; sago pith] 417,241 39174090 Other [fittings] 328,132 19053122 Sweet biscuits containing 25% or more by weight of wheat, in packages of a weight not exceeding 1.
7% vol 127,514 04063010 Processed cheese, not grated or powdered, within access commitment 123,718 22029049 Other [beverages containing milk] 121,254 20089990 Other [Berries, berry pulp, other fruit and pulps] 110,934 09109910 Curry; dills seeds; other, neither crushed nor ground 109,486 17049090 Other [Sugar confectionery (including white chocolate), not containing cocoa , not including chewing gum, whether or not sugar-coated] 97,868 22087000 Liqueurs and cordials 84,325 19053121 Other biscuits [Containing 25% or more by weight of wheat] 83,407 20098019 Other juice of single fruit 80,705 Source: Statistics Canada import data.