Agreement on Agriculture between Canada and the Republic of Iceland

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1 Agreement on Agriculture between Canada and the Republic of Iceland Canada and the Republic of Iceland (hereinafter referred to as Iceland ), RECALLING that a Free Trade Agreement between Canada and the States of the European Free Trade Association (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland), hereinafter referred to as the Free Trade Agreement, was done on the date of signature of this Agreement; and CONFIRMING that this Agreement forms part of the instruments establishing the trade area between Canada and the Republic of Iceland, the Principality of Liechtenstein, the Kingdom of Norway and the Swiss Confederation ( the EFTA States ) in accordance with paragraph 2 of Article 3 of the Free Trade Agreement; HAVE AGREED as follows: ARTICLE 1 This Agreement governs the trade in the following products between the Parties to this Agreement: (a) (b) products classified in Chapters 1 through 24 of the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System and not included in Annexes G or H of the Free Trade Agreement; and products not covered by Article 10 of the Free Trade Agreement according to Annex F of that Agreement. ARTICLE 2 1. Canada shall grant tariff concessions to agricultural products originating in Iceland as specified in Annex 1 to this Agreement. Iceland shall grant tariff concessions to agricultural products originating in Canada as specified in Annex 2 to this Agreement.

2 Paragraph 1 shall not prevent either Party from introducing, reintroducing or increasing a customs duty vis-à-vis the other Party that is authorized by or pursuant to the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization, done on 15 April 1994, in particular pursuant to the rules and procedures on dispute settlement, but excluding any modification of schedules and tariff modifications in accordance with Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ARTICLE 3 The Parties undertake to continue their efforts with a view to achieving further liberalisation of their agricultural trade taking account of the pattern of trade in agricultural products between the Parties, the particular sensitivities of such products, and the development of agricultural policy on both sides. The Parties shall, at the request of either Party, consult for the purpose of achieving further liberalisation of their agricultural trade, including improvements in market access by reduction or elimination of customs duties on goods and extending the scope of products covered by Annex 1 and Annex 2, after the entry into force of this Agreement. ARTICLE 4 The following provisions and chapter of the Free Trade Agreement shall apply, mutatis mutandis, between the Parties to this Agreement and are hereby incorporated into and made part of this Agreement: Articles 2, 4 through 8, 19, 22, 24, 25, and Chapter VIII (Dispute Settlement). ARTICLE 5 1. The Parties shall examine any issue that may arise in their trade in agricultural products pursuant to this Agreement and shall endeavour to find appropriate solutions. Issues that have a bearing on the operation of the trade area between Canada and the EFTA States may also be discussed in the Joint Committee established by Article 26 of the Free Trade Agreement or in any relevant sub-committee or working group established by Article 9 of the Free Trade Agreement or by the Joint Committee. 2. Any issue that may arise from the application of provisions of the Free Trade Agreement that have been incorporated into and made part of this Agreement by virtue of Article 4 may be referred by either Party to the Joint Committee or to any relevant sub-committee or working group established by the Joint Committee.

3 - 3 - ARTICLE 6 The Parties confirm that products subject to tariff concessions in accordance with Article 2, do not benefit in their bilateral trade from export subsidies as defined in the WTO Agreement on Agriculture. Either Party shall provide further information and clarification to the other Party with respect to this commitment upon request. ARTICLE 7 Should a Party introduce or re-introduce a subsidy on exports of a product that is subject to a tariff concession in accordance with Article 2 and that is traded with the other Party, the other Party may increase the rate of duty on such imports up to the applied most-favoured-nation tariff in effect at that time. ARTICLE 8 For agricultural products other than those mentioned in Annex 1 and Annex 2, the Parties reaffirm their rights and obligations in respect of market access concessions and export subsidy commitments under the WTO Agreement on Agriculture. ARTICLE 9 The rights and obligations of the Parties relating to domestic support commitments shall be governed by the WTO Agreement on Agriculture. Article 10 Where this Agreement refers to or incorporates by reference extraneous agreements or legal instruments, or specific provisions therein, such references are intended to include related interpretative and explanatory notes. ARTICLE This Agreement is subject to ratification, acceptance or approval. The Parties shall exchange their instruments of ratification, acceptance or approval. 2. This Agreement shall enter into force on the same date as the Free Trade Agreement enters into force between Canada and Iceland.

4 - 4 - ARTICLE 12 This Agreement shall remain in force as long as the Parties to it remain Parties to the Free Trade Agreement between Canada and the EFTA States. IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned, being duly authorised thereto, have signed this Agreement. Done in duplicate at Davos, this 26 th day of January 2008, in the English and French languages, each version being equally authentic. For Canada For the Republic of Iceland

5 Annex 1 Reductions of customs duties granted by Canada to Iceland Live horses, asses, mules and hinnies Pure-bred breeding animals 0.0% Other 0.0% Meat of sheep or goats, fresh, chilled or frozen Carcasses and half-carcasses of lamb, fresh or chilled 0.0% Other meat of sheep, fresh or chilled: Carcasses and half-carcasses 0.0% Of lamb 0.0% Of mutton 0.0% Boneless 0.0% Carcasses and half-carcasses of lamb, frozen 0.0% Other meat of sheep, frozen: Carcasses and half-carcasses 2.0% Of lamb 0.0% Of mutton 2.0% Of lamb 0.0% Of mutton 2.5% Meat of goats 0.0% Cheese and curd Fresh (unripened or uncured) cheese, including whey cheese, and curd Within access commitment 3.32 /kg (skyr) Natural honey. 0.0% Edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or 11.0% included Guts, bladders and stomachs of animals (other than fish), whole and pieces thereof, fresh, chilled, frozen, salted, in brine, dried or smoked. 0.0%

6 Bones and horn-cores, unworked, defatted, simply prepared (but not cut to shape), treated with acid or degelatinized; powder and waste of these products Ossein and bones treated with acid 0.0% Other 0.0% Animal products not elsewhere specified or included; dead animals of Chapter 1 or 3, unfit for human consumption Bovine semen 0.0% Products of fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic 0.0% invertebrates; dead animals of Chapter Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, dormant, in growth or in flower; chicory plants and roots other than roots of heading Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, dormant Bulbs: Of the genus narcissus, other than for use by florists or nurserymen for forcing purposes or for growing on prior to disposal 6.0% Bulbs: Other 0.0% Tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes: 0.0% Crowns of rhubarb or asparagus; Tuberous roots of cannas, dahlias and paeonias; Tubers, other tuberous roots, corms, other crowns and rhizomes, for use by florists or nurserymen for forcing purposes or for growing on prior to disposal Tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes: Other 6.0% Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, in growth or in flower; chicory plants and roots Chicory plants and roots;for use by florists or nurserymen for forcing purposes or for growing on prior to disposal;tuberous roots of cannas, dahlias and paeonias 0.0% Other 6.0% Other live plants (including their roots), cuttings and slips; mushroom spawn Other Other 6.0% Cut flowers and flower buds of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes, fresh, dried, dyed, bleached, impregnated or otherwise prepared.

7 Other Gypsophila, dyed, bleached or impregnated 6.5% Other 0.0% Foliage, branches and other parts of plants, without flowers or flower buds, and grasses, mosses and lichens, being goods of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes, fresh, dried, dyed, bleached, impregnated or otherwise prepared Mosses and lichens 0.0% Other: Fresh Christmas trees; Foliage of Asparagus setaceus; Grasses and 0.0% palm leaves Other 6.0% Other Grasses and palm leaves 0.0% Other 8.0% Tomatoes, fresh or chilled For processing: Cherry 1.41 /kg but 9.5% For processing: Other 1.41 /kg but 9.5% Other than for processing: Cherry tomatoes imported during such period, which may be divided into two separate periods, specified by order of the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness or the President of the Canada Border Services Agency, not exceeding a total of 32 weeks in any 12 month period ending 31st March 4.68 /kg but 12.5% Other than for processing: Other cherry tomatoes 0.0% Other: Imported during such period, which may be divided into two separate periods, specified by order of the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness or the President of the Canada Border Services Agency, not exceeding a total of 32 weeks in any 12 month period ending 31st March 4.68 /kg but 12.5% Other: Other 0.0% Onions, shallots, garlic, leeks and other alliaceous vegetables, fresh or chilled.

8 - 4 - Tariff Line Onions and shallots Onion sets 4.23 /kg but 9.5% Onions, Spanish-type, for processing: Imported during such period specified by order of the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness or the President of the Canada Border Services Agency, not exceeding 12 weeks in any 12 month period ending 31st March 2.12 /kg but 9.5% Onions, Spanish-type, for processing: Other 0.0% Onions or shallots, green: Imported during such period, 4.68 /kg but which may be divided into two separate periods, specified by order of the Minister Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness or the President of the Canada Border Services Agency, not exceeding a total of 22 weeks in any 12 month period ending 31st March 10.5% Onions or shallots, green: Other 0.0% Dry shallots: Imported during such period, which may be divided into two separate periods, specified by order of the Minister Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness or the President of the Canada Border Services Agency, not exceeding a total of 46 weeks in any 12 month period ending 31 March 2.81 /kg but 12.5% Dry shallots: Other 0.0% Other: Imported during such period, which may be divided into two separate periods, specified by order of the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness or the President of the Canada Border Services Agency, not exceeding a total of 46 weeks in any 12 month period ending 31st March 2.81 /kg but 12.5% Other: Other 0.0% Garlic 0.0% Leeks and other alliaceous vegetables 0.0% Cabbages, cauliflowers, kohlrabi, kale and similar edible brassicas, fresh or chilled Brussels sprouts Imported during such period specified by order of the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness or the President of the Canada Border Services Agency, not exceeding 20 weeks in any 12 month period ending 31st March: In packages of a weight not exceeding 2.27 kg each 5.62 /kg but 10.5% plus 4%

9 Imported during such period specified by order of the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness or the President of the Canada Border Services Agency, not exceeding 20 weeks in any 12 month period ending 31st March: In bulk or in packages of a weight exceeding 2.27 kg each 5.62 /kg but 10.5% Other 0.0% Other Other 0.0% Lettuce (Lactuca sativa) and chicory (Cichorium spp.), fresh or chilled Lettuce: Cabbage lettuce (head lettuce) Imported during such period, which may be divided into two separate periods, specified by order of the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness or the President of the Canada Border Services Agency, not exceeding a total of 16 weeks in any 12 month period ending 31st March: In packages of a weight not exceeding 2.27 kg each Imported during such period, which may be divided into two separate periods, specified by order of the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness or the President of the Canada Border Services Agency, not exceeding a total of 16 weeks in any 12 month period ending 31st March: In bulk or in packages of a weight exceeding 2.27 kg each 2.35 /kg but 12.5% plus 4% 2.35 /kg but 12.5% Other 0.0% Other Imported during such period, which may be divided into two separate periods, specified by order of the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness or the President of the Canada Border Services Agency, not exceeding a total of 16 weeks in any 12 month period ending 31st March: In packages of a weight not exceeding 2.27 kg each Imported during such period, which may be divided into two separate periods, specified by order of the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness or the President of the Canada Border Services Agency, not exceeding a total of 16 weeks in any 12 month period ending 31st March: In bulk or in packages of a weight exceeding 2.27 kg each 2.35 /kg but 12.5% plus 4% 2.35 /kg but 12.5% Other 0.0% Witloof chicory (Cichorium intybus var. foliosum) 0.0%

10 Other 0.0% Carrots, turnips, salad beetroot, salsify, celeriac, radishes and similar edible roots, fresh or chilled Other 0.0% Cucumbers and gherkins, fresh or chilled For processing 1.41 /kg but 6% Other : Imported during such period, which may be divided into two separate periods, specified by order of the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness or the President of the Canada Border Services Agency, not exceeding a total of 30 weeks in any 12 month period ending 31st March 4.22 /kg but 12.5% Other: Other 0.0% Leguminous vegetables, shelled or unshelled, fresh or chilled Peas (Pisum sativum) For processing 1.41 /kg but 6% Other: Imported during such period specified by order of the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness or the President of the Canada Border Services Agency, not exceeding 12 weeks in any 12 month period ending 31st March 3.75 /kg but 8.5% Other: Other 0.0% Beans (Vigna spp., Phaseolus spp.) Snap beans for processing 1.41 /kg but 6% Other snap beans, imported during such period, which may be divided into two separate periods, specified by order of the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness or the President of the Canada Border Services Agency, not exceeding a total of 14 weeks in any 12 month period ending 31 March: In packages of a weight not exceeding 2.27 kg each 3.75 /kg but 8.5% plus 4%

11 Other snap beans, imported during such period, which may be divided into two separate periods, specified by order of the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness or the President of the Canada Border Services Agency, not exceeding a total of 14 weeks in any 12 month period ending 31 March: In bulk or in packages of a weight exceeding 2.27 kg each 3.75 /kg but 8.5% Other snap beans 0.0% Other 0.0% Other Other leguminous vegetables 0.0% Other vegetables, fresh or chilled Asparagus For processing 5.51 /kg but 7.5% Other: Imported during such period specified by order of the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness or the President of the Canada Border Services Agency, not exceeding 8 weeks in any 12 month period ending 31st March /kg but not less than 12.5% Other: Other 0.0% Aubergines (egg-plants) 0.0% Other Truffles 0.0% Fruits of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta Imported during such period specified by order of the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness or the President of the Canada Border Services Agency, not exceeding 12 weeks in any 12 month period ending 31st March 3.75 /kg but 8.5% Other 0.0% Spinach, New Zealand spinach and orache spinach (garden spinach) 0.0% Other Parsley: Imported during such period specified by order of the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness or the President of the Canada Border Services Agency, not exceeding 16 weeks in any 12 month period ending 31st March 3.28 /kg but 8.5%

12 Parsley: Other 0.0% Sweet corn-on-the-cob, imported during such period specified by order of the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness or the President of the Canada Border Services Agency, not exceeding 12 weeks in any 12 month period ending 31st March: In packages of a weight not exceeding 2.27 kg each 2.81 /kg but 12.5% plus 4% Sweet corn-on-the-cob, imported during such period specified by order of the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness or the President of the Canada Border Services Agency, not exceeding 12 weeks in any 12 month period ending 31st March: In bulk or in packages of a weight exceeding 2.27 kg each 2.81 /kg but 12.5% Other sweet corn-on-the-cob 0.0% Globe artichokes 0.0% Other 0.0% Vegetables (uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water), frozen Peas (Pisum sativum) 9.5% Beans (Vigna spp., Phaseolus spp.) 9.5% Chickpeas (garbanzos), lupini beans, pigeon peas (Congo, dahl and toor), catjang peas, no-eye peas, Angola peas and guar seeds 0.0% Other 9.5% Spinach, New Zealand spinach and orache spinach (garden 0.0% spinach) Asparagus 19.0% Broccoli and cauliflowers[effective on January 1, 2003] 12.5% Brussels sprouts; Mushrooms 12.5% Baby carrots (of a length not exceeding 11 cm) 11.0% Artichokes (globe or Chinese), bamboo shoots, cactus 0.0% leaves (nopales), cardoons, cilantro (Chinese or Mexican parsley or Yen Sai), jicama, leaf chervils, malanga, okra, tamarillos (tree tomatoes), tarragons, tomatillos, topedos, truffles and verdolagas Other 9.5% Mixtures of vegetables 12.5% Vegetables provisionally preserved (for example, by sulphur dioxide gas, in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions), but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption Olives 0.0% Cucumbers and gherkins Gherkins, of a maximum diameter of 19 mm, for use in the 0.0% manufacture of finished gherkins Other 10.5%

13 Mushrooms and truffles: Mushrooms of the genus Agaricus 8.0% Other 8.0% Other vegetables; mixtures of vegetables Capers 0.0% Onions 6.0% Mushrooms, wood ears (Auricularia spp.), jelly fungi (Tremella spp.) and truffles: Mushrooms of the genus Agaricus 6.0% Wood ears (Auricularia spp.) 6.0% Jelly fungi (Tremella spp.) 6.0% Other Mushrooms 6.0% Truffles 0.0% Other vegetables; mixtures of vegetables Dehydrated vegetables, including garlic but excluding 0.0% potato powder, for use in the manufacture of food products;sweet corn seed;tarragon, sweet marjoram and savory Garlic, other 6.0% Other 6.0% Dried leguminous vegetables, shelled, whether or not skinned or split Peas (Pisum sativum) Seed, in packages of a weight not exceeding 500 g each 5.5% Other 0.0% Chickpeas (garbanzos) 0.0% Beans (Vigna spp., Phaseolus spp.): Beans of the species Vigna mungo (L.) Hepper or Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek Of the species Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek, in bulk or in 0.0% packages of a weight exceeding 500 g each Other 2.0% Small red (Adzuki) beans (Phaseolus or Vigna angularis) 2.0% Kidney beans, including white pea beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) Seed 0.0%

14 Other: Red kidney beans 0.0% Other: Other 2.0% Other Lima and Madagascar beans 0.0% Other 2.0% Lentils 0.0% Broad beans (Vicia faba var. major) and horse beans (Vicia faba var. equina, Vicia faba var. minor) Seed in bulk or in packages of a weight exceeding 500 g 0.0% each Other 2.0% Other Seed in bulk or in packages of a weight exceeding 500 g 0.0% each Other 0.0% Manioc, arrowroot, salep, Jerusalem artichokes, sweet potatoes and similar roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not sliced or in the form of pellets; sago pith Manioc (cassava) 0.0% Sweet potatoes 0.0% Frozen, other than water chestnuts 9.5% Other 0.0% Coconuts, Brazil nuts and cashew nuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled Coconuts: Dessicated 0.0% Other 0.0% Brazil nuts: In shell 0.0% Shelled 0.0% Cashew nuts: In shell 0.0% Shelled 0.0% Other nuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled Almonds:

15 In shell 0.0% Shelled 0.0% Hazelnuts or filberts (Corylus spp.): In shell 0.0% Shelled 0.0% Walnuts: In shell 0.0% Shelled 0.0% Chestnuts (Castanea spp.) 0.0% Pistachios 0.0% Macadamia nuts 0.0% Other 0.0% Bananas, including plantains, fresh or dried. 0.0% Dates, figs, pineapples, avocados, guavas, mangoes and mangosteens, fresh or dried Dates 0.0% Figs 0.0% Pineapples 0.0% Avocados 0.0% Guavas, mangoes and mangosteens 0.0% Citrus fruit, fresh or dried Oranges 0.0% Mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas); clementines, wilkings and similar citrus hybrids 0.0% Grapefruit, including pomelos 0.0% Lemons (Citrus limon, Citrus limonum) and limes (Citrus 0.0% aurantifolia, Citrus latifolia) Other 0.0% Grapes, fresh or dried Fresh Grapes of the species Vitis labrusca, in their natural state: 1.41 /kg Imported during such period specified by order of the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness or the President of the Canada Border Services Agency, not exceeding 15 weeks in any 12 month period ending 31st March Grapes of the species Vitis labrusca, in their natural state: 0.0% Other Other: In their natural state 0.0% Other: Other 6.0% Dried 0.0%

16 Melons (including watermelons) and papaws (papayas), fresh Melons (including watermelons): Watermelons 0.0% Other 0.0% Papaws (papayas) 0.0% Apples, pears and quinces, fresh Apples In their natural state 0.0% Other 8.5% Pears and quinces Pears for processing 2.12 /kg but 8% Other pears: Imported during such period specified by order of the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness or the President of the Canada Border Services Agency, not exceeding 24 weeks in any 12 month period ending 31st March 2.81 /kg but 10.5% Other pears: Other 0.0% Quinces 0.0% Apricots, cherries, peaches (including nectarines), plums and sloes, fresh Apricots For processing 2.12 /kg but 8% Other: Imported during such period specified by order of the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness or the President of the Canada Border Services Agency, not exceeding 10 weeks in any 12 month period ending 31st March 4.68 /kg but 10.5% Other: Other 0.0% Cherries Sweet, for processing 5.64 /kg but 8% Sour, in their natural state: Imported during such period specified by order of the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness or the President of the Canada Border Services Agency, not exceeding 10 weeks in any 12 month period ending 31st March 5.64 /kg but 8%

17 Sour, in their natural state: Other 0.0% Other, in their natural state: Imported during such period specified by order of the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness or the President of the Canada Border Services Agency, not exceeding 8 weeks in any 12 month period ending 31st March 5.62 /kg but 8.5% Other, in their natural state: Other 0.0% Other 6.0% Peaches, including nectarines Peaches, not including nectarines, for processing 2.82 /kg but 8% Other peaches, in their natural state, not including nectarines: Imported during such period specified by order of the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness or the President of the Canada Border Services Agency, not exceeding 14 weeks in any 12 month period ending 31st March Other peaches, in their natural state, not including nectarines: Other 5.62 /kg but 10.5% 0.0% Nectarines, in their natural state 0.0% Other 8.5% Plums and sloes Prune plums, for processing 1.06 /kg but 8% Other prune plums, in their natural state: Imported during such period specified by order of the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness or the President of the Canada Border Services Agency, not exceeding 12 weeks in any 12 month period ending 31st March 2.81 /kg but 10.5% Other prune plums, in their natural state: Other 0.0% Plums, other than prune plums, and sloes, in their natural 3.75 /kg but state: Imported during such period specified by order of the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness or the President of the Canada Border Services Agency, not exceeding 12 weeks in any 12 month period ending 31st March 10.5% Plums, other than prune plums, and sloes, in their natural 0.0% state: Other Other 8.5% Other fruit, fresh.

18 Tariff Line Strawberries For processing[effective on January 1, 2003] 5.62 /kg but 8.5% Other: Imported during such period specified by order of the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness or the President of the Canada Border Services Agency, not exceeding 8 weeks in any 12 month period ending 31st March 5.62 /kg but 8.5% Other: Other 0.0% Raspberries, blackberries, mulberries and loganberries Raspberries and loganberries, in their natural state: 0.0% Imported during such period specified by order of the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness or the President of the Canada Border Services Agency, not exceeding 6 weeks in any 12 month period ending 31st March Raspberries and loganberries, in their natural state: Other 0.0% Other 0.0% Cranberries, bilberries and other fruits of the genus Vaccinium In their natural state 0.0% Other 0.0% Kiwifruit 0.0% Durians 0.0% Other Black, white or red currants and gooseberries 0.0% Other 0.0% Fruit and nuts, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter Strawberries For processing[effective on January 1, 2003] 5.62 /kg but 8.5% Other[Effective on January 1, 2003] 12.5% Raspberries, blackberries, mulberries, loganberries, black, white or red currants and gooseberries 6.0% Other

19 Tariff Line Cherries 9.37 /kg but 12.5% Peaches 10.5% Other 0.0% Fruit and nuts, provisionally preserved (for example, by sulphur dioxide gas, in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions), but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption Cherries Pitted sweet cherries, with stems, provisionally preserved 0.0% by sulphur dioxide gas, for use in the manufacture of maraschino cherries with stems Other 9.37 /kg but 10.5% Akalas, akees, anchovy pears, apple-pears, avocados, 0.0% bananas, bread fruit, carambolas, chayotes, cherimoyas (Jamaica apples), citrus fruit, dates, durians, feijoas, figs, fu quas (balsam pears), genipes, guavas, imbus, jujubes, kiwi fruit, lady apples, litchis (lychees), loquats, magueys, mammees (mammeas), mangoes, mangosteens, melons, papaws (papayas), passion fruit, pawpaws, persimmons, pineapples, plantains, plumcots, prickly pears, pomegranates, quinces, rangpurs, sapatas, starapples, tamarinds, tangelos and uglifruit Strawberries 9.37 /kg but 14.5% Other 6.0% Fruit, dried, other than that of headings to 08.06; mixtures of nuts or dried fruits of this Chapter Apricots 0.0% Prunes 0.0% Apples 6.0% Other fruit 0.0% Mixtures of nuts or dried fruits of this Chapter 0.0%

20 Peel of citrus fruit or melons (including watermelons), fresh, frozen, dried or provisionally preserved in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions. 0.0% Maté. 0.0% Pepper of the genus Piper; dried or crushed or ground fruits of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta Pepper Neither crushed nor ground 0.0% Crushed or ground 3.0% Fruits of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta, dried or crushed or ground Crushed or ground, excluding chili peppers and paprikas 3.0% Other 0.0% Vanilla. 0.0% Cinnamon and cinnamon-tree flowers Neither crushed nor ground: Cinnamon (Cinnamomum zeylanicum Blume) 0.0% Other 0.0% Crushed or ground 3.0% Cloves (whole fruit, cloves and stems) Neither crushed nor ground 0.0% Crushed or ground 3.0% Nutmeg, mace and cardamoms Neither crushed nor ground 0.0% Crushed or ground 3.0% Neither crushed nor ground 0.0% Crushed or ground 3.0% Neither crushed nor ground 0.0% Crushed or ground 3.0% Seeds of anise, badian, fennel, coriander, cumin or caraway; juniper berries Seeds of anise or badian Neither crushed nor ground 0.0% Crushed or ground 3.0% Seeds of coriander Neither crushed nor ground 0.0% Crushed or ground 3.0%

21 Seeds of cumin Neither crushed nor ground 0.0% Crushed or ground 3.0% Seeds of caraway Neither crushed nor ground 0.0% Crushed or ground 3.0% Seeds of fennel; juniper berries Neither crushed nor ground 0.0% Crushed or ground 3.0% Ginger, saffron, turmeric (curcuma), thyme, bay leaves, curry and other spices Ginger Neither crushed nor ground 0.0% Crushed or ground 3.0% Saffron 0.0% Turmeric (curcuma) 0.0% Other spices: Mixtures referred to in Note 1 (b) to this Chapter Neither crushed nor ground 0.0% Crushed or ground 3.0% Other Curry; Dill seeds; Other, neither crushed nor ground 0.0% Other 3.0% Wheat and meslin Within access commitment $1.90/tonne Within access commitment $1.90/tonne Rye. 0.0% Barley For malting purposes: Within access commitment $0.99/tonne Other: Within access commitment $0.99/tonne Oats. 0.0% Maize (corn) Seed 0.0% Other 0.0%

22 Rice Rice in the husk (paddy or rough) 0.0% Husked (brown) rice 0.0% Semi-milled or wholly milled rice, whether or not polished 0.0% or glazed Broken rice 0.0% Grain sorghum. 0.0% Buckwheat, millet and canary seed; other cereals Buckwheat 0.0% Millet 0.0% Canary seed 0.0% Other cereals 0.0% Wheat or meslin flour Within access commitment $2.42/tonne Cereal flours other than of wheat or meslin Rye flour 0.0% Maize (corn) flour 6.0% Other Barley flour: Within access commitment 4.0% Rice flour 0.0% Other 6.0% Cereal groats, meal and pellets Groats and meal: Of wheat Within access commitment $2.42/tonne Of maize (corn) 0.0% Of other cereals Of barley: Within access commitment 3.0% Other 0.0% Pellets Of wheat: Within access commitment 3.5% Of barley: Within access commitment 3.5% Other 5.0% Rolled or flaked grains:

23 Of oats 0.0% Of wheat: Within access commitment 3.5% Of barley: Within access commitment 4.0% Other 5.0% Other worked grains (for example, hulled, pearled, sliced or kibbled): Of oats 5.0% Of maize (corn) 5.0% Of other cereals Of wheat: Within access commitment 3.5% Of barley: Within access commitment 4.0% Other 5.0% Germ of cereals, whole, rolled, flaked or ground Of wheat: Within access commitment 3.5% Other 5.0% Flour, meal, powder, flakes, granules and pellets of potatoes Flour, meal and powder 10.5% Flakes, granules and pellets 8.5% Flour, meal and powder of the dried leguminous vegetables of heading 07.13, of sago or of roots or tubers of heading or of the products of Chapter Of the dried leguminous vegetables of heading Guar meal 0.0% Other 6.0% Of sago or of roots or tubers of heading % Of the products of Chapter 8 0.0% Malt, whether or not roasted Not roasted Whole: Within access commitment 0.31 /kg Other: Within access commitment 0.47 /kg Roasted Whole: Within access commitment 0.31 /kg Other: Within access commitment 0.0% Starches; inulin Starches Wheat starch Within access commitment 0.95 /kg

24 Maize (corn) starch 0.0% Potato starch 10.5% Manioc (cassava) starch 0.0% Other starches Barley starch: Within access commitment 0.83 /kg Other 1.24 /kg Inulin 6.5% Wheat gluten, whether or not dried Within access commitment 7.5% Soya beans, whether or not broken. 0.0% Ground-nuts, not roasted or otherwise cooked, whether or not shelled or broken In shell 0.0% Shelled, whether or not broken 0.0% Copra. 0.0% Linseed, whether or not broken. 0.0% Rape or colza seeds, whether or not broken Low erucic acid rape or colza seeds 0.0% Other 0.0% Sunflower seeds, whether or not broken. 0.0% Other oil seeds and oleaginous fruits, whether or not broken Cotton seeds 0.0% Sesamum seeds 0.0% Mustard seeds 0.0% Poppy seeds 0.0% Other 0.0% Flours and meals of oil seeds or oleaginous fruits, other than those of mustard Of soya beans Flours 6.0% Meals 0.0% Other Flours 6.0% Meals 0.0%

25 Seeds, fruit and spores, of a kind used for sowing Sugar beet seed 0.0% Seeds of forage plants: Lucerne (alfalfa) seed 0.0% Clover (Trifolium spp.) seed 0.0% Fescue seed 0.0% Kentucky blue grass (Poa pratensis L.) seed 0.0% Rye grass (Lolium multiflorum Lam., Lolium perenne L.) 0.0% seed Other 0.0% Seeds of herbaceous plants cultivated principally for their flowers In packages of a weight of less than 25 g each 5.5% In bulk or in packages of a weight of 25 g each or more 0.0% Other Vegetable seeds In bulk or in packages of a weight exceeding 500 g each; In 0.0% packages of a weight of 25 g each or more but not exceeding 500 g each when valued at $5.50 or more per 500 g Other 5.5% Other Tree seed, other than nut trees of Chapter 8;Seeds, in bulk or in packages of a weight exceeding 500 g each; Fruit and spores 0.0% Seeds, in packages of a weight not exceeding 500 g each 5.5% Hop cones, fresh or dried, whether or not ground, powdered or in the form of pellets; lupulin Hop cones, neither ground nor powdered nor in the form of pellets Hop cones, ground, powdered or in the form of pellets; lupulin 0.0% 0.0% Plants and parts of plants (including seeds and fruits), of a kind used primarily in perfumery, in pharmacy or for insecticidal, fungicidal or similar purposes, fresh or dried, whether or not cut, crushed or powdered Ginseng roots Herbal "tea" in bags for individual servings 0.0% Other 0.0% Coca leaf 0.0% Poppy straw 0.0%

26 Other Herbal "tea" in bags for individual servings 0.0% Other 0.0% Locust beans, seaweeds and other algae, sugar beet and sugar cane, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not ground; fruit stones and kernels and other vegetable products (including unroasted chicory roots of the variety Cichorium intybus sativum) of a kind used primarily for human consumption, not elsewhere specified or included Seaweeds and other algae 0.0% Other Sugar beet 0.0% Other Sugar cane 0.0% Apricot, peach (including nectarine) or plum stones and 6.5% kernels Other 0.0% Cereal straw and husks, unprepared, whether or not chopped, ground, pressed or in the form of pellets. 0.0% Swedes, mangolds, fodder roots, hay, lucerne (alfalfa), clover, sainfoin, forage kale, lupines, vetches and similar forage products, whether or not in the form of pellets Lucerne (alfalfa) meal and pellets 10.0% Other 0.0% Lac; natural gums, resins, gum-resins and oleoresins (for example, balsams) Gum Arabic 0.0% Other 0.0% Vegetable saps and extracts; pectic substances, pectinates and pectates; agar-agar and other mucilages and thickeners, whether or not modified, derived from vegetable products Vegetable saps and extracts: Opium 0.0% Pig fat (including lard) and poultry fat, other than that of heading or Fats of bovine animals, sheep or goats, other than those of heading % 2.5%

27 Tariff Line Lard stearin, lard oil, oleostearin, oleo-oil and tallow oil, not emulsified or mixed or otherwise prepared Wood greases and fatty substances derived therefrom (including lanolin) Other animal fats and oils and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified. 7.5% 0.0% 7.0% Soya-bean oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified Crude oil, whether or not degummed 4.5% Other For use in the manufacture of paints and varnishes 0.0% Other 9.5% Ground-nut oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified Crude oil 4.5% Other 9.5% Olive oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified Virgin 0.0% Other 0.0% Other oils and their fractions, obtained solely from olives, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified, including blends of these oils or fractions with oils or fractions of heading % Palm oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified Crude oil 6.0% Other Palm oil mid-fractions for use in the manufacture of cocoa 0.0% butter equivalents Palm oil and its fractions for use in the manufacture of 0.0% margarine and shortening Other 11.0% Sunflower-seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and fractions thereof, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified Sunflower-seed or safflower oil and fractions thereof: Crude oil 4.5% Other

28 Sunflower-seed oil and fractions thereof 9.5% Safflower oil and fractions thereof 11.0% Cotton-seed oil and its fractions: Crude oil, whether or not gossypol has been removed 4.5% Other 9.5% Coconut (copra), palm kernel or babassu oil and fractions thereof, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified Coconut (copra) oil and its fractions: Crude oil 6.0% Other 11.0% Palm kernel or babassu oil and fractions thereof: Crude oil 6.0% Palm kernel oil and its fractions for use in the manufacture 0.0% of margarine and shortening Other 11.0% Rape (canola), colza or mustard oil and fractions thereof, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified Low erucic acid rape or colza oil and its fractions: Crude oil 6.0% Other 11.0% Other Crude oil 6.0% Other 11.0% Other fixed vegetable fats and oils (including jojoba oil) and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified Linseed oil and its fractions: Crude oil 4.5% Other 8.0% Maize (corn) oil and its fractions: Crude oil 4.5% Other 9.5% Castor oil and its fractions 0.0% Sesame oil and its fractions Crude oil 6.0% Other 11.0%

29 Other Illipe butter, shea butter, jojoba oil, oiticica oil, cashew nut shell oil and their fractions; Tung Oil and its fractions 0.0% Other: Crude 6.0% Other: Other 11.0% Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their fractions, partly or wholly hydrogenated, inter-esterified, re-esterified or elaidinized, whether or not refined, but not further prepared Vegetable fats and oils and their fractions Palm oil and palm kernel oil, and their fractions, and blends 0.0% thereof, for use in the manufacture of margarine and shortening Other 11.0% Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their fractions, boiled, oxidized, dehydrated, sulphurized, blown, polymerized by heat in vacuum or in inert gas or otherwise chemically modified, excluding those of heading 15.16; inedible mixtures or preparations of animal or vegetable fats or oils or of fractions of different fats or oils of this Chapter, not elsewhere specified or included Other 8.0% Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form Raw sugar not containing added flavouring or colouring matter: Cane sugar For use by sugar refineries in the production of refined 0.0% sugar used in the manufacture of wine Not exceeding 96 of polarization $22.05/tonne Exceeding 96 but not exceeding 97 of polarization $22.61/tonne Exceeding 97 but not exceeding 98 of polarization $23.18/tonne Exceeding 98 but not exceeding 99 of polarization $25.57/tonne Exceeding 99 but less than 99.5 of polarization $24.69/tonne Beet sugar For use by sugar refineries in the production of refined 0.0% sugar used in the manufacture of wine Other $24.69/tonne

30 Other Containing added flavouring or colouring matter $30.86/tonne Other $30.86/tonne Other sugars, including chemically pure lactose, maltose, glucose and fructose, in solid form; sugar syrups not containing added flavouring or colouring matter; artificial honey, whether or not mixed with natural honey; caramel Lactose and lactose syrup: Containing by weight 99% or more lactose, expressed as 6.0% anhydrous lactose, calculated on the dry matter Other 6.0% Maple sugar and maple syrup 0.0% Glucose and glucose syrup, not containing fructose or containing in the dry state less than 20% by weight of fructose Crystalline dextrose, having a dextrose equivalent of 90% 0.0% or more but not more than 10% by weight of moisture Other 3.5% Glucose and glucose syrup, containing in the dry state at least 20% but less than 50% by weight of fructose, excluding invert sugar Other fructose and fructose syrup, containing in the dry state more than 50% by weight of fructose, excluding invert sugar 6.0% 3.5% Other, including invert sugar and other sugar and sugar syrup blends containing in the dry state 50% by weight of fructose Invert sugar and other sugar syrups containing, after inversion, reducing sugars weighing 75% or more of the total solid weight and in receptacles where the gross weight exceeds 27 kg: Containing reducing sugars after inversion not exceeding 65% by weight of the total syrup Invert sugar and other sugar syrups containing, after inversion, reducing sugars weighing 75% or more of the total solid weight and in receptacles where the gross weight exceeds 27 kg: Containing reducing sugars after inversion exceeding 65% but not exceeding 70% by weight of the total syrup $11.99/tonne $13.05/tonne

31 Invert sugar and other sugar syrups containing, after inversion, reducing sugars weighing 75% or more of the total solid weight and in receptacles where the gross weight exceeds 27 kg: Containing reducing sugars after inversion exceeding 70% but not exceeding 71% by weight of the total syrup Invert sugar and other sugar syrups containing, after inversion, reducing sugars weighing 75% or more of the total solid weight and in receptacles where the gross weight exceeds 27 kg: Containing reducing sugars after inversion exceeding 71% but not exceeding 72% by weight of the total syrup Invert sugar and other sugar syrups containing, after inversion, reducing sugars weighing 75% or more of the total solid weight and in receptacles where the gross weight exceeds 27 kg: Containing reducing sugars after inversion exceeding 72% but not exceeding 73% by weight of the total syrup Invert sugar and other sugar syrups containing, after inversion, reducing sugars weighing 75% or more of the total solid weight and in receptacles where the gross weight exceeds 27 kg: Containing reducing sugars after inversion exceeding 73% but not exceeding 74% by weight of the total syrup Invert sugar and other sugar syrups containing, after inversion, reducing sugars weighing 75% or more of the total solid weight and in receptacles where the gross weight exceeds 27 kg: Containing reducing sugars after inversion exceeding 74% but not exceeding 75% by weight of the total syrup Invert sugar and other sugar syrups containing, after inversion, reducing sugars weighing 75% or more of the total solid weight and in receptacles where the gross weight exceeds 27 kg: Containing reducing sugars after inversion exceeding 75% by weight of the total syrup $13.26/tonne $13.47/tonne $13.69/tonne $13.90/tonne $14.11/tonne $15.17/tonne Artificial honey, whether or not mixed with natural honey 2.12 /kg Other invert sugars and other sugar syrups $4.52/tonne Colouring caramels 8.5% Other sucrose sugars $26.67/tonne Other 11.0% Molasses resulting from the extraction or refining of sugar Cane molasses Powder with admixture other than colouring or anti-caking 12.5% agents Other 0.0% Other

32 Powder with admixture other than colouring or anti-caking agents 12.5% Other 0.0% Cocoa beans, whole or broken, raw or roasted. 0.0% Cocoa shells, husks, skins and other cocoa waste. 0.0% Vegetables, fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants, prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid Other Onions 8.0% Tomatoes prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid Tomatoes, whole or in pieces 11.5% Mushrooms and truffles, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid Mushrooms of the genus Agaricus 17.0% Truffles 0.0% Other 17.0% Other vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, frozen, other than products of heading Other vegetables and mixtures of vegetables Baby carrots (of a length not exceeding 11 cm) and Brussels sprouts: Baby carrots (of a length not exceeding 11 cm) 14.5% Baby carrots (of a length not exceeding 11 cm) and Brussels 14.5% sprouts: Brussels sprouts Asparagus 14.0% Broccoli and cauliflowers 17.0% Other: Artichokes (globe or Chinese), bamboo shoots, cactus leaves (nopales), cardoons, chickpeas (garbanzos), cilantro (Chinese or Mexican parsley or Yen Sai), jicama, leaf chervils, malanga, okra, peas (Angola, catjang, no-eye, pigeon), spinach, tamarillos (tree tomatoes), tarragon, tomatillos, topedos and verdolagas 0.0% Other vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen, other than products of heading Homogenized vegetables 8.0% Peas (Pisum sativum) 8.0% Beans (Vigna spp., Phaseolus spp.):