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North American Free Trade Agreement

Chapter Seven: Agriculture and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures

Annex 703.2: Market Access

Section B - Canada and Mexico

1. This Section applies only as between Canada and Mexico.

Customs Duties and Quantitative Restrictions

2. With respect to agricultural goods, Article 309(1) and (2) (Import and Export Restrictions) applies only to qualifying goods.

3. Except with respect to a good set out in Sections A or B of Annex 703.3., where a Party applies an over-quota tariff rate to a qualifying good pursuant to a tariff rate quota set out in its Schedule to Annex 302.2 or increases a customs duty for a sugar or syrup good to a rate that exceeds the rate of customs duty for that good set out in its GATT Schedule of Tariff Concessions as of July 1, 1991, the other Party waives its rights under the GATT with respect to the application of that rate of customs duty.

4. Notwithstanding Article 302(2) (Tariff Elimination), where an agreement resulting from agricultural multilateral trade negotiations under the GATT enters into force with respect to a Party pursuant to which it has agreed to convert a prohibition or restriction on its importation of an agricultural good into a tariff rate quota or a customs duty, that Party may not apply to such good that is a qualifying good an over-quota tariff rate that is higher than the lower of the over-quota tariff rate in:

    a) its Schedule to Annex 302.2, and

    b) that agreement,

and paragraph 3 shall no longer apply to the other Party with respect to that good.

5. Each Party may count the in-quota quantity under a tariff rate quota applied to a qualifying good in accordance with its Schedule to Annex 302.2 toward the satisfaction of commitments regarding an in-quota quantity of a tariff rate quota or level of access under a restriction on the importation of that good:

    a) that have been agreed under the GATT, including as set out in its GATT Schedule of Tariff Concessions; or

    b) undertaken by the Party as a result of any agreement resulting from agricultural multilateral trade negotiations under the GATT.

6. Subject to this Section and for purposes of this Section, Canada and Mexico incorporate their respective rights and obligations with respect to agricultural goods under the GATT and agreements negotiated under the GATT, including their rights and obligations under Article XI of the GATT.

7. Notwithstanding paragraph 6 and Article 309:

    a) the rights and obligations of the Parties under Article XI:2(c)(i) of the GATT and those rights as incorporated by Article 309 shall apply with respect to trade in agricultural goods only to the dairy, poultry and egg goods set out in Appendix 703.2.B.7; and

    b) with respect to such dairy, poultry and egg goods that are qualifying goods, either Party may adopt or maintain a prohibition or restriction or a customs duty on the importation of such good consistent with its rights and obligations under the GATT.

8. Without prejudice to Chapter Eight (Emergency Action), neither Party may seek a voluntary restraint agreement from the other Party with respect to the exportation of a qualifying good.

9. Notwithstanding Chapter Four (Rules of Origin), Mexico may treat a good provided for in Mexican tariff item 1806.10.01 (except those with a sugar content less than 90 percent) or 2106.90.05 (except those that contain added flavoring matter) that is exported from the territory of Canada as non- originating for purposes of applying a rate of customs duty to that good, if any material provided for in HS subheading 1701.99 used in the production of such good is not a qualifying good.

10. Notwithstanding Chapter Four (Rules of Origin), Canada may treat a good provided for in Canadian tariff item 1806.10.10 or 2106.90.21 that is exported from the territory of Mexico as non-originating for purposes of applying a rate of customs duty to that good, if any material provided for in HS subheading 1701.99 used in the production of such good is not a qualifying good.

Trade in Sugar

11. Mexico shall apply a rate of customs duty equal to its most-favored-nation over-quota tariff rate to a sugar or syrup that is a qualifying good.

12. Canada may apply a rate of customs duty on a sugar or syrup good that is a qualifying good equal to the rate of customs duty applied by Mexico pursuant to paragraph 11.

Agricultural Grading and Marketing Standards

13. The Parties hereby establish a Working Group, comprising representatives of Canada and Mexico, which shall meet annually or as otherwise agreed. The Working Group shall review, in coordination with the Committee on Standards-Related Measures established under Article 913 (Committee on Standards-Related Measures), the operation of agricultural grade and quality standards as they affect trade between the Parties, and shall resolve issues that may arise regarding the operation of the standards. This Working Group shall report to the Committee on Agricultural Trade established under Article 706.

Definitions

14. For purposes of this Section:

qualifying good means an originating good that is an agricultural good except that, in determining whether such good is an originating good, operations performed in or material obtained from the United States shall be considered as if they were performed in or obtained from a non-Party.

Section C - Definitions

For purposes of this Annex:

sugar or syrup good means:

    a) for imports into Canada, a good provided for in any of the current tariff items 1701.11.10, 1701.11.20, 1701.11.30, 1701.11.40, 1701.11.50, 1701.12.00, 1701.91.00, 1701.99.00, 1702.90.31, 1702.90.32, 1702.90.33, 1702.90.34, 1702.90.35, 1702.90.36, 1702.90.37, 1702.90.38, 1702.90.40, 1806.10.10 and 2106.90.21 of the Canadian Tariff Schedule;

    b) for imports into Mexico, a good provided for in any of the current tariff items 1701.11.01, 1701.11.99, 1701.12.01, 1701.12.99, 1701.91 (except those that contain added flavoring matter), 1701.99.01, 1701.99.99, 1702.90.01, 1806.10.01 (except those with a sugar content less than 90 percent) and 2106.90.05 (except those that contain flavoring matter) of the General Import Duty Act ("Ley del Impuesto General de Importación"); and

    c) for imports into the United States, a good provided for in any of the current tariff items 1701.11.03, 1701.12.02, 1701.91.22, 1701.99.02, 1702.90.32, 1806.10.42, and 2106.90.12 of the U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule, without regard to the quantity imported.

Appendix 703.2.A.4: Goods not Subject to Annex 703.2.A.4

Note: (For purposes of reference only, descriptions are provided next to the corresponding tariff provision).

Schedule of Mexico
Mexican Tariff ItemDescription
2009.11.01Orange juice, frozen
2009.19.01Orange juice, with a grade of concentration not greater than 1.5
(single-strength orange juice)

Schedule of the United States
U.S. Tariff ItemDescription
2009.11.00Orange juice, frozen
2009.19.20Orange juice, not frozen, not concentrated (single-strength orange juice

Appendix 703.2.A.13: Determination and Adjustment of Net Production Surplus

1. For purposes of Section A(14)(c), where the Parties project a net production surplus for a Party for the next marketing year, the projected surplus shall be:

    a) increased by the amount, if any, by which the actual net production surplus exceeds the projected net production surplus in the most recent marketing year for which the Parties projected a net production surplus for that Party; or

    b) decreased by the amount, if any, by which the projected net production surplus exceeds the actual net production surplus in the most recent marketing year for which the Parties projected a net production surplus for that Party; as further demonstrated by the following formulas:

    ANPS = (PPy - CPy) + CF

where:

ANPS = adjusted net production surplus
      PP = projected domestic production of sugar
      CP = projected total consumption of sugar
      CF = correction factor
      y = next marketing year,

and

CF = (PAys - CAys) - (PPys - CPys)

where:

PA = actual domestic production of sugar
CA = actual total consumption of sugar
ys = most recent previous marketing year for which the Parties projected a net production surplus for that Party.

2. For purposes only of paragraph 1, neither the projected net production surplus (PPys -CPys) nor the actual net production surplus (PAys - CAys) in the most recent marketing year for which the Parties projected a net production surplus for that Party may be considered to:

    a) exceed the quantity, if any, in Section A(15) applicable to that year; or

    b) be lower than the greater of

      (i) 7,258 metric tons raw value, or

      (ii) the quantity in paragraph 14(b) of Section A applicable to that year.

3. In appropriate circumstances, a Party shall consider adjustments to projections of its net production surplus when:

Fc greater than (B + 10 %)

where

Fis the percentage change in stocks from the beginning to the end of a marketing year z, expressed as a positive percentage
cis current marketing year
Fis calculated in accordance with the following formula:
           Sb - Se
F  =  ------------   x   100
              Sb
Sbbeginning stocks in marketing year z
Seending stocks in marketing year z
Bthe average annual percentage change in stocks over the previous 5 marketing years, calculated in accordance with the following formula:
Nprevious marketing years, ranging from 1 (first preceding year) to 5 (fifth preceding year).

4. For purposes of determining net production surplus or projected net production surplus:

    a) domestic production means all sugar and syrup goods derived from sugar cane or sugar beets grown in a Party's territory; and

    b) total consumption means all sugar and syrup goods consumed directly, or indirectly in the form of a good containing such goods, in the territory of a Party.

5. Each Party shall permit representatives from the other Party to observe and comment on its statistics on production, consumption, trade and stocks and on the methodology it uses to prepare such statistics.

6. Statistics on production, consumption, trade and stocks shall be provided by:

    a) the Secretaría de Agricultura y Recursos Hidráulicos, the Secretaría de Comercio y Fomento Industrial, and the Secretaría de Hacienda y Crédito Público; and

    b) the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Appendix 703.2.B.7: Dairy, Poultry and Egg Goods

Note: (For purposes of reference only, descriptions are provided next to the corresponding tariff provision).

Schedule of Canada

For Canada, a dairy, poultry or egg good is a good provided for in one of the following Canadian tariff items:

Canadian
Tariff Items
Description
0105.11.20Broilers of the species Gallus domesticus for domestic production, weighing not more than 185 g.
0105.91.00Live fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, weighing 185g. or more.
0105.99.00Live ducks, geese, turkeys and guinea fowls, weighing 185g. or more.
0207.10.00Meat of poultry of heading No. 01.05, not cut in pieces, fresh or chilled.
0207.21.00Meat of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, not cut in pieces, frozen.
0207.22.00Meat of turkeys, not cut in pieces, frozen.
0207.39.00Cut meat and edible offal (including livers other than fatty livers of geese or ducks), of the poultry of heading No. 01.05, fresh or chilled.
0207.41.00Cut meat and edible offal, other than livers, of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, frozen.
0207.42.00Cut meat and edible offal, other than livers, of turkeys, frozen.
0207.50.00Livers of poultry of heading No. 01.05, frozen.
0209.00.20Poultry fat (not rendered), fresh, chilled, frozen, salted, in brine, dried or smoked.
0210.90.10Meat of poultry, salted, in brine, dried or smoked.
0401.10.00Milk and cream, not concentrated nor containing added sugar or other sweetening matter of a fat content, by weight, not exceeding 1 percent.
0401.20.00Milk and cream, not concentrated nor containing added sugar or other sweetening matter of a fat content, by weight, exceeding 1 percent but not exceeding 6 percent.
0401.30.00Milk and cream, not concentrated nor containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, of a fat content, by weight, exceeding 6 percent.
0402.10.00Milk and cream, concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, in powder, granules or other solid forms, of a fat content, by weight, not exceeding 1.5 percent.
0402.21.10Milk, concentrated, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, in powder, granules or other solid forms, of a fat content, by weight, exceeding 1.5 percent.
0402.21.20Cream, concentrated, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, in powder, granules or other solid forms, of a fat content, by weight, exceeding 1.5 percent.
0402.29.10Milk, whether or not concentrated, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, in powder, granules or other solid forms, of a fat content, by weight, exceeding 1.5 percent.
0402.29.20Cream, whether or not concentrated, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, in powder, granules or other solid forms, of a fat content, by weight, exceeding 1.5 percent.
0402.91.00Milk and cream, concentrated, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, not in powder, granules or other solid forms.
0402.99.00Milk and cream, whether or not concentrated, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, not in powder, granules or other solid forms.
0403.10.00Yogurt.
0403.90.10Powdered buttermilk.
0403.90.90Liquid buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, kephir and other fermented or acidified milk and cream, whether or not concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavored or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa.
0404.10.10Whey powder and modified whey powder, whether or not concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter.
0404.10.90Whey and modified whey, not in powder, whether or not concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter.
0404.90.00Products consisting of natural milk constituents, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, not elsewhere specified or included.
0405.00.10Butter.
0405.00.90Fats and oils derived from milk, other than butter.
0406.10.00Fresh (unripened or uncured) cheese, including whey cheese, and curd.
0406.20.10Cheddar cheese and cheddar types of cheese, grated or powdered.
0406.20.90Grated or powdered cheese of all kinds, other than cheddar and cheddar types.
0406.30.00Processed cheese, not grated or powdered.
0406.40.00Blue-veined cheese.
0406.90.10Cheddar cheese and cheddar types of cheese, not grated, powdered or processed.
0406.90.90Other cheese not elsewhere specified or included.
0407.00.00Birds' eggs, in shell, fresh, preserved or cooked.
0408.11.00Dried egg yolks, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter.
0408.19.00Egg yolks, fresh, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, moulded, frozen or otherwise preserved, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter.
0408.91.00Bird's eggs, not in shell, dried, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter.
0408.99.00Birds' eggs, not in shell, fresh, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, moulded, frozen or otherwise preserved, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter.
1601.00.11Sausages and similar products of meat, meat offal or blood of poultry of heading No. 01.05 or food preparation based on these products, in airtight containers.
1602.10.10Homogenized preparations of chicken or turkey.
1602.20.20Poultry liver paste.
1602.31.10Prepared meals of prepared or preserved turkey meat, meat offal or blood, other than sausages and similar products.
1602.31.91Prepared or preserved turkey meat, meat offal or blood, other than sausages and similar products, and other than prepared meals, in air-tight containers.
1602.31.99Prepared or preserved turkey meat, meat offal of blood, other than sausages and similar products, other than prepared meals, not in air-tight containers.
1602.39.10Prepared meals of prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood of poultry of heading No. 01.05 other than turkey (i.e., Gallus domesticus, ducks, geese or guinea fowls), other than sausages and similar products.
1602.39.91Prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood of poultry of heading No. 01.05 other than turkey (i.e., Gallus domesticus, ducks, geese or guinea fowls), other than sausages and similar products, and other than prepared meals, in air-tight containers.
1602.39.99Prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood, of poultry of heading No. 01.05 other than turkey (i.e., Gallus domesticus, ducks, geese or guinea fowls), other than sausages and similar products, other than prepared meals, not in air-tight containers.
1901.90.31Food preparations of goods of headings Nos. 04.01 to 04.04, not containing cocoa powder or containing cocoa powder in a proportion by weight of less than 10 percent, not elsewhere specified or included, containing more than 10 percent on a dry weight basis of milk solids.
2105.00.00Ice cream and other edible ice, whether or not containing cocoa.
2106.90.70Egg preparations not elsewhere specified or included.
2309.90.31Complete feeds and feed supplements, including concentrates, containing over 50 percent by weight in the dry state of milk solids.
3501.10.00Casein.
3501.90.00Caseinates and other casein derivatives; casein glues.
3502.10.10Egg albumin, dried, evaporated, desiccated or powdered.
3502.10.90Other egg albumin.

Schedule of Mexico
For Mexico, a dairy, poultry or egg good is a good provided for in one of the following tariff items:

Mexican
Tariff Items
Description
0105.11.01Day old chickens without being fed during its transportation
0105.91.01Game cocks
0105.91.99Other
0105.99.99Other poultry
0207.10.01Turkey
0207.10.99Other
0207.21.01Chickens
0207.22.01Turkey
0207.39.01Mechanically deboned of poultry or turkey (not provided for in heading 16.01 or 16.02)
0207.39.02Turkey
0207.39.99Other
0207.41.01Mechanically deboned of poultry or turkey (not provided for in heading 16.01 or 16.02)
0207.41.99Other
0207.42.01Mechanically deboned of poultry or turkey (not provided for in heading 16.01 or 16.02)
0207.42.99Other
0207.50.01Poultry livers, frozen
0209.00.01Chicken or turkey fat
0210.90.99Other
0401.10.01In hermetic containers milk not concentrated
0401.10.99Other
0401.20.01In hermetic containers
0401.20.99Other
0401.30.01In hermetic containers
0401.30.99Other
0402.10.01Milk powder
0402.10.99Other
0402.21.01Milk powder
0402.21.99Other
0402.29.99Other
0402.91.01Evaporated milk
0402.91.99Other
0402.99.01Condensed milk
0402.99.99Other
0403.10.01Yogurt
0403.90.01Powdered milk whey with a protein content less than or equal to 12 percent
0403.90.99Other butter whey
0404.10.01Whey, concentrated, sweetened
0404.90.99Other
0405.00.01Butter, including the immediate container, with a weight less than or equal to 1 kg
0405.00.02Butter, including the immediate container, with a weight over 1 kg
0405.00.03Butiric fat, dehydrated
0405.00.99Other
0406.10.01Fresh cheese, including whey cheese
0406.20.01Cheese, grated or powdered
0406.30.01Melted cheese, not grated or powdered
0406.30.99Other, melted cheese
0406.40.01Blue veined cheese
0406.90.01Hard paste cheese called sardo
0406.90.02Hard paste reggi cheese
0406.90.03Soft paste cologne cheese
0406.90.04Hard or semi-hard cheeses with a fat content by weight less than or equal to 40 percent, and with a water content by weight in non-fat matter less than or equal to 47 percent (called "grana", "parmigiana" or "reggiano,") or with a non-fat matter content by weight over 47 percent without exceeding 72 percent (called "danloo, edam, fontan, fontina, fynbo, gouda, Avarti, maribo, samsoe, esron, italico, kernhem, Saint-Nectaire, Saint-Paulin, or talegi ")
0406.90.05Petit suisse cheese
0406.90.06Egmont cheese
0406.90.99Other hard and semihard cheese
0407.00.01Fresh birds eggs, fertile
0407.00.02Frozen eggs
0407.00.99Other poultry eggs
0408.11.01Dried yolks
0408.19.99Other
0408.91.01Frozen or powdered
0408.91.99Other
0408.99.01Frozen or powdered
0408.99.99Other
1601.00.01Sausages or similar products of poultry or turkey
1602.10.01Homogenized preparations of poultry or turkey
1602.20.01Prepared or preserved liver of poultry or turkey
1602.31.01Prepared or preserved turkey meat
1602.39.99Other
1901.90.03Food preparations containing over 10 percent, by weight, of milk solids
2105.00.01Ice cream and similar products
2106.90.09Egg preparations
2309.90.11Preparations containing over 50 percent by weight of milk solids
3501.10.01Casein
3501.90.01Casein glues
3501.90.02Caseinates
3501.90.99Other
3502.10.01Egg albumin

Annex 703.3: Special Safeguard Goods

Note: (For purposes of reference only, descriptions are provided next to the corresponding tariff provision).

Section A - Canadian Special Safeguard Goods

Canadian
Tariff Items
Description
0603.10.90Fresh cut flowers and flower buds, other than orchids, of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes.
0702.00.91Tomatoes, fresh or chilled, not for processing, (dutiable period).
0703.10.31Onions or shallots, green, fresh or chilled (dutiable period).
0707.00.91Cucumbers or gherkins, fresh or chilled, not for processing (dutiable period).
0710.80.20Broccoli and cauliflowers, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen.
0811.10.10Strawberries, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, for processing.
0811.10.90Strawberries, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, other than for processing.
2002.90.00Tomatoes prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, other than whole or in pieces.

Section B - Mexico

Mexican
Tariff Items
Description
0103.91.99Live swine, weighing less than 50 kilograms each, except purebred breeding animals and those with pedigree or selected breed certificate
0103.92.99Live swine, weighing 50 kilograms or more each, except purebred breeding animals and those with pedigree or selected breed certificate
0203.11.01Meat of swine, carcasses and half- carcasses, fresh or chilled
0203.12.01Hams, shoulders or cuts thereof, with bone in, fresh or chilled
0203.19.99Other swine meat, fresh or chilled
0203.21.01Meat of swine, carcasses and half- carcasses, frozen
0203.22.01Hams, shoulders and cuts thereof, with bone in, frozen
0203.29.99Other swine meat, frozen
0210.11.01Hams, shoulders and cuts thereof with bone in, salted, in brine, dried or smoked
0210.12.01Bellies (streaky) and cuts thereof, salted, in brine, dried or smoked.
0210.19.99Other swine meat, in brine, dried or smoked
0710.10.01Potatoes, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen
0712.10.01Dried potatoes, whole cut, sliced, broken or in powder, but not further prepared
0808.10.01Apples, fresh
2004.10.01Potatoes prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, frozen
2005.20.01Potatoes prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen
2101.10.01Extracts, essences or concentrates, of coffee, and preparations with a basis of these extracts, essences or concentrates or with a basis of coffee

Section C - United States

U.S.
Tariff Items
Description
0702.00.06Tomatoes (except cherry tomatoes), fresh or chilled; if entered during the period from November 15 to the last day of the following February, inclusive
0702.00.20Tomatoes (except cherry tomatoes), fresh or chilled; if entered during the period from March 1 to July 14, inclusive
0703.10.40Onions and shallots, fresh or chilled (not including onion sets and not including pearl onions not over 16 mm in diameter) if entered January 1 to April 30, inclusive
0709.30.20Eggplants (aubergines), fresh or chilled, if entered during the period from April 1 to June 30, inclusive
0709.60.00"Chili" peppers; if entered during the period from October 1 to July 31, inclusive (current 0709.60.00.20)
0709.90.20Squash, fresh or chilled; if entered during the period from October 1 to the following June 30, inclusive
0807.10.40Watermelons, fresh; if entered during the period from May 1 to September 30, inclusive.

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