Canadian Export Classification
2020

The Canadian Export Classification is a structured, hierarchical classification system based on the Harmonized Description and Coding System. The HS nomenclature is divided into 21 Sections, which in general, group goods produced in the same sector of the economy.

Sections and Chapters

• Introduction
• Summary of changes
• Throughout the Nomenclature
• Section I - Live animals; animal products
• • Chapter 1 - Live animals
  • Chapter 2 - Meat and edible meat offal
  • Chapter 3 - Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates
  • Chapter 4 - Dairy produce; birds’ eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included
  • Chapter 5 - Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included
• Section II - Vegetable products
• • Chapter 6 - Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage
  • Chapter 7 - Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers
  • Chapter 8 - Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons
  • Chapter 9 - Coffee, tea, maté and spices
  • Chapter 10 - Cereals
  • Chapter 11 - Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten
  • Chapter 12 - Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder
  • Chapter 13 - Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts
  • Chapter 14 - Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included
• Section III - Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes
• • Chapter 15 - Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes
• Section IV - Prepared foodstuffs; beverages, spirits and vinegar; tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes
• • Chapter 16 - Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates
  • Chapter 17 - Sugars and sugar confectionery
  • Chapter 18 - Cocoa and cocoa preparations
  • Chapter 19 - Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; pastrycooks' products
  • Chapter 20 - Preparation of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants
  • Chapter 21 - Miscellaneous edible preparations
  • Chapter 22 - Beverages, spirits and vinegar
  • Chapter 23 - Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal fodder
  • Chapter 24 - Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes
• Section V - Mineral products
• • Chapter 25 - Salt; sulphur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement
  • Chapter 26 - Ores, slag and ash
  • Chapter 27 - Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
• Section VI - Products of the chemical or allied industries
• • Chapter 28 - Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals, of radioactive elements or of isotopes
  • Chapter 29 - Organic chemicals
  • Chapter 30 - Pharmaceutical products
  • Chapter 31 - Fertilizers
  • Chapter 32 - Tanning or dyeing extracts; tannins and their derivatives; dyes, pigments and other colouring matter; paints and varnishes; putty and other mastics; inks
  • Chapter 33 - Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations
  • Chapter 34 - Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modelling pastes, "dental waxes" and dental preparations with a basis of plaster
  • Chapter 35 - Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes
  • Chapter 36 - Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations
  • Chapter 37 - Photographic or cinematographic goods
  • Chapter 38 - Miscellaneous chemical products
• Section VII - Plastics and articles thereof; rubber and articles thereof
• • Chapter 39 - Plastics and articles thereof
  • Chapter 40 - Rubber and articles thereof
• Section VIII - Raw hides and skins, leather, furskins and articles thereof; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silk-worm gut)
• • Chapter 41 - Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather
  • Chapter 42 - Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silk-worm gut)
  • Chapter 43 - Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof
• Section IX - Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal; cork and articles of cork; manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork
• • Chapter 44 - Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal
  • Chapter 45 - Cork and articles of cork
  • Chapter 46 - Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork
• Section X - Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; recovered (waste and scrap) paper or paperboard; paper and paperboard and articles thereof
• • Chapter 47 - Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; recovered (waste and scrap) paper or paperboard
  • Chapter 48 - Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard
  • Chapter 49 - Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans
• Section XI - Textiles and textile articles
• • Chapter 50 - Silk
  • Chapter 51 - Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric
  • Chapter 52 - Cotton
  • Chapter 53 - Other vegetable textile fibres; paper yarn and woven fabrics of paper yarn
  • Chapter 54 - Man-made filaments; strip and the like of man-made textile materials
  • Chapter 55 - Man-made staple fibres
  • Chapter 56 - Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns; twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof
  • Chapter 57 - Carpets and other textile floor coverings
  • Chapter 58 - Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace; tapestries; trimmings; embroidery
  • Chapter 59 - Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use
  • Chapter 60 - Knitted or crocheted fabrics
  • Chapter 61 - Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted
  • Chapter 62 - Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted
  • Chapter 63 - Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags
• Section XII - Footwear, headgear, umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking-sticks, seat-sticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof; prepared feathers and articles made therewith; artificial flowers; articles of human hair
• • Chapter 64 - Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles
  • Chapter 65 - Headgear and parts thereof
  • Chapter 66 - Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking-sticks, seat-sticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof
  • Chapter 67 - Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair
• Section XIII - Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials; ceramic products; glass and glassware
• • Chapter 68 - Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials
  • Chapter 69 - Ceramic products
  • Chapter 70 - Glass and glassware
• Section XIV - Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewellery; coin
• • Chapter 71 - Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewellery; coin
• Section XV - Base metals and articles of base metal
• • Chapter 72 - Iron and steel
  • Chapter 73 - Articles of iron or steel
  • Chapter 74 - Copper and articles thereof
  • Chapter 75 - Nickel and articles thereof
  • Chapter 76 - Aluminum and articles thereof
  • Chapter 77 - (Reserved for possible future use in the Harmonized System)
  • Chapter 78 - Lead and articles thereof
  • Chapter 79 - Zinc and articles thereof
  • Chapter 80 - Tin and articles thereof
  • Chapter 81 - Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof
  • Chapter 82 - Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal
  • Chapter 83 - Miscellaneous articles of base metal
• Section XVI - Machinery and mechanical appliances; electrical equipment; parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles
• • Chapter 84 - Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
  • Chapter 85 - Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles
• Section XVII - Vehicles, aircraft, vessels and associated transport equipment
• • Chapter 86 - Railway or tramway locomotives, rolling-stock and parts thereof; railway or tramway track fixtures and fittings and parts thereof; mechanical (including electro-mechanical) traffic signalling equipment of all kinds
  • Chapter 87 - Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling-stock, and parts and accessories thereof
  • Chapter 88 - Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof
  • Chapter 89 - Ships, boats and floating structures
• Section XVIII - Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; clocks and watches; musical instruments; parts and accessories thereof
• • Chapter 90 - Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof
  • Chapter 91 - Clocks and watches and parts thereof
  • Chapter 92 - Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles
• Section XIX - Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof
• • Chapter 93 - Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof
• Section XX - Miscellaneous manufactured articles
• • Chapter 94 - Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings; lamps and lighting fittings, not elsewhere specified or included; illuminated signs, illuminated name-plates and the like; prefabricated buildings
  • Chapter 95 - Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof
  • Chapter 96 - Miscellaneous manufactured articles
• Section XXI - Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques
• • Chapter 97 - Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques
  • Chapter 98 - Special classification provisions
  • Chapter 99 - Special classification provisions