These regulations define “casual goods” and set when casual goods acquired in the United States or Mexico are treated as originating in one country or the other for tariff benefits, subject to marking-law conditions.
CUSMA Rules of Origin for Casual Goods Regulations Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Finance, pursuant to subsection 16(2)a of the Customs Tariffb, makes the annexed CUSMA Rules of Origin for Casual Goods Regulations. S.C. 2001, c. 28, s. 34(1) S.C. 1997, c. 36 Definition of casual goods In these Regulations, casual goods means goods other than goods imported for sale or for an industrial, occupational, commercial or institutional or other like use. United States Tariff Casual goods that are acquired in the United States are considered to originate in the United States and are entitled to the benefit of the United States Tariff if the marking of the goods is in accordance with the marking laws of the United States and indicates that the goods are the product of the United States or Canada, or the goods do not bear a mark and there is no indication that the goods are not the product of the United States or Canada; and are considered to originate in Mexico and are entitled to the benefit of the Mexico Tariff if the marking of the goods is in accordance with the marking laws of the United States and indicates that the goods are the product of Mexico. Mexico Tariff Casual goods that are acquired in Mexico are considered to originate in Mexico and are entitled to the benefit of the Mexico Tariff if the marking of the goods is in accordance with the marking laws of Mexico and indicates that the goods are the product of Mexico or Canada, or the goods do not bear a mark and there is no indication that the goods are not the product of Mexico or Canada; and are considered to originate in the United States and are entitled to the benefit of the United States Tariff if the marking of the goods is in accordance with the marking laws of Mexico and indicates that the goods are the product of the United States. S.C. 2020, c. 1 These Regulations come into force on the day on which section 190 of the Canada–United States–Mexico Agreement Implementation Act comes into force, but if they are registered after that day, they come into force on the day on which they are registered. [Note: Regulations in force July 1, 2020, see SI/2020-33, amended by SI/2020-46.]