The regulations define “originating” and say certain goods exported from Ukraine can get the Ukraine Tariff if the shipping and customs-control conditions are met. Importers must provide requested shipping-route and transhipment evidence to an officer in some cases.
CUFTA Tariff Preference Regulations His 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 CUFTA Tariff Preference Regulations. S.C. 2001, c. 28, s. 34(1) S.C. 1997, c. 36 In these Regulations, originating means qualifying as originating in the territory of a Party under the rules of origin set out in Chapter Three (Rules of origin and origin procedures) of the Canada–Ukraine Free Trade Agreement. For the purposes of paragraph 24(1)(b) of the Customs Tariff, originating goods exported from Ukraine are entitled to the benefit of the Ukraine Tariff if the goods are shipped to Canada without shipment through another country either on a through bill of lading, or without a through bill of lading and the importer provides, when requested by an officer, documentary evidence that indicates the shipping route and all points of shipment and transhipment prior to the importation of the goods; or the goods are shipped to Canada through another country and the importer provides, when requested by an officer, documentary evidence that indicates the shipping route and all points of shipment and transhipment prior to the importation of the goods, and a copy of the customs control documents that establish that the goods remained under customs control while in that country. These Regulations come into force on the day on which section 36 of the Canada–Ukraine Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, chapter 8 of the Statutes of Canada, 2017, 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 August 1, 2017, see SI/2017-37.]