Tariff Schedule Rulings D-Memoranda Trade Remedies PGA Requirements Sanctions Regimes

Ruling C-2017-010057

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&&According to the documentation offered for analysis, the product is a vegan beverage available in six flavours (unsweetened, vanilla sweetened, pumpkin sweetened, sweetened plus protein, vanilla sweetened plus protein), based on an emulsion of flaxseed oil cold-pressed in distilled water (flax milk). Other ingredients include sweeteners, natural flavour extracts, starch, added vitamins and preservatives. Each flavour is sold as-is for immediate consumption as a beverage in 1.89-litre cartons, containing no alcohol or dairy products.

HS Classification

2202.99.90.90

CBSA Reasoning

&&The General Considerations of the Explanatory Note (EN) to Chapter 22 indicate that the "products of this Chapter constitute a group quite distinct from the foodstuffs covered by the preceding Chapters of the Nomenclature", including non-alcoholic beverages. The EN for heading 22.02, concerning these non-alcoholic beverages, explains that they are classified here with the exception of the fruit or vegetable juices of heading 20.09. This exception is not applicable to the goods in question.

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