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HS Code 9897000000

A live specimen of the mongoose family, including Galidia, Galidictis, Mungotictis, Salanoia, Suricata, Herpestes, Helogale, Donogale, Atilax, Mungos, Crossarchus, Liberiictics, Ichneumia, Bdeogale, Rhynchogale, Cynictis, Paracynictis and Cryptoprocta, unless the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness is satisfied, in accordance with the written advice of the Canadian Wildlife Service, that the specimen is imported for breeding, study or exhibition purposes, in confinement, by zoological institutions approved by the Canadian Wildlife Service; A live bird of the Starling family (Sturnidae), other than (a) the European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) and the Chinese Talking or Hill Mynah (Gracula religiosa), or (b) Rothschilds or Bali Mynah (Leucopsar rothschildi) for propagation purposes; Any other non-game bird, other than (a) a domestic bird of a kind kept for food purposes, (b) a bird intended solely for exhibition in a public zoological park, or (c) a bird intended solely to be kept in confinement in a cage or to be used for purposes of public entertainment; Aigrettes, egret plumes or so-called osprey plumes and the feathers, quills, heads, wings, tails, skins, or parts of skins of wild birds, either raw or manufactured, other than (a) the feathers or plumes of ostriches, the plumage of the English pheasant, the Indian peacock, birds imported alive, or of wild birds of groups recognized as game birds in an Act of Parliament or of the legislature of a province relating to game under which an open season is provided, or (b) specimens imported, in accordance with regulations made by the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, for any museum or for scientific or educational purposes; Base or counterfeit coins; Used or second-hand mattresses or materials therefrom, other than (a) mattresses imported under tariff item No. 9805.00.00, 9806.00.00, 9807.00.00, 9808.00.00 or 9810.00.00, or (b) materials from used or second hand mattresses, when imported after having been cleaned and fumigated, in accordance with regulations made by the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, accompanied by such certificates as are designated by the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness; Reprints of Canadian copyrighted works and reprints of British copyrighted works that have been copyrighted in Canada; Goods manufactured or produced wholly or in part by prison labour; Goods mined, manufactured or produced wholly or in part by forced labour or child labour as those terms are defined in section 2 of the Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act; Smoke screen apparatus for use on motor vehicles or on vessels of Chapter 89; Used or second-hand motor vehicles of all kinds, manufactured prior to the calendar year in which importation into Canada is sought to be made, other than motor vehicles (a) imported under tariff item No. 9801.10.10, 9801.10.20, 9801.10.30, 9807.00.00, 9808.00.00 or 9810.00.00, (b) imported by a settler on the settler's first arrival but not entitled to be classified under tariff item No. 9807.00.00, (c) forfeited or confiscated for any offence under the Customs laws, or the laws of any province of Canada, (d) left by bequest, (e) imported from the United States, (f) imported from Mexico (i) in the 2009 or 2010 calendar year, if the motor vehicles are not less than ten years old, (ii) in the 2011 or 2012 calendar year, if the motor vehicles are not less than eight years old, (iii) in the 2013 or 2014 calendar year, if the motor vehicles are not less than six years old, (iv) in the 2015 or 2016 calendar year, if the motor vehicles are not less than four years old, (v) in the 2017 or 2018 calendar year, if the motor vehicles are not less than two years old, or (vi) on or after January 1, 2019; Used or second-hand aircraft of all kinds, other than aircraft (a) classified under tariff item No. 9803.00.00 or 9810.00.00, civil aircraft of heading 88.01 or 88.02, or aircraft engaged solely in international traffic, (b) forfeited or confiscated for any offence under any Act of Parliament relating to customs, the Air Regulations or an Act of the legislature of any province, (c) imported by the Department of National Defence for military purposes, or (d) imported from the United States; White phosphorus matches; Any goods, in association with which there is used any description that is false in a material respect as to the geographical origin of the goods or the importation of which is prohibited by an order made under the Trade-marks Act.

MFN Duty Rate

N/A

Unit of Measure

N/A

Classification Hierarchy

9897 A live specimen of the mongoose family, including Galidia, Galidictis, Mungotictis, Salanoia, Suricata, Herpestes, Helogale, Donogale, Atilax, Mungos, Crossarchus, Liberiictics, Ichneumia, Bdeogale, Rhynchogale, Cynictis, Paracynictis and Cryptoprocta, unless the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness is satisfied, in accordance with the written advice of the Canadian Wildlife Service, that the specimen is imported for breeding, study or exhibition purposes, in confinement, by zoological institutions approved by the Canadian Wildlife Service; A live bird of the Starling family (Sturnidae), other than (a) the European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) and the Chinese Talking or Hill Mynah (Gracula religiosa), or (b) Rothschilds or Bali Mynah (Leucopsar rothschildi) for propagation purposes; Any other non-game bird, other than (a) a domestic bird of a kind kept for food purposes, (b) a bird intended solely for exhibition in a public zoological park, or (c) a bird intended solely to be kept in confinement in a cage or to be used for purposes of public entertainment; Aigrettes, egret plumes or so-called osprey plumes and the feathers, quills, heads, wings, tails, skins, or parts of skins of wild birds, either raw or manufactured, other than (a) the feathers or plumes of ostriches, the plumage of the English pheasant, the Indian peacock, birds imported alive, or of wild birds of groups recognized as game birds in an Act of Parliament or of the legislature of a province relating to game under which an open season is provided, or (b) specimens imported, in accordance with regulations made by the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, for any museum or for scientific or educational purposes; Base or counterfeit coins; Used or second-hand mattresses or materials therefrom, other than (a) mattresses imported under tariff item No. 9805.00.00, 9806.00.00, 9807.00.00, 9808.00.00 or 9810.00.00, or (b) materials from used or second hand mattresses, when imported after having been cleaned and fumigated, in accordance with regulations made by the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, accompanied by such certificates as are designated by the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness; Reprints of Canadian copyrighted works and reprints of British copyrighted works that have been copyrighted in Canada; Goods manufactured or produced wholly or in part by prison labour; Goods mined, manufactured or produced wholly or in part by forced labour or child labour as those terms are defined in section 2 of the Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act; Smoke screen apparatus for use on motor vehicles or on vessels of Chapter 89; Used or second-hand motor vehicles of all kinds, manufactured prior to the calendar year in which importation into Canada is sought to be made, other than motor vehicles (a) imported under tariff item No. 9801.10.10, 9801.10.20, 9801.10.30, 9807.00.00, 9808.00.00 or 9810.00.00, (b) imported by a settler on the settler's first arrival but not entitled to be classified under tariff item No. 9807.00.00, (c) forfeited or confiscated for any offence under the Customs laws, or the laws of any province of Canada, (d) left by bequest, (e) imported from the United States, (f) imported from Mexico (i) in the 2009 or 2010 calendar year, if the motor vehicles are not less than ten years old, (ii) in the 2011 or 2012 calendar year, if the motor vehicles are not less than eight years old, (iii) in the 2013 or 2014 calendar year, if the motor vehicles are not less than six years old, (iv) in the 2015 or 2016 calendar year, if the motor vehicles are not less than four years old, (v) in the 2017 or 2018 calendar year, if the motor vehicles are not less than two years old, or (vi) on or after January 1, 2019; Used or second-hand aircraft of all kinds, other than aircraft (a) classified under tariff item No. 9803.00.00 or 9810.00.00, civil aircraft of heading 88.01 or 88.02, or aircraft engaged solely in international traffic, (b) forfeited or confiscated for any offence under any Act of Parliament relating to customs, the Air Regulations or an Act of the legislature of any province, (c) imported by the Department of National Defence for military purposes, or (d) imported from the United States; White phosphorus matches; Any goods, in association with which there is used any description that is false in a material respect as to the geographical origin of the goods or the importation of which is prohibited by an order made under the Trade-marks Act.
9897.00 A live specimen of the mongoose family, including Galidia, Galidictis, Mungotictis, Salanoia, Suricata, Herpestes, Helogale, Donogale, Atilax, Mungos, Crossarchus, Liberiictics, Ichneumia, Bdeogale, Rhynchogale, Cynictis, Paracynictis and Cryptoprocta, unless the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness is satisfied, in accordance with the written advice of the Canadian Wildlife Service, that the specimen is imported for breeding, study or exhibition purposes, in confinement, by zoological institutions approved by the Canadian Wildlife Service; A live bird of the Starling family (Sturnidae), other than (a) the European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) and the Chinese Talking or Hill Mynah (Gracula religiosa), or (b) Rothschilds or Bali Mynah (Leucopsar rothschildi) for propagation purposes; Any other non-game bird, other than (a) a domestic bird of a kind kept for food purposes, (b) a bird intended solely for exhibition in a public zoological park, or (c) a bird intended solely to be kept in confinement in a cage or to be used for purposes of public entertainment; Aigrettes, egret plumes or so-called osprey plumes and the feathers, quills, heads, wings, tails, skins, or parts of skins of wild birds, either raw or manufactured, other than (a) the feathers or plumes of ostriches, the plumage of the English pheasant, the Indian peacock, birds imported alive, or of wild birds of groups recognized as game birds in an Act of Parliament or of the legislature of a province relating to game under which an open season is provided, or (b) specimens imported, in accordance with regulations made by the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, for any museum or for scientific or educational purposes; Base or counterfeit coins; Used or second-hand mattresses or materials therefrom, other than (a) mattresses imported under tariff item No. 9805.00.00, 9806.00.00, 9807.00.00, 9808.00.00 or 9810.00.00, or (b) materials from used or second hand mattresses, when imported after having been cleaned and fumigated, in accordance with regulations made by the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, accompanied by such certificates as are designated by the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness; Reprints of Canadian copyrighted works and reprints of British copyrighted works that have been copyrighted in Canada; Goods manufactured or produced wholly or in part by prison labour; Goods mined, manufactured or produced wholly or in part by forced labour or child labour as those terms are defined in section 2 of the Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act; Smoke screen apparatus for use on motor vehicles or on vessels of Chapter 89; Used or second-hand motor vehicles of all kinds, manufactured prior to the calendar year in which importation into Canada is sought to be made, other than motor vehicles (a) imported under tariff item No. 9801.10.10, 9801.10.20, 9801.10.30, 9807.00.00, 9808.00.00 or 9810.00.00, (b) imported by a settler on the settler's first arrival but not entitled to be classified under tariff item No. 9807.00.00, (c) forfeited or confiscated for any offence under the Customs laws, or the laws of any province of Canada, (d) left by bequest, (e) imported from the United States, (f) imported from Mexico (i) in the 2009 or 2010 calendar year, if the motor vehicles are not less than ten years old, (ii) in the 2011 or 2012 calendar year, if the motor vehicles are not less than eight years old, (iii) in the 2013 or 2014 calendar year, if the motor vehicles are not less than six years old, (iv) in the 2015 or 2016 calendar year, if the motor vehicles are not less than four years old, (v) in the 2017 or 2018 calendar year, if the motor vehicles are not less than two years old, or (vi) on or after January 1, 2019; Used or second-hand aircraft of all kinds, other than aircraft (a) classified under tariff item No. 9803.00.00 or 9810.00.00, civil aircraft of heading 88.01 or 88.02, or aircraft engaged solely in international traffic, (b) forfeited or confiscated for any offence under any Act of Parliament relating to customs, the Air Regulations or an Act of the legislature of any province, (c) imported by the Department of National Defence for military purposes, or (d) imported from the United States; White phosphorus matches; Any goods, in association with which there is used any description that is false in a material respect as to the geographical origin of the goods or the importation of which is prohibited by an order made under the Trade-marks Act.
9897000000 A live specimen of the mongoose family, including Galidia, Galidictis, Mungotictis, Salanoia, Suricata, Herpestes, Helogale, Donogale, Atilax, Mungos, Crossarchus, Liberiictics, Ichneumia, Bdeogale, Rhynchogale, Cynictis, Paracynictis and Cryptoprocta, unless the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness is satisfied, in accordance with the written advice of the Canadian Wildlife Service, that the specimen is imported for breeding, study or exhibition purposes, in confinement, by zoological institutions approved by the Canadian Wildlife Service; A live bird of the Starling family (Sturnidae), other than (a) the European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) and the Chinese Talking or Hill Mynah (Gracula religiosa), or (b) Rothschilds or Bali Mynah (Leucopsar rothschildi) for propagation purposes; Any other non-game bird, other than (a) a domestic bird of a kind kept for food purposes, (b) a bird intended solely for exhibition in a public zoological park, or (c) a bird intended solely to be kept in confinement in a cage or to be used for purposes of public entertainment; Aigrettes, egret plumes or so-called osprey plumes and the feathers, quills, heads, wings, tails, skins, or parts of skins of wild birds, either raw or manufactured, other than (a) the feathers or plumes of ostriches, the plumage of the English pheasant, the Indian peacock, birds imported alive, or of wild birds of groups recognized as game birds in an Act of Parliament or of the legislature of a province relating to game under which an open season is provided, or (b) specimens imported, in accordance with regulations made by the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, for any museum or for scientific or educational purposes; Base or counterfeit coins; Used or second-hand mattresses or materials therefrom, other than (a) mattresses imported under tariff item No. 9805.00.00, 9806.00.00, 9807.00.00, 9808.00.00 or 9810.00.00, or (b) materials from used or second hand mattresses, when imported after having been cleaned and fumigated, in accordance with regulations made by the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, accompanied by such certificates as are designated by the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness; Reprints of Canadian copyrighted works and reprints of British copyrighted works that have been copyrighted in Canada; Goods manufactured or produced wholly or in part by prison labour; Goods mined, manufactured or produced wholly or in part by forced labour or child labour as those terms are defined in section 2 of the Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act; Smoke screen apparatus for use on motor vehicles or on vessels of Chapter 89; Used or second-hand motor vehicles of all kinds, manufactured prior to the calendar year in which importation into Canada is sought to be made, other than motor vehicles (a) imported under tariff item No. 9801.10.10, 9801.10.20, 9801.10.30, 9807.00.00, 9808.00.00 or 9810.00.00, (b) imported by a settler on the settler's first arrival but not entitled to be classified under tariff item No. 9807.00.00, (c) forfeited or confiscated for any offence under the Customs laws, or the laws of any province of Canada, (d) left by bequest, (e) imported from the United States, (f) imported from Mexico (i) in the 2009 or 2010 calendar year, if the motor vehicles are not less than ten years old, (ii) in the 2011 or 2012 calendar year, if the motor vehicles are not less than eight years old, (iii) in the 2013 or 2014 calendar year, if the motor vehicles are not less than six years old, (iv) in the 2015 or 2016 calendar year, if the motor vehicles are not less than four years old, (v) in the 2017 or 2018 calendar year, if the motor vehicles are not less than two years old, or (vi) on or after January 1, 2019; Used or second-hand aircraft of all kinds, other than aircraft (a) classified under tariff item No. 9803.00.00 or 9810.00.00, civil aircraft of heading 88.01 or 88.02, or aircraft engaged solely in international traffic, (b) forfeited or confiscated for any offence under any Act of Parliament relating to customs, the Air Regulations or an Act of the legislature of any province, (c) imported by the Department of National Defence for military purposes, or (d) imported from the United States; White phosphorus matches; Any goods, in association with which there is used any description that is false in a material respect as to the geographical origin of the goods or the importation of which is prohibited by an order made under the Trade-marks Act.
Chapter 98 Notes
1. 1. The provisions of this Chapter are not subject to the rule of specificity in General Interpretative Rule 3 (a). Goods which are described in any provision of this Chapter are classifiable in said provision if the conditions and requirements thereof and of any applicable regulations are met.
2. 2. Goods which may be classified under the provisions of Chapter 99, if also eligible for classification under the provisions of Chapter 98, shall be classified in Chapter 98.
3. 3. For each tariff item of this Chapter, the General Tariff rate is the Most-Favoured-Nation Tariff rate.
4. 4. For the purpose of this Chapter, "duties" means duties or taxes levied or imposed on imported goods under Part 2 of this Act, the Excise Act, 2001 (other than section 54), the Excise Tax Act , the Special Import Measures Act or any other Act of Parliament relating to customs.
5. 5. Goods entitled to be classified under heading 98.01, 98.02, 98.03, 98.04 (other than tariff item No. 9804.30.00) or 98.05 shall be relieved from all duties, other than the customs duties imposed under Part 2 of this Act with respect to tariff item No. 9804.30.00, notwithstanding the provisions of this or any other Act of Parliament.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the duty rate for HS code 9897000000 in Canada?

The MFN (Most Favoured Nation) duty rate for HS 9897000000 (A live specimen of the mongoose family, including Galidia, Galidictis,...) is N/A. Preferential rates may apply under free trade agreements like CUSMA, CPTPP, or CETA.

How do I classify goods under HS 9897?

Heading 9897 covers "A live specimen of the mongoose family, including Galidia, Galidictis, Mungotictis, Salanoia,...". Classification follows the General Rules of Interpretation (GRIs) and CBSA chapter/section notes. Use CustomsLogIQ's AI classifier for accurate classification or consult CBSA advance rulings.

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