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CHAPTER 17
Sugars and sugar confectionery

Note:

1. This Chapter does not cover:

(a) Sugar confectionery containing cocoa (heading No. 18.06);

(b) Chemically pure sugars (other than sucrose, lactose, maltose, glucose and fructose) or other products of heading No. 29.40; or

(c) Medicaments or other products of Chapter 30.

Sub-heading Note:
                  For the purposes of sub-headings Nos. 1701.11 and 1701.12, "raw sugar" means sugar whose content of sucrose by weight, in the dry state, corresponds to a polarimeter reading of less than 99.5 degree.
 
 
 
Heading No. 
Sub-heading
No. 
Description of article 
Rate of duty 
     
Standard
Preferential Areas
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
17.01    Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form     
    - Raw sugar not containing added flavouring or colouring matter:    
  1701.11  -- Cane sugar 
60% 
...
  1701.12  -- Beet sugar 
60% 
... 
    -Other:    
  1701.91  -- Containing added flavouring or colouring matter 
60% 
... 
  1701.99  --Other 
60% 
...
17.02   Other sugars, including chemically pure lactose, maltose, glucose and fructose, in solid form; sugar syrups not containing added flavouring or colouring matter; artificial honey, whether or not mixed with natural honey; caramel    
    - Lactose and lactose syrup :    
  1702.11  -- Containing by weight 99% or more lactose, expressed as anhydrous lactose calculated on the dry matter 
30% 
... 
  1702.19  --Other 
30% 
... 
  1702.20  - Maple sugar and maple syrup 
30% 
...
  1702.30 - Glucose and glucose syrup, not containing fructose or containing in the dry state less than 20% by weight of fructose 
30% 
...
  1702.40  - Glucose and glucose syrup, containing in the dry state at least 20% but less than 50% by weight of fructose 
30% 
...
  1702.50  - Chemically pure fructose 
30% 
...
  1702.60  - Other fructose and fructose syrup, containing in the dry state more than 50% by weight of fructose 
30% 
...
  1702.90  - Other, including invert sugar 
30% 
... 
17.03   Molasses resulting from the extraction or refining of sugar     
  1703.10  - Cane molasses 
30% 
... 
  1703.90  - Other 
30% 
...
17.04   Sugar confectionery (including white chocolate), not containing cocoa     
  1704.10  - Chewing gum, whether or not sugar-coated 
45% 
... 
  1704.90  - Other 
30% 
...