CUSTOMS: CANADA SUPPORTS CLASSIFICATION OF FANTA

UNCLAS OTTAWA 001241 SIPDIS DEPT FOR EB/TPP/MTA/MST SMEHRA USCS FOR RCHOVANEC E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ECON ETRD SUBJECT: CUSTOMS: CANADA SUPPORTS CLASSIFICATION OF FANTA AND SAUCES REF: (A) SECSTATE 111070 (B) SECSTATE 111092 Canada supports the U.S. position on both the classification of Fanta Beverage base in subheading 3302.10 and the opposition to the introduction into the legal text of any quantitative criteria for use in the classification of sauces, according to the Senior Policy Advisor for International Nomenclature Development at the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency Tom MacDonald. Mr. MacDonald will represent Canada at the May meeting of the Harmonized System Committee in Brussels. He is filling in for Canada's usual delegate, Ignatius Leron, who has been temporarily assigned other responsibilities. CELLUCCI