Customs and excise appeal public hearings

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    Attending a hearing

    Hearings can be held in person, by videoconference, in a hybrid format or in the absence of the parties (file hearing). 

    We suggest contacting us at 613-993-3595 or citt-tcce@tribunal.gc.ca one week before the hearing to confirm the case’s hearing method, schedule, and how you can attend. See the table below for more information about specific hearings.

    Hearings

    AppealDate of hearingGoods in issueIssue
    AP-2025-025July 16, 2026Several models of frameless tempered glass shower doors and one model of a fixed shower door sold in retail packaging as a kit.Whether the goods in issue are properly classified under tariff item 7020.00.90 as “other articles of glass”, as determined by the President of the Canada Border Services Agency, or should be classified under tariff item 7007.19.00 as “other toughened (tempered) safety glass”, or under tariff item 7013.99.00 as “other glassware of a kind used for table, kitchen, toilet, office, indoor decoration or similar purposes”, as claimed by Simple Shower Solutions Inc.
    EA‑2025‑003, EA‑2025‑009, EA‑2025‑011 and EA‑2025‑013July 21, 2026Various models of chairs and a model of sofaWhether the goods in issue are of the same description as the goods to which the Tribunal’s finding in inquiry NQ‑2021‑002 concerning the dumping and subsidizing of certain upholstered domestic seating for domestic purposes originating in or exported from the People’s Republic of China and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam applies and therefore fall within the scope of that finding.
    AP-2025-026July 23, 2026Two models of utility vehicles (Kubota RTV-X1100C and Kubota RTV-X1140)

    Whether the goods in issue are properly classified under tariff item 8704.21.90 as “other motor vehicles for the transport of goods not exceeding 5 tonnes”, as determined by the President of the Canada Border Services Agency or should instead be classified under tariff item 8427.20.90 as “other works trucks fitted with lifting or handling equipment”, as claimed by Kubota Canada Ltd.

    In the alternative, whether the goods in issue should be classified under tariff item 8709.19.90 as “other works trucks, self-propelled, not fitted with lifting or handling equipment, of the type used in factories, warehouses, dock areas or airports for short distance transport of goods”, or, in the further alternative, whether they should be classified under tariff item 8705.90.90 as “other special purpose motor vehicles”, as claimed by Kubota Canada Ltd.