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). 

    See the table below for more information about specific hearings. You can also contact us at 613-993-3595 or citt-tcce@tribunal.gc.ca to obtain further information on a case’s hearing schedule.

    Hearings

    AppealDate of hearingGoods in issueIssue
    AP-2025-004May 21, 2026Ohio Ordnance Works M1918A3 self-loading semi-automatic rifle and Ruger Deerfield Carbine autoloading semi-automatic rifleWhether the goods in issue are properly classified under tariff item 9303.30.90 as “Other firearms and similar devices which operate by the firing of an explosive charge (for example, sporting shotguns and rifles, muzzle-loading firearms, Very pistols and other devices designed to project only signal flares, pistols and revolvers for firing blank ammunition, captive-bolt humane killers, line-throwing guns). - Other sporting, hunting or target-shooting rifles --- Other”, as determined by the President of the Canada Border Services Agency, or should be classified under tariff item 9301.90.10 as “Military weapons, other than revolvers, pistols and the arms of heading 93.07. - Other --- Guns”, as claimed by I Run Guns Inc.
    EA-2022-004, EA-2024-009, EA-2025-005 and EA-2025-010May 28, 2026Various models of chairs and parts of sofasWhether the goods in issue are of the same description as goods to which the Tribunal’s findings 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 2025-018June 15, 2026Trading cardsWhether the goods in issue are properly classified under tariff item 4911.91.00 as “other pictures, designs and photographs” and originate in the United States, as determined by the President of the Canada Border Services Agency, or should be specifically classified under tariff item 4911.91.00 as “trading cards” and excluded from the application of the United States Surtax Order, as claimed by K. Wong.
    AP-2025-017June 18, 2026Workhorse rope grab with a 2-ft shock‑absorbing lanyardWhether the good in issue is properly classified under tariff item 7326.90.90 as “other articles of iron or steel … - -other … - -  other”, as initially determined by the President of the Canada Border Services Agency, or under tariff item 8205.70.90 as “vices, clamps and the like”, as subsequently submitted by the President of the Canada Border Services Agency, or should be classified under tariff item 8479.89.90 as “machines and mechanical appliances having individual functions, not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter … -other machines and mechanical appliances … - -other … - - -other”, as claimed by Bunzl Canada Inc.