Canada HTS Codes 2026: Look Up Your 10-Digit Tariff Code

Short answer: what people call a "Canada HTS code" is the 10-digit classification number from the Canadian Customs Tariff, written like 8471.30.00.00. To find yours, search the HS Code Directory by what the product is, then run the code through the duty calculator to see the duty, taxes and any surtax.

The name comes from the US: the HTS is the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States. Canada's schedule is the Customs Tariff. Both are built on the same international Harmonized System, so the first 6 digits match. The last 4 are set by each country, which is why a US code often won't work on a Canadian declaration.

Common products and their Canadian codes

The MFN rate is the default rate. Goods from a country with a trade agreement (CUSMA, CETA, CPTPP and others) often pay less, and some goods also carry a surtax or anti-dumping duty. The duty calculator applies all of these for your country of origin. Rates change when the Customs Tariff is amended, so always confirm the current rate before you file.

Same 6 digits, different Canadian rate

The last 4 digits are not a formality. Take wooden furniture, subheading 9403.60:

• 9403.60.10, wooden furniture for domestic purposes: MFN 9.5%.
• 9403.60.90, other wooden furniture, such as shop shelving (9403.60.90.50) or show-cases (9403.60.90.40): MFN Free.

A US code starting with 9403.60 tells you nothing about which of these two Canadian tariff items applies. The Canadian description decides it.

How a Canadian code is built

• Chapter, digits 1-2. There are 99 chapters (Chapter 85, for example, covers electrical machinery and equipment).
• Heading, digits 3-4.
• Subheading, digits 5-6. The international level, identical in Canada, the US, the EU and every other country that uses the Harmonized System.
• Tariff item, digits 7-8. Set by Canada; this usually decides the duty rate.
• Statistical suffix, digits 9-10. Required by Statistics Canada on the declaration. It rarely changes the rate, but CBSA expects it to be correct.

The 8-digit tariff item plus the 2-digit suffix gives the 10-digit classification number that goes on your customs declaration.

How to find your Canadian code

1. Start from what the product is, not from digits. Search the HS Code Directory by product name; the description is what decides classification.
2. If you have a US HTS code, keep only the first 6 digits and browse the Canadian tariff items under that subheading. Our guide on converting a US HTS code to a Canadian code walks through it.
3. Check the rate for your country of origin: the MFN rate and any trade agreement rate.
4. Run the code through the [duty calculator](/en/calculator) to get the full landed cost (duty, GST/HST and any surtax) before you commit to it.

If two tariff items both seem to fit, ask CBSA for an advance ruling rather than guess.

A worked example: 8517.62

Subheading 8517.62 covers machines for receiving, converting and transmitting voice, images or data. In Canada it resolves to tariff item 8517.62.00 (MFN: Free), with exactly three statistical suffixes:

• .30: modems, including facsimile modems, of a kind used with data processing machines of heading 84.71
• .40: other modems
• .90: other

The US subdivides the same subheading with its own suffixes, set by a different authority for its own statistics. If a US supplier's paperwork shows another ending under 8517.62, it belongs to the US list, not the Canadian one.

Three mistakes when copying a US code

Assuming the last 4 digits carry over. Only the first 6 are shared. A US ending does not match the Canadian suffix with the same digits.

Assuming the duty rate carries over. Canada and the US set their rates independently, even for the same 6-digit subheading. A 0% US rate tells you nothing about the Canadian rate.

Missing a Canadian surtax. Canada applies surtaxes on top of the Customs Tariff by order, for example on steel and aluminum products from China. They are listed by Canadian tariff item, so a US code can't show them. Since August 1, 2025, only one surtax applies to a given good; they don't add up. The duty calculator shows any surtax that applies to your tariff item and country of origin.

Find your code in the HS Code Directory, then run it through the duty calculator for the full landed cost.