{"id":3908,"date":"2016-10-07T15:47:29","date_gmt":"2016-10-07T19:47:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clearit.ca\/canadian-customs-broker-blog\/?p=3908"},"modified":"2016-10-07T15:48:26","modified_gmt":"2016-10-07T19:48:26","slug":"supreme-court-blocks-cbsa-over-goalie-gloves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clearit.ca\/canadian-customs-broker-blog\/supreme-court-blocks-cbsa-over-goalie-gloves\/","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court Blocks CBSA Over Goalie Gloves"},"content":{"rendered":"

If there\u2019s one thing Canadians take seriously it\u2019s Hockey. When you mix a hot court battle with Hockey, you get an interesting fight between the Canadian Border Services Agency<\/strong> and a sporting goods dealer over imported goalie gloves. Both parties took off their gloves and fought it off in the nation\u2019s top court.<\/p>\n

Igloo Vikski Inc., a Quebec-based sporting goods dealer challenged a decision by the CBSA to classify goalie gloves as \u201cgloves, mittens and mitts\u201d rather than under the classification \u201cother pieces of plastics\u201d. The latter has a lower duty attached to it and as such, Igloo Vikski Inc. is seeking a refund.<\/p>\n

Canada\u2019s Supreme Court upheld a judgement previously ruled upon by the trade tribunal. Writing on behalf of the majority, Justice Russell Brown stated: \u201cThe goaltender should strain to avoid being distracted by the question before the court in this appeal — being whether, for customs tariff classification purposes, he or she blocks and catches the puck with a \u2018glove, mitten or mitt,\u2019 or with an \u2018article of plastic\u201d<\/p>\n

The tale of the goalie gloves classification collides two well known, both loved and hated aspects of our culture: hockey and taxes. The issue of the gloves has been going on for quite a time already, and has been examined in the past by the Canadian International Trade Tribunal that stated in its decision in 2013: \u201c(\u2026) on the basis of the evidence before it, the Tribunal accepts that the goods in issues are not woven, knitted or crocheted fabrics, felt or nonwovens, impregnated, coated, covered or laminated with plastics, or articles thereof that are classifiable in Chapter 39.\u201d<\/p>\n

At the moment of the appeal in 2013, the CBSA had sent gloves to a laboratory to essentially discover what anyone who has ever played or watched a hockey game already knew, that: \u201cgoaltender blocker has padding material encased within the external surface of the glove consisting solely of plastics, while the goaltender catcher has padding materials encased within the external surface of the glove consisting of plastics and lesser amounts of textiles.\u201d<\/p>\n

Seems like the CBSA wasn\u2019t able to catch the puck this time.<\/p>\n

To find out more about CBSA classifications, contact us today<\/a><\/strong>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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