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Ruling C-2014-010081

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&&The product is a pair of hedge shears. It is a tool designed to cut hedges. It has two long handles, long, scissor-like blades and is designed to be operated with two hands. The tool is used to shape hedges or trim areas of small growth.

HS Classification

8201.60.90.00

CBSA Reasoning

&&The product meets the technical terms of heading 82.01 which provides for, "Hand tools, the following: spades, shovels, mattocks, picks, hoes, forks and rakes; axes, bill hooks and similar hewing tools; secateurs and pruners of any kinds; scythes, sickles, hay knives, hedge shears, timber wedges and other tools of a kind used in agriculture, horticulture or forestry." Specifically, sub-heading 8201.60 includes, "Hedge shears, two-handed pruning shears and similar two-handed shears". The item in question is designed to cut hedges. It has large, scissor-like straight blades and long handles, designed for two-handed use. This is in contrast to pruning shears with the characteristic short, curved blades, designed to prune larger/thicker branches.

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