Article 709: Definitions

For purposes of this Subchapter:

agricultural goods means:

(i) HS Chapters 1 to 24 less fish and fish products, plus

(ii) HS Code 29.05.43 (manitol)
HS Code 29.05.44 (sorbitol)
HS Heading 33.01 (essential
oils)
HS Headings 35.01 to 35.05 (albuminoidal
substances, modified
starches, glues)
HS Code 38.09.10 (finishing agents)
HS Code 38.23.60 (sorbitol n.e.p.)
HS Headings 41.01 to 41.03 (hides and skins)
HS Heading 43.01 (raw furskins)
HS Headings 50.01 to 50.03 (raw silk and silk waste)
HS Headings 51.01 to 51.03 (wool and animal hair)
HS Headings 52.01 to 52.03 (raw cotton, waste and cotton carded or
combed)
HS Heading 53.01 (raw flax)
HS Heading 53.02 (raw hemp);

fish and fish products for purposes of the definition of agricultural goods means fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, marine mammals, and their products within the following headings of the Harmonized System:

HS Heading 05.07 (tortoise-shell, whalebone and whalebone hair and those fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, marine mammals, and their products within this heading)

HS Heading 05.08 (all goods (coral and similar materials))
HS Heading 05.09 (all goods (natural sponges of animal origin))
HS Heading 05.11 (products of fish or crustaceans,molluscs or other
aquatic invertebrates; dead animals of Chapter 3)
HS Heading 15.04 (all goods (fats and oils and their fractions, of
fish or marine mammals))
HS Heading 16.03 ("non-meat" extracts and juices)
HS Heading 16.04 (all goods (prepared or preserved fish))
HS Heading 16.05 (all goods (prepared preserved crustaceans,
molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates));

net production surplus means the quantity by which a Party's domestic production of sugar exceeds its total consumption of sugar for a marketing year;

net surplus producer means that a Party has been determined to have a net production surplus in accordance with Schedule 704.2(I)(B)(3);