WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  TN/TE/W/50 
2 June 2005 
 
 (05-2253) 
Committee on Trade and Environment 
Special Session Original:   English 
 
 
 
CANADA'S INITIAL LIST OF ENVIRONMENTAL GOODS 
 
Submission by Canada  
 
Paragraph 31(iii)  
 
 
 The following communication, dated 31 May 2005, is being circulated at the request of the Delegation of Canada
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1. This submission contains Canada 's Initial List of Environmen tal Goods for consideration in 
the negotiations pursuant to paragraph 31(iii) of the Doha Ministerial Declaration.  Paragraph 31(iii) 
calls for the reduction or, as appropr iate, elimination of tariff and non- tariff barriers to environmental 
goods and services.  This list is without prejudice to  Canada's position as these negotiations proceed.  
2. Products nominated on our list are identified by  their six-digit Harmonised System (HS) 
customs classifications and their product names.  Th ose products that require greater specificity than 
six-digit codes are identified by a descriptor in  the "Additional Product Specification" column. 
3. Canada views these negotiations as an important contribution to sustainable development.  
We are particularly interested in ensuring that de veloping country Members have the opportunity to 
effectively participate in these negotiations, and seek to have their interests reflected in a 
multilaterally agreed list of environmental goods.  To this end, Canada has provided financial 
contributions to UNCTAD to assist developing co untry Members in preparing their own lists of 
environmental goods.  Canada has also been mindful  of the need to include environmental goods of 
export interest to developing c ountries in our own submission to th e CTESS, and we are considering a 
range of goods for further analysis in Canada.  We welcome further discussion in the CTESS on how 
best to address the needs of developing countries in this exercise. 
4. It is Canada's wish that, at the next WTO Mi nisterial in Hong Kong, Ministers have before 
them an initial list of environmental goods reflec ting the trade and environmental interests of both 
developed and developing countries.  TN/TE/W/50 
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HS 
CODE PRODUCT DESCRIPTION  ADDITIONAL PRODUCT 
SPECIFICATION 
AIR POLLUTION CONTROL 
252100 Limestone flux; limestone & other calcareous 
stone, for lime or cement  
252220 Slaked lime  
281610 Hydroxide and peroxide of magnesium  
840410 Auxiliary plant for use with boilers of heading 
84.02 or 84.03 (for example, economizers, 
super-heaters, soot removers, gas recoverers); condensers for steam or other vapour power units  
840420 Condensers for steam or other vapour power 
units  
840510 Producer gas or water gas generators, with or 
without their purifier; acetylene gas generators and similar water process gas generator, with or without their purifiers Include only those with purifiers 
841410 Vacuum pumps  
841459 Fans (and blowers) other than table, floor, 
window, ceiling or roof fans with a self contained electric motor of an output not exceeding 125W  
841480 Air or vacuum pumps, air or other gas 
compressors and fans; ventilating or recycling hoods incorporating a fan, whether or not fitted with filters; other  
841490 Parts of vacuum pumps, compressors, fans, 
blowers, hoods  
841780 Other industrial or laboratory furnaces and 
ovens, including incinerators, non-electric  Waste incinerators  
841960 Machinery for liquefying air or other gases   
841989 Machinery, plant and equipment whether or not 
electrically heated, for the treatment of materials 
by a process involving a change of temperature such as heating, vapourizing, condensing or cooling (excl. machinery or plant used for domestic purposes and machinery and 
appliances specified elsewhere)  
851410 Industrial or laboratory furnaces and ovens; 
electric, resistance heated  Waste incinerators or other waste 
treatment apparatus 
851420 Industrial or laboratory furnaces and ovens; 
electric, induction or dielectric  Waste incinerators or other waste 
treatment apparatus 
851430 Industrial or laboratory furnaces and ovens, 
electric, other  Waste incinerators or other waste 
treatment apparatus 
851490 Parts of industrial or laboratory electric furnaces 
and ovens or other laboratory induction or dielectric heating equipment  Parts of waste incinerators 
841790 Parts of industrial or laboratory furnaces and 
ovens, including incinerators, non-electric  Parts of waste incinerators   TN/TE/W/50 
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HS 
CODE PRODUCT DESCRIPTION  ADDITIONAL PRODUCT 
SPECIFICATION 
WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT 
281511 Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda) solid  
281512 Sodium hydroxide (cau stic soda) in aqueous 
solution  
281830 Aluminium hydroxide  
282010 Manganese dioxide   
282090 Manganese oxides (other)  
283210 Sodium sulphites  
283220 Sulphites of metals not elsewhere specified  
283510 Phosphinates (hypophosphites) & phosphonates 
(phosphites) of metals  
283523 Trisodium phosphate   
283524 Potassium phosphates   
283525 Calcium hydrogen orthophosphate (dicalcium 
phosphate)   
283526 Calcium phosphates not elsewhere specified   
283529 Phosphates of metals not elsewhere specified   
380210 Activated carbon  
730900 Reservoirs,tanks,vats&sim ctnr, cap >300L,i o s 
(ex liq/compr gas type)   
731010 Tanks, casks, drums, cans, boxes and similar 
containers, of iron or steel, for any material, of a capacity of >= 50 l but =< 300 l, not elsewhere specified (excl. containers for compressed or 
liquefied gas , or containers fitted with 
mechanical or thermal equipment, products)   
731021 Cans of iron or steel, of a capacity of < 50 l, 
which are to be closed by soldering or crimping (excl. containers for compressed or liquefied gas)   
731029 Tanks, casks, drums, cans, boxes and similar 
containers, of iron or steel, for any material, of a capacity of < 50 l, not elsewhere specified (excl. containers for compressed or liquefied gas, or containers fitted with mechanical or thermal 
equipment, and cans)   
841320 Hand pumps not elsewhere specified, o/t those 
of subheading No 8413.11 or 8413.19   
841350 Reciprocating positive displacement pumps not 
elsewhere specified  
841360 Pumps for liquids, whether or not fitted with a 
measuring device; other rotary positive displacement pumps Hydraulic fluid power pumps, vane type 
Roller Pumps 
841370 Pumps for liquids, whether or not fitted with a 
measuring device; other centrifugal pumps Centrifugal pumps lined to prevent 
corrosion; centrifugal sewage pumps 
842199 Parts of filtering or purifying machinery and 
apparatus for liquids or gases  TN/TE/W/50 
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HS 
CODE PRODUCT DESCRIPTION  ADDITIONAL PRODUCT 
SPECIFICATION 
WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT (Cont.)  
848110 Valves, pressure reducing Filter-regulators and filter regulator-
lubricators / Other, pneumatically 
controlled / Hydraulically controlled 
848130 Valves, check   Of iron / Of steel  
848140 Valves, safety or relief      
848180 Other appliances for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, 
vats or the like  Hand operated or hand activated of iron - 
Gate type and globe type  
848190 Parts of valves and similar articles for pipes, 
boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like, not 
elsewhere specified     
SOLID/HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT  
720110 Pig iron,non-alloy,containg by wght </=0.5% 
phosphorus in primary form  
732510 Cast articles of non-malleable cast iron not 
elsewhere specified  
854330 Machines elsewhere specified & apparatus for 
electroplating, electrolysis or electrophoresis  Chloralkali electrolyser cells  
391510 Polyethylene waste & scrap  
391520 Polystyrene waste & scrap   
391530 Polyvinyl chloride waste & scrap   
391590 Other plastics waste & scrap  
470710 Recovered (waste and scrap) paper or 
paperboard   
681099 Articles of cement, of concrete or of artificial 
stone not elsewhere specified  
720421 Stainless steel waste & scrap   
720429 Waste and scrap, of alloy steel, other than 
stainless  
720430 Waste and scrap, of tinned iron or steel  
720441 Ferrous waste & scrap, iron or steel, from the 
mechanical working of metal, not elsewhere 
specified  
720450 Remelting scrap ingots, of iron or steel  
740400 Copper waste & scrap  
760200 Aluminium waste & scrap   
841790 Parts of furnaces, non-electric Parts of waste incinerators 
842220 Machinery for cleaning or drying bottles or other 
containers  
842381 Other weighing machinery having a  maximum 
weighing capacity not exceeding 30 kg  
842382 Other weighing machinery having a maximum 
weighing capacity exceeding 30kg but not exceeding 5,000 kg  
842389 Other weighing machinery not elsewhere 
specified  
847989 Machines elsewhere specified & mechanical 
appliances not elsewhere specified having individual functions In-vessel composting systems / 
Radioactive waste press / Trash 
compactors / Other  TN/TE/W/50 
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CODE PRODUCT DESCRIPTION  ADDITIONAL PRODUCT 
SPECIFICATION 
SOLID/HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT (Cont.)  
847990 Parts of machines elsewhere specified and 
mechanical appliances having individual functions, not elsewhere specified or included in this chapter  Parts of trash compactors 
850590 Electromagnets; other, including parts Electromagnet 
901320 Lasers, other than laser diodes   
REMEDIATION/CLEAN-UP OF SOIL AND WATER 
890710 Inflatable rafts Inflatable oil spill recovery barges 
890790 Other floating structures Pollution protection booms, oil 
absorbent booms 
ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING, ANALYSIS AND ASSESSMENT EQUIPMENT 
350790 Enzymes not elsewhere specified; prepared 
enzymes not elsewhere specified  
381500 Reaction initiators, reaction accelerators and 
catalytic preparations, not elsewhere specified or 
included. (3815)  
382200 Composite diagnostic or laboratory reagents, not 
elsewhere specified  
690310 Other refractory ceramic goods (e.g. retorts, 
crucibles, muffles, nozzles, plugs, supports, cupels, tubes, pipes, sheaths, rods) - containing more than 50 % graphite, other forms of carbon or a mixture of these products  Laboratory refractory equipment  
690320 Other refractory ceramic goods (e.g.. retorts, 
crucibles, muffles, nozzles, plugs, supports, 
cupels, tubes, pipes, sheaths, rods) - containing 
by weight more than 50 % of alumina or of a mixture or compound of alumina and of silica   Laboratory refractory equipment  
690390 Other refractory ceramic goods (e.g.. retorts, 
crucibles, muffles, nozzles, plugs, supports, cupels, tubes, pipes, sheaths, rods) - other  Laboratory refractory equipment   
690919 Other ceramic wares for chemical or other 
technical uses Laboratory refractory equipment  
700800 Multiple-walled insulating units of glass  
701710 Laboratory, hygienic or pharmaceutical 
glassware, whether or not graduated or 
calibrated; of fused quartz or other fused silica  
701720 Laboratory, hygienic or pharmaceutical 
glassware, whether or not graduated or 
calibrated; of other glass having a linear 
coefficient of expansion not exceeding 5 X 10 -6 
per Kelvin within a temperature range of 0 C - 300 C  TN/TE/W/50 
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CODE PRODUCT DESCRIPTION  ADDITIONAL PRODUCT 
SPECIFICATION 
ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING, ANALYSIS AND ASSESSMENT EQUIPMENT (Cont.) 
701790 Laboratory, hygienic or pharmaceutical 
glassware, whether or not graduated or calibrated; other  
841990 Parts of machinery, plant and equipment of 
heading No 84.19   Medical, surgical or laboratory 
stabilizers 
842119 Centrifuges, including centrifugal dryers other 
than cream separators and clothes-dryers  
842121 Filtering or purifying machinery and apparatus 
for liquids: for filtering or purifying water  
842129 Filtering or purifying machinery and apparatus 
for liquids; other  Hydraulic fluid power filters rated at 
1,000 kPa or greater  
842139 Filtering or purifying machinery and apparatus 
for gases; other  Catalytic converters / Gas separation 
equipment / Pneumatic fluid power 
filters rated at 550 kPa or greater / 
Industrial gas cleaning equipment / 
Electrostatic filters (precipitators)   
842191 Parts of centrifuges, including centrifugal dryers Centrifuges, accessories & parts; except 
clothes dryers and clothes dryer furniture 
901540 Photogrammeterical surveying instruments and 
appliances  
901580 Other instruments and appliances used in 
geodesy, topography, hydrography, oceanography, hydrology, meteorology or geophysics (excl. compasses, rangefinders, theodolites, tacheometers )  
901590 Parts and accessories for instruments and 
appliances used in geodesy, topography, photogrammetrical surveying, hydrography, 
oceanography, hydrology, meteorology or 
geophysics, and for rangefinders not elsewhere specified Photogrammetric instruments; parts and 
accessories for articles of subheading 
901540 
902229 Apparatus based on the use of alpha, beta, or 
gamma radiations, for other uses  
902290 Apparatus based on the use of X-rays or of 
alpha, beta, or gamma radiations for other than medical, surgical, dental or veterinary uses  Parts and accessories for goods of 
subheading 902229 
902511 Thermometers and pyrometers, not combined 
with other instruments: liquid-filled, for direct reading  Clinical thermometers  
902519 Thermometers and pyrometers, not combined 
with other instruments: other than liquid-filled, for direct reading Clinical thermometers / Pyrometers   
902580 Hydrometers and similar floating instruments, 
thermometers pyrometers, barometers, hygrometers, and psychrometers, recording or 
not, and  any combination of these instruments  Barometers, not combined with other 
instruments   TN/TE/W/50 
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CODE PRODUCT DESCRIPTION  ADDITIONAL PRODUCT 
SPECIFICATION 
ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING, ANALYSIS AND ASSESSMENT EQUIPMENT (Cont.) 
902590 Parts and Accessories for Hydrometers and 
similar floating instruments, thermometers pyrometers, barometers, hygrometers, and psychrometers, recording or not, and any 
combination of these instruments  Other thermometers and pyrometers, not 
combined with other instruments, 
excluding liquid filled for direct reading  
902610 Instruments and apparatus for measuring or 
checking the flow or level of liquid  Electrical flow meters  
902620 Instruments and apparatus for measuring or 
checking pressure  Electrical instruments and apparatus  
902680 Other instruments and apparatus  Electrical heat meters  
902690 Parts and accessories for articles of subheading 
9026  
902710 Gas or smoke analysis apparatus  
902720 Chromatographs and electrophoresis instruments Gas chromatographs / Liquid 
chromatographs / Electrophoresis 
instruments  
902730 Spectrometers,  Spectrophotometers and 
Spectrographs Using Optical Radiations (Ultraviolet, Visible, Infrared)  
902740 Exposure Meters  Exposure meters 
902750 Other instruments and apparatus using optical 
radiations (UV, visible, IR) Thermal analysis instruments and 
apparatus / Other chemical analysis 
Photometers instruments and apparatus / 
Other chemical analysis instruments and 
apparatus 
902780 Other instruments and apparatus for physical or 
chemical analysis  Nuclear magnetic resonance instruments 
/ Mass spectrometers / Electrochemical 
analysis instruments and apparatus / 
Chemical analysis instruments and 
apparatus / Physical analysis instruments 
and apparatus  
POTABLE WATER TREATMENT 
391400 Ion-exchangers based on polymers of Nos 39.01 
to 39.13 in primary forms  
841381 Pumps for liquids, whether or not fitted with a 
measuring device; other pumps Wind turbine pump 
RECYCLING SYSTEMS 
841940 Distilling or rectifying plant     
847410 Sorting, screening, separating or washing 
machines elsewhere specified  TN/TE/W/50 
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CODE PRODUCT DESCRIPTION  ADDITIONAL PRODUCT 
SPECIFICATION 
RENEWABLE ENERGY PLANT 
280410 Hydrogen   
841011 Hydraulic turbines elsewhere specified and 
water wheels of a power not exceeding 1,000 kW  
841012 Hydraulic turbines elsewhere specified and 
water wheels of a power exceeding 1,000 kW but not exceeding 10,000 kW  
841013 Hydraulic turbines elsewhere specified and 
water wheels of a power exceeding 10,000 kW Hydraulic turbines elsewhere specified - 
Francis type / Other 
841090 Hydraulic turbines elsewhere specified and 
water wheels; parts, including regulators  
850231 Other electric generating sets Wind-powered  
854140 Photovoltaic diodes  Photosensitive diodes / Solar cells  
902790 Microtomes; parts and accessories Microtomes  
902890 Parts and accessories for articles of subheading 
9028  Of gas meters / Of liquid meters  
903010 Instruments and apparatus for measuring or 
detecting ionising radiations  
903020 Cathode-ray oscilloscopes and cathode-ray 
oscillographs  
903031 Multimeters 
903039 Other instruments and apparatus, for measuring 
or checking voltage, current, resistance or power, without a recording device  For measuring or checking voltage, 
current or resistance  
903083 Other instruments and apparatus for measuring 
or checking electrical quantities, with a recording device  
903089 Other instruments and apparatus for measuring 
or checking electrical quantities  
903090 Parts and accessories (for nominated articles of 
subheading 9030)  
903110 Machines elsewhere specified for balancing 
mechanical parts  
903120 Test benches   
903130 Profile projectors  
903149 Other optical instruments, appliances and 
machines elsewhere specified for measuring or 
checking  
903180 Other measuring or checking instruments, 
appliances and machines elsewhere specified, 
not elsewhere specified in this chapter For testing electrical characteristics of 
internal combustion engines elsewhere 
specified  
903190 Parts and accessories (for nominated articles of 
subheading 9031)  
903210 Thermostats  
903220 Manostats   TN/TE/W/50 
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CODE PRODUCT DESCRIPTION  ADDITIONAL PRODUCT 
SPECIFICATION 
RENEWABLE ENERGY PLANT (Cont.) 
903281 Hydraulic and pneumatic instruments and 
apparatus Industrial process control instruments 
and apparatus  
903289 Automatic regulating or  controlling instruments, 
other Temperature control instruments / 
Pressure and draft control instruments / 
Flow and liquid level control instruments 
/ Humidity control instruments / 
Automatic voltage and voltage-current 
regulators  / Control instruments for air-
conditioning, refrigeration or heating 
systems                             
903290 Parts and accessories - automatic regulating or 
controlling instruments  
903300 Parts and accessories (not specified or included 
elsewhere in this Chapter) for machines elsewhere specified, appliances, instruments or apparatus of Ch. 90  
HEAT AND ENERGY MANAGEMENT 
841919 Other instantaneous or storage water heaters, 
non-electric Solar water heaters 
841950 Heat exchange units  
853080 Other electrical signalling, safety or traffic 
control equipment  
853931 Discharge lamps, fluorescent, hot cathode   
902810 Gas meters   
902820 Liquid meters   
902830 Electricity meters   
SOIL CONSERVATION 
460120 Mats, matting, and screens of vegetable 
materials  Erosion control matting (biodegradable)  
CLEAN TECHNOLOGIES, PROCESSES AND PRODUCTS 
382490 Products, preparations and residual products of 
the chemical or allied industries, incl. those consisting of mixtures of natural products, not elsewhere specified (exc l. binders for foundry 
moulds and cores; naphthenic acids, their water-
insoluble salts and their esters; non-agglomerated metal carbides mixed together or with metallic binders; prepared additives for cements, mortars and concretes; non-refractory 
mortars and concretes; sorbitol) Fatty substances of animal or vegetable 
origin and mixtures (biodiesel)  
850680 Primary cells & batteries  Fuel cells  
 
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