<?xml version="1.0"?><Regulation lims:pit-date="2025-01-01" hasPreviousVersion="true" lims:lastAmendedDate="2025-01-01" lims:current-date="2025-01-22" lims:inforce-start-date="2023-10-06" lims:enacted-date="2023-10-06" lims:fid="1424406" lims:id="1424406" gazette-part="II" regulation-type="SOR" xml:lang="en" xmlns:lims="http://justice.gc.ca/lims"><Identification lims:inforce-start-date="2023-10-06" lims:enacted-date="2023-10-06" lims:fid="1424407" lims:id="1424407"><InstrumentNumber>SOR/2023-208</InstrumentNumber><RegistrationDate><Date><YYYY>2023</YYYY><MM>10</MM><DD>6</DD></Date></RegistrationDate><ConsolidationDate><Date><YYYY>2025</YYYY><MM>1</MM><DD>23</DD></Date></ConsolidationDate><EnablingAuthority lims:inforce-start-date="2023-10-06" lims:enacted-date="2023-10-06" lims:fid="1424408" lims:id="1424408"><XRefExternal reference-type="act" link="C-54.011">CUSTOMS TARIFF</XRefExternal></EnablingAuthority><LongTitle lims:inforce-start-date="2023-10-06" lims:enacted-date="2023-10-06" lims:fid="1424409" lims:id="1424409">Least Developed Country Tariff Withdrawal (2023 LDCT Review) Order</LongTitle><RegulationMakerOrder><RegulationMaker>P.C.</RegulationMaker><OrderNumber>2023-1014</OrderNumber><Date><YYYY>2023</YYYY><MM>10</MM><DD>6</DD></Date></RegulationMakerOrder></Identification><Order lims:inforce-start-date="2023-10-06" lims:enacted-date="2023-10-06" lims:fid="1424410" lims:id="1424410"><Provision lims:inforce-start-date="2023-10-06" lims:enacted-date="2023-10-06" lims:fid="1424411" lims:id="1424411" format-ref="indent-0-0" language-align="yes" list-item="no"><Text>Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Finance, makes the annexed <XRefExternal reference-type="regulation" link="SOR-2023-208">Least Developed Country Tariff Withdrawal (2023 LDCT Review) Order</XRefExternal> under paragraph 38(1)(b) of the <XRefExternal reference-type="act" link="C-54.011">Customs Tariff</XRefExternal><FootnoteRef idref="fn_81000-2-5185_hq_1692128247">a</FootnoteRef>.</Text><Footnote id="fn_81000-2-5185_hq_1692128247" placement="page" status="official"><Label>a</Label><Text>S.C. 1997, c. 36</Text></Footnote></Provision></Order><Body lims:inforce-start-date="2023-10-06" lims:enacted-date="2023-10-06" lims:fid="1424412" lims:id="1424412"><Heading lims:inforce-start-date="2023-10-06" lims:enacted-date="2023-10-06" lims:fid="1424413" lims:id="1424413" level="1"><TitleText>Withdrawal of Entitlement</TitleText></Heading><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2025-01-01" lims:enacted-date="2023-10-06" lims:lastAmendedDate="2025-01-01" lims:fid="1424414" lims:id="1424414"><Label>1</Label><Text>Entitlement to the benefit of the Least Developed Country Tariff is withdrawn in respect of all goods that originate in the following countries:</Text><Provision lims:inforce-start-date="2025-01-01" lims:enacted-date="2023-10-06" lims:fid="1424415" lims:id="1424415" format-ref="indent-0-0" language-align="no" list-item="no"><Text>Cape Verde, Samoa, Tuvalu and Vanuatu.</Text></Provision></Section><Heading lims:inforce-start-date="2023-10-06" lims:enacted-date="2023-10-06" lims:fid="1424416" lims:id="1424416" level="1"><TitleText>Exemption</TitleText></Heading><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2025-01-01" lims:enacted-date="2023-10-06" lims:lastAmendedDate="2025-01-01" lims:fid="1424417" lims:id="1424417"><Label>2</Label><Text>Section 1 does not apply to goods that were in transit to Canada before January 1, 2025.</Text></Section><Heading lims:inforce-start-date="2023-10-06" lims:enacted-date="2023-10-06" lims:fid="1424418" lims:id="1424418" level="1"><TitleText>Amendment to the <XRefExternal reference-type="act" link="C-54.011">Customs Tariff</XRefExternal> Schedule</TitleText></Heading><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2025-01-01" lims:enacted-date="2023-10-06" lims:lastAmendedDate="2025-01-01" lims:fid="1424419" lims:id="1424419" target="1997, c. 36" type="amending"><Label>3</Label><Text>[Amendments]</Text></Section><Heading lims:inforce-start-date="2023-10-06" lims:enacted-date="2023-10-06" lims:fid="1424420" lims:id="1424420" level="1"><TitleText>Coming into Force</TitleText></Heading><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2023-10-06" lims:enacted-date="2023-10-06" lims:lastAmendedDate="2023-10-06" lims:fid="1424421" lims:id="1424421" type="CIF"><Label>4</Label><Text>This Order comes into force on January 1, 2025.</Text></Section></Body></Regulation>