North American Product Classification System (NAPCS) Canada 2017 Version 2.0

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North American Product Classification System (NAPCS) Canada 2017 Version 2.0
Introduction
Hierarchical structure

561 - Retail services (except commissions)

This group comprises the services of buying and selling merchandise on own account at the final step in the distribution chain, and rendering services incidental to the retail sale of merchandise; the services are provided in-store, on-line or in vending machines.

  • Exclusion(s)

    • the service of buying and selling merchandise on own account at an intermediate step in the distribution chain (See 551 Wholesale services (except commissions))
    • the service of selling merchandise for others on a commission basis at the final step in the distribution process (See 562 Retail trade commissions)

56181 - Hardware, tools, and renovation and lawn and garden products, at retail

This class comprises retailing services for hardware and tools; renovation materials and supplies; and home lawn and garden equipment and supplies. Retailing services for cannabis products are excluded from this class.

561813 - Home lawn and garden equipment and supplies, at retail

This subclass comprises retailing services for lawnmowers, snowblowers and gardening tools; and live plants, seeds, and other home and garden supplies, except agricultural fertilizers and pesticides.

5618131 - Lawnmowers, snowblowers and gardening tools, at retail

Retailing services for lawnmowers, snowblowers and gardening tools.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • chain saws at retail
    • concrete curbing machines at retail
    • garden hoses at retail
    • leaf blowers at retail
    • outdoor planters at retail
    • sod cutters at retail
    • tree pruners at retail
    • wheelbarrows at retail
    • wood chippers at retail

    All examples

  • Exclusion(s)

    • used garden tractors at retail (See 5619163 Antiques, and used or second-hand merchandise (except motor vehicles and mobile homes), at retail)
5618132 - Live plants, seeds, and other home and garden supplies (except agricultural fertilizers and pesticides), at retail

Retailing services for live plants, seeds, and other home and garden supplies, except agricultural fertilizers and pesticides.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • composters at retail
    • cut real Christmas trees at retail
    • flower seeds at retail
    • lawn ornaments at retail
    • nursery stock trees at retail
    • outdoor soil at retail
    • peat moss at retail
    • plant bulbs at retail
    • pool chemicals at retail
    • shrubs at retail
    • sod at retail

    All examples

  • Inclusion(s)

    • barbecues at retail
    • outdoor specialty lighting for landscape at retail
    • picnic tables at retail

  • Exclusion(s)

    • cannabis seeds at retail (See 5611311 Cannabis seeds, at retail)
    • live cannabis plants, at retail (See 5611312 Cannabis vegetative plants, at retail)
    • potting soil at retail (See 5619152 Cut flowers, indoor potted plants and floral supplies, at retail)
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