North American Product Classification System (NAPCS) Canada 2017 Version 1.0

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North American Product Classification System (NAPCS) Canada 2017 Version 1.0
Introduction
Hierarchical structure

412 - Medium and heavy trucks, buses, and other motor vehicles

This group comprises medium and heavy trucks, buses, and other motor vehicles.

41213 - Freight and utility trailers

This class comprises freight and utility trailers.

  • Exclusion(s)

    • agricultural or farm self-loading and self-unloading trailers (See 3311141 Other farm machinery and equipment)

412131 - Truck trailers

This subclass comprises trailers with a high or low axle rating, designed to be towed by truck tractors and other heavy-duty trucks.

4121311 - Truck trailers with high axle rating

Trailers designed to be towed by truck tractors or other heavy-duty trucks, with an axle rating of 4,536 kg or more.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • auto-transporter trailers with axle rating of 4,536 kg or more
    • dump trailers of steel with axle rating of 4,536 kg or more
    • insulated van body trailers of fibreglass reinforced plastic, with axle rating of 4,536 kg or more
    • livestock trailers with axle rating of 4,536 kg or more
    • lowbed trailers with axle rating of 4,536 kg or more
    • platform trailers with racks, with axle rating of 4,536 kg or more
    • tank semi-trailers with axle rating of 4,536 kg or more

    All examples

  • Inclusion(s)

    • parts of chassis for truck trailers with an axle rating of 4,536 kg or more
4121312 - Truck trailers with low axle rating

Trailers designed to be towed by truck tractors or other heavy-duty trucks, with an axle rating of less than 4,536 kg.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • auto-transporter trailers with axle rating of less than 4,536 kg
    • bulk tank trailers with axle rating of less than 4,536 kg
    • containers fitted for attachment to transporting vehicle
    • cylindrical containers fitted for attachment to transporting vehicle, for the transport of liquids or gases
    • insulated van body trailers of fibreglass reinforced plastic, with axle rating of less than 4,536 kg
    • livestock trailers with axle rating of less than 4,536 kg
    • tank semi-trailers with axle rating of less than 4,536 kg

    All examples

  • Inclusion(s)

    • demountable intermodal cargo containers
    • parts of chassis for truck trailers with an axle rating of less than 4,536 kg
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