Roasted Nuts: export from Canada to Southeast Asia
Canada is a processor in this category, not a grower, roasting and seasoning imported raw nuts. That is worth being straightforward about with buyers, because origin claims should follow the raw material and not the roasting location, and a buyer who discovers otherwise mid-relationship will not take it well.
What Canadian processing offers is the roast and seasoning profile, food safety systems and packaging: not a Canadian nut.
The technical risk is rancidity. Nuts are high in unsaturated fat, roasting accelerates oxidation, and warm humid storage shortens shelf life substantially. Specify peroxide value at load and validated shelf life under destination conditions.
Allergen management is the compliance spine: segregation, cleaning validation, declaration and precautionary labelling rules all differ by destination and are rarely something a sticker can fix after the fact.
Roasted and seasoned nuts classify apart from raw, and the line can turn on the nut species. Since the raw material is generally imported, also confirm how the destination treats origin for a Canadian-processed product.
Canadian export requirements
- HS classification
- 2008.19 (Nuts, otherwise prepared or preserved) other nuts, including mixtures (ground-nuts fall in 2008.11)
- CFIA certificates
- Available on request: send your specification and destination and we'll confirm within five working days.
Six-market position
| Market | MFN duty | Preferential | Registration category |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vietnam | On request | On request | On request |
| Thailand | On request | On request | On request |
| Philippines | On request | On request | On request |
| Indonesia | On request | On request | On request |
| Malaysia | On request | On request | On request |
| Singapore | On request | On request | On request |
MFN duty is the destination's applied general rate for this tariff line. Preferential is the rate under an agreement in force between Canada and that market.
Both are customs duty only: destination excise, value-added tax and local levies are additional and are not shown here.
Available on request: send your specification and destination and we'll confirm within five working days.
Commercial terms
- Producing provinces
- Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia, Alberta
- Seasonality
- Year-round production
- Pack formats
- Retail cases, Bulk cartons
- Container configuration
- On request
- Indicative MOQ
- On request
Common questions
- What is the HS code for roasted nuts?
- 2008.19 (Nuts, otherwise prepared or preserved) other nuts, including mixtures (ground-nuts fall in 2008.11). This was read from Canada Border Services Agency on 2026-09-18. The first six digits are the same in every country that uses the Harmonised System; digits beyond that are set by the destination.
Sources
- Customs Tariff (T2026), Chapter 20 · Canada Border Services Agency, retrieved September 18, 2026
Last reviewed: September 1, 2026