Skip to content

Canadian waste code finder

Q13 federal reason code Goods outlawed in the country they are headed to.

  • Free, no account
  • Based on SOR/2021-25 and official ECCC guidance
  • Nothing is stored

Find a Canadian waste code

Q13, Any material.

  • IWIC Q reason codes

    Any material

Use Q13 when the principal reason is any material.

Federal Q reason code for export & import. Any material, substance or product whose use is banned by law in the destination country.

Where does Federal reason Q13 go on the federal notification?

In the waste classification details. Federal reason Q13 describes a waste or recyclable line on the federal notification. It records the reason for disposal or recycling, and doesn't decide whether the material is hazardous.

On federally regulated international shipments, the applicant enters the waste classification in the waste-line details of the federal notification in CNMTS. The movement rules and exclusions still apply.

What does Federal reason Q13 cover?

This value records any material as the reason for disposal or recycling. Choose it from the activity, reason, physical state or intended operation on that waste line, not from the waste name alone.

Official wording
Any material, substance or product whose use has been banned by law in the country of destination.

Is material banned in the destination country Federal reason Q13?

CodeWhen it fits
Q13The material, substance or product is banned by law in the country of destination.

Q13 records why the material is going for disposal or recycling. It doesn't name the activity that made it or its hazard.

Which codes sit beside Federal reason Q13?

CodeWhat it is
Q8Residues from industrial processes (e.g., slags, still bottoms)
Q9Residues from pollution abatement processes
Q10Machining or finishing residues (e.g., lathe turning, mill scales)
Q11Residues from raw material processing (e.g., mining residues, oil field slop)
Q12Adulterated material (e.g., oils contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls)
Q14Products with no further use
Q15Any material, substance or product
Q16Any material, substance or product