Trade News

Reminder: CSCB Toronto Region Education Seminar, 8 March 2010 Topic: Tariff Classification Apparel and TPL Presented by: Paul Coulombe (Senior Trade Consultant), Russell A Farrow Ltd Date: March 8, 2010 Time: 3:00 – 6:00 Location: 4 Points Sheraton Hotel (formerly Day’s Hotel & Conference Centre) 6257 Airport Road Mississauga, ON L4V 1E4 Everyone is welcome! CCS designates will earn 5 CCS points for attendance. Register today at http://www.cscb.ca/listinfo/TO_RegionSeminar_March82010.pdf

Update to CFIA AIRS website Chapter 08 was published to modify the conditions for the following HS Code. The release recommendation for the end uses of "Religious purposes", "Other end uses" and "Travellers & Personal use and not for resale or distribution" is now "No CFIA Requirements". 08.02.90.4082.07 - Betel nut

CFIA Service Interruption Automated-Import Reference System (AIRS) (external) As part of CFIA's ongoing efforts to improve network services please be advised that CFIA IT Operations will be performing preventative maintenance that will affect access to AIRS (external) Service. This network service will be interrupted temporarily and may be unavailable for up to 20 minutes between 3:00 AM and 7:00 AM EST over a 7-day period beginning Thursday, February 25, 2010 and ending Wednesday, March 3, 2010.

Update to Plant Protection Policy Directives The following directives have been revised: Appendix 6 "Approved Nurseries, USDA APHIS Barberry Certification Program Compliance List" of Directive D-01-04 "Plant protection import and domestic movement requirements for barberry (Berberis, Mahoberberis and Mahonia spp.) under the Canadian Barberry Certification Program"

Fourth Report of the Prime Minister’s Advisory Committee on the Public Service Members may find of interest the Fourth Report of the Prime Minister’s Advisory Committee on the Public Service released on 25 February 2010.

Place of Supply for the Harmonized Sales Tax - Proposed Amendments The Department of Finance has issued a bulletin that details proposed amendments to the Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) place of supply rules, the self-assessment and rebate rules, and the imported taxable supply rules. Many of the current HST place of supply rules for property and services rely on the location of the supplier to determine whether a sale is subject to the provincial component of the HST.

In 2006, the BCCC created a sub-committee to undertake a fundamental review of the CBSA Administrative Monetary Penalty System (AMPS). The purpose of the review was to make amendments to AMPS to ensure it was fair, consistent, and transparent, and was easy to administer. Streamlining the penalty regime and reducing the number of contraventions was also part of the sub-committee's mandate. Some of the changes to AMPS will be implemented on April 14th of this year. These changes include: - a new penalty amount structure, based on risk; - new penalty amounts; and

Excise and GST/HST News, Winter 2010 The Winter 2010 edition of CRA’s Excise and GST/HST News is now available at: http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/E/pub/gr/news75/news75-e.pdf. It covers the following topics: Ontario and British Columbia New electronic filing requirements for GST/HST registrants Definition of “financial service” Reminder for large business GST/HST registrants to account for the First Nations goods and services tax (FNGST) Enhanced filing options for GST/HST rebate filers

Chapter 07 was published to change the release recommendation from "Approved" to "Refer to CFIA-ISC" for the following HS Codes for the following countries. AFRICA: Algeria, Lybian Arab Jamahiriya, Morocco, Tunisia, ASIA: Bahrain, Kuwait, EUROPE: Albania, France, Greece, Italy, Malta, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela. 07.02.00.0001 - Tomatoes, field (fresh or chilled) 07.02.00.0002 - Tomatoes, greenhouse (fresh or chilled)

Final Determinations respecting certain oil country tubular goods from the People's Republic of China 4214-26 AD/1385 4218-27 CV/125

File #: 4264-52 Case #: AD/962 The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has initiated a re-investigation of the normal values and export prices of certain bicycles originating in or exported from Chinese Taipei and the People's Republic of China (China).

Dumping file #: 4261-123 Dumping case #: AD/1241 This notice advises that, on February 23, 2010, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) concluded its re-investigation of the normal values and export prices of certain waterproof footwear and bottoms made of plastic or rubber from the People's Republic of China, pursuant to the Special Import Measures Act (SIMA). The re-investigation was initiated on October 21, 2009, as part of the CBSA's enforcement of the order made by the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (Tribunal) on December 7, 2005.

CBSA has provided national B2 processing statistics for its third quarter, October - December 2009. These statistics are available at: http://cscb.ca/listinfo/20093rdQuarter_B2processing.pdf. Starting with these statistics, CBSA is including the number of B2s in inventory, thus providing a better picture of the number of B2s that are outstanding. CBSA has also included statistics from the third quarter in 2008. In all regions but one, the average number of days to process a B2 has improved from the third quarter of 2008 to the third quarter of 2009.

Chapter 05 was published to change the release recommendation from "Approved" to "Refuse Entry" for the following HS Code from Africa. 05.11.99.1297.08 - Whole carcass or body parts, unpreserved, not suitable for human consumption, not elsewhere specified or included - Rodent This created a requirement version change for the following HS codes for all countries. 05.11.99.1297.08 - Whole carcass or body parts, unpreserved, not suitable for human consumption, not elsewhere specified or included - Rodent 05.11.99.1297.09 - Reptile.

Minutes of the Windsor Commercial Clients’ meeting held on 11 February 2010 and its supplementary documents (RIV and CBSA-Windsor Commerical Operations Contact List) are now available on the Ontario Region page of the CSCB members site. To access, please go to our website at cscb.ca, log in, click on the Regions tab, and then on the Ontario Region link.

On February 17, 2010, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal, pursuant to subsection 76.03(3) of the Special Import Measures Act, initiated an expiry review of its orders made on November 2, 2005, in Expiry Review No.

The following message is from CBSA (EDI10-012). Saturday, February 20th, 2010 EDI Mailbox Outage: Please be advised that due to scheduled maintenance, the mailboxes between ACROSS and CCS/CADEX will be down on Saturday, February 20th, 2010 from 5:00 am to 5:30 am (Eastern Time). AO release queries transmitted to the CADEX system will be affected by this outage. Sunday, February 21st, 2010 EDI Mailbox Outage:

This memorandum explains the policies and procedures related to the privilege associated with the release of imported shipments prior to payment of duties and taxes. Revisions This departmental memorandum explains the Release Prior to Payment Privilege that was previously found in D17-1-5. This memorandum is revised as a result of the Paper Burden Reduction Initiative; the revisions are aimed at eliminating obsolete and duplicated requirements, streamlining certain commercial processes and modifying complex policies and forms.

This memorandum explains the policies and procedures relating to requirements of the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) for client registration, accounting for, and payment of duties and taxes on imported commercial goods. This memorandum does not include procedures for goods cleared under the Customs Self Assessment (CSA) program. For procedures related to goods cleared under the Customs Self Assessment Program, please consult D17-1-7, Customs Self Assessment Program for Importers. A glossary of CBSA terminology is included at the end of Section 4. Revisions