Trade News

7 June 2004 D17-1-22 Accounting for the Harmonized Sales Tax, Provincial Sales Taxes, Provincial Tobacco Taxes, and Alcohol Mark-Ups/Fees on Casual Importations in the Courier and Commercial Streams This Memorandum has been updated to reflect the collection, effective September 1, 2003, of the…

7 June 2004 Further Update to CFIA AIRS Web Site Chapters 04, 05, 06 and 30 were published today. 04.07.00.0272 - Shell eggs from avian species other than chicken (Gallus domesticus)/Oeufs en coquilles d'espèces aviaires autres que les poules 05.11.99.1297 - Whole carcass or body parts, unpreserved…

7 June 2004 Request for Fast Track Tariff Relief on Certain Woven Fibres used to Manufacture Upholstered Furniture The Department of Finance has received a request for "fast track tariff relief" on certain woven fabrics for use in the manufacture of upholstered furniture. They are proposing to…

7 June 2004 US Customs and Border Protection Moves to Implement the Bioterrorism Act The following is a press release from the US Customs and Border Protection Agency. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Robert C. Bonner today (2 June 2004) announced that beginning on June 4th at 6 a.m…

7 June 2004 Investment in SCM software to grow: Study The following article is excerpted from “The Journal of Commerce” edition of 4 June 2004. After years of caution, manufacturing companies are increasing investments in supply chain management software, which will help the market grow by 5 percent…

7 June 2004 Free-trade pact gets mixed reviews The following article is excerpted from the 7 June 2004 edition of “globeandmail.com”. Free trade has been neither as good for Canada as its advocates predicted in the late 1980s, nor as damaging as its critics feared, a panel of economists concluded on…

4 June 2004 CFIA Network Shutdown June 5 to 7, 2004 The following message is from the CFIA to all CFIA-EDI clients and AIRS users. Please be advised that there is an outage of the CFIA systems planned for this Saturday June 5th, 2004. Therefore, the EDI system and AIRS website will be unavailable…

4 June 2004 CN575 - Tariff Classification Policy - Grass Catcher Units for Lawn Mowers This notice is to inform the public of recent changes to the Canada Border Services Agency's tariff Classification policy on grass catcher units for lawn mowers. These changes arose from the decision of the…

4 June 2004 SIMA – Review of normal values respecting whole potatoes. On 4 June, the CBSA announced that it has initiated a review of normal values respecting whole potatoes, excluding seed potatoes and excluding imports during the period from May 1 to July 31, inclusive, of each calendar year…

4 June 2004 Expiry No. LE-2004-001 IN THE MATTER OF an order made by the Canadian International Trade Tribunal on March 20, 2000, in Review No. RR-99-002, continuing, with amendment, its order made on March 21, 1995, in Review No. RR-94-002, continuing, without amendment its order made on March 16…

3 June 2004 Recent Regulatory Amendments CFIA has posted a list of approved regulatory amendments that were recently enacted and published in the Canada Gazette, Part II. Click on the following link to view the list: http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/reg/approe.shtml http://www.inspection.gc.ca…

3 June 2004 OECD says containers a terror risk The following article is excerpted from the 3 June 2004 online edition of the Journal of Commerce. Ocean containers remain at risk of a terror attack and government and transport authorities must improve security, especially at inland locations…

3 June 2004 CP Rail introduces fuel surcharge The following article is excerpted from the 3 June 2004 online edition of the Journal of Commerce. Canadian Pacific Railway said it has implemented a new fuel surcharge program. The Calgary-based carrier said the program will enable it to adjust its…

2 June 2004 D19-14-1 Cross-Border Currency and Monetary Instruments Reporting This Memorandum explains the legislative and regulatory provisions, guidelines, and procedures associated with the requirement to report to customs the physical cross-border movement of currency or monetary instruments…

2 June 2004 D15-2-44 Certain Pipe Fittings originating in or exported from the People's Republic of China This Memorandum refers to the application of anti-dumping duties to importations of certain pipe fittings originating in or exported from the People's Republic of China. This Memorandum is found…

2 June 2004 EICS Bulletin - Access to FAC and ITCan Public access to FAC and ITCan's websites (DFAIT), will be intermittently unavailable during the maintenance outage on Saturday, June 5, 2004, from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (Ottawa time).

2 June 2004 WTO delays ruling on call for sanctions against U.S. The following article is excerpted from the 2 June 2004 online edition of the Journal of Commerce. The World Trade Organization on Tuesday put off ruling on a call by the European Union and other countries for it to levy potentially…

2 June 2004 Expiry No. LE-2004-002 - NOTICE OF EXPIRY OF FINDING CONCERNING CERTAIN IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIA The Canadian International Trade Tribunal (the Tribunal) hereby gives notice, pursuant to subsection 76.03(2) of the Special Import Measures Act (SIMA), that its finding made on May 1, 2000…