Trade News

21 November 2003 EICS Bulletin - 21 November 2003 The following message is from the EICB. DFAIT is experiencing intermittent delays in the receipt of incoming e-mail that is resulting in delays in EDI permit issuance. The situation is currently being addressed. EDI permits are being generated and…

21 November 2003 FDA to process 25,000 food import prior notices daily The following article is excerpted from the “American Shipper” on-line magazine on 21 November 2003. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration expects to process about 25,000 prior notices daily when its new food import rules take…

21 November 2003 Investigation into Alleged Injurious Dumping of Certain Stainless Steel Wire On 21 November the CCRA initiated an investigation under the SIMA into the alleged injurious dumping of certain stainless steel wire originating in or exported from Chinese Taipei, India, the Republic of…

20 November 2003 Update to AIRS-CFIA Web Site Chapter 44 was updated this morning. New extensions: 44.03.20.0126.08 - Larch - other products such as logs - heat treated/Mélèze - autres produits comme les billes de bois - traité à la chaleur 44.03.20.0126.99 - Other tree species - other products such…

20 November 2003 D10-14-28 Bath Preparations, Shower Gels, and Certain other Preparations for Use in Washing the Skin This Memorandum has been updated to reflect changes to heading 34.01 as a result of amendments issued by the World Customs Organization. This document is found at the following…

20 November 2003 CN549 Certain Carbon Steel Welded Pipe Subject to the Special Import Measures Act This Customs Notice advises that on 5 November 2003 the CCRA initiated a review of the normal values and export prices of three CITT reviews. This document is found on the CCRA web site at the…

20 November 2003 Carriers take wait-and-see stance on 'smart' boxes The following article is excerpted from the 19 November 2003 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. Ocean carriers will wait to see how well so-called 'smart box' anti-terror technology works in tests before committing millions of…

20 November 2003 Final rules for cargo reporting The following article is excerpted from “The Journal of Commerce” edition of 20 November 2003. Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge on Thursday announced the release of final rules that will require all carriers to electronically report cargo data…

19 November 2003 E687 Application to participate in the G7 electronic export process The above-mentioned application is available on the CCRA web site at the following address: http://www.ccra-adrc.gc.ca/E/pbg/ef/e687/README.html http://www.ccra-adrc.gc.ca/E/pbg/ef/e687/README.html

19 November 2003 D19-6-4 Kimberley Process -- Export and Import of Rough Diamonds The list of Kimberley Process Participants shown in Appendix A of this memorandum was revised recently by Natural Resources Canada. The new list reflects the fact that four new participants have been added and 12 have…

19 November 2003 CCRA Offers Electronic Mailing List for Notification of New or Revised D Memoranda and Customs Notices Members may wish to subscribe to a new electronic mailing list from the CCRA that notifies you of new or revised Customs D memoranda and Customs Notices. The subscription is…

19 November 2003 United States, EU agree pact on container security and customs The following article is excerpted from the “American Shipper” on-line edition of 19 November 2003. The United States and the European Commission on Tuesday (Nov. 18) signed an agreement to cooperate on transport…

19 November 2003 U.S. Plans to Toughen Rules for Cargo Shipping Industry The following article is excerpted from “The New York Times” edition of 19 November 2003. The Bush administration will try to force the nation's largest shipping companies to install electronic tamper sensors and use reinforced…

19 November 2003 EICS Bulletin - 19 November 2003 The following message is from the EICB. Last Notice: EICS will implement an EDI e-mail address change THIS WEEKEND as follows: Change from: [email protected] Change to: [email protected] Effective date: November 24, 2003 @ 04:00 EST…

19 November 2003 Yellow-Roadway deal clears another hurdle The following article is excerpted from the “American Shipper” on-line edition of 19 November 2003. Yellow Corp. said Tuesday the Hart-Scott-Rodino waiting period related to its pending acquisition of Roadway Corp. has expired. The waiting…

19 November 2003 ACI Consultations The CCRA have advised of their next steps in the external consultation process for the Advance Commercial Information (ACI) initiative. In the fall of 2002, extensive consultations were conducted with external clients on the original ACI model. Since that time…

18 November 2003 Canada Customs and Revenue Agency confirms dumping of certain steel structural tubing The Canada Customs and Revenue Agency (CCRA) confirmed on 17 November that certain steel structural tubing known as hollow structural sections (HSS), from South Korea, South Africa, and Turkey were…

18 November 2003 D8-1-1 Temporary Importation (Tariff Item No. 9993.00.00) Regulations This revised Memorandum reflects changes to the list of emergency contacts listed in Memorandum D8-1-1, Appendix L, since the last revision of 28 November 2000. The Memorandum is found at the following address…