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6 November 2003 EICS Bulletin SCEI - 06 NOV 2003 -- GTIS Disruption A power failure in the lower town area of Ottawa has disrupted GTIS and has disabled connectivity to the EICS. This situation is being addressed and DFAIT will provide up-dates accordingly. Brokers are requested not to contact Help…

6 November 2003 GTIS Disruption Resolved DFAIT has announced that the disruption at GTIS has been resolved and the EICS is now available.

6 November 2003 SIMA Re-investigation respecting Certain Carbon Steel Welded Pipe On 5 November 2003 the CCRA announced it had initiated a re-investigation concerning certain carbon steel welded pipe originating in or exported from the Republic of Korea, Brazil, Argentina, India, Romania, Chinese…

6 November 2003 EICS Bulletin - 6 November 2003 The following message is from the EICS. Tuesday, 11th November is a civic holiday, and the Bureau's offices will be closed (no officers or Help Desk staff will be available). The EICS system will be available on Tuesday, 11th November 2003 from 04:00…

6 November 2003 EICS Bulletin - 5 November 2003 The following message is from Colin Whittaker, Deputy Director, Software Engineering at the EICB. Mr. Whittaker’s e-mail address is [email protected]. A new release of EICS Version 2.3 was released to Production on Monday, November 3…

6 November 2003 Notice to Importers Item 125 – Products of Natural Milk Constituents This notice is available at the following address: http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/trade/eicb/notices/ser659-en.asp http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/trade/eicb/notices/ser659-en.asp

6 November 2003 Notice to Importers Item 134 – Ice Cream and Ice Cream Novelties This Notice to Importers is available at the following address: http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/trade/eicb/notices/ser659-en.asp http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/trade/eicb/notices/ser659-en.asp

6 November 2003 GTIS Disruption Resolved DFAIT has announced that the disruption at GTIS has been resolved and the EICS is now available. *** 6 November 2003 EICS Bulletin SCEI - 06 NOV 2003 -- GTIS Disruption A power failure in the lower town area of Ottawa has disrupted GTIS and has disabled…

6 November 2003 Excise Duty Memorandum 2-2-3 Surety Bonds This memorandum explains the requirements for surety bonds to be provided as security by a spirits licensee or tobacco licensee in accordance with the Excise Act, 2001. This document is found at the following address: http://www.ccra-adrc.gc…

6 November 2003 D Memorandum D2-5-7 This memorandum has been revised to reflect the changes made to the E311 Customs Declaration Card in May 2003. Also, the CE311 leaflet has been revised. This memorandum is found on the CCRA web site as follows: http://www.ccra-adrc.gc.ca/E/pub/cm/d2-5-7/README…

6 November 2003 SIMA Index for November 2003 The SIMA index for November 2003 is found at the following address: http://www.ccra-adrc.gc.ca/customs/business/sima/monthly-e.html http://www.ccra-adrc.gc.ca/customs/business/sima/monthly-e.html

6 November 2003 CN547 Importer Name/Business Number Changes This Notice is available on the CCRA web site, at the following address: http://www.ccra-adrc.gc.ca/E/pub/cm/cn547/README.html. http://www.ccra-adrc.gc.ca/E/pub/cm/cn547/README.html

6 November 2003 Outage Scheduled for 9 November 2003 The following message is from the Electronic Commerce Unit at CCRA. Please be advised that there is a planned outage this Sunday, November 9, 2003 for maintenance purposes. Therefore, the Customs EDI system will be unavailable from 1:00 am until 9…

6 November 2003 Review No. TA-2003-001 RECOMMENDATION … [T]he Tribunal hereby recommends to the Minister that tariff relief, as provided for certain ring-spun yarns by tariff item Nos. 5205.14.20, 5205.15.20, 5205.24.20, 5205.26.20, 5205.27.20, 5205.28.20, 5205.35.20, 5205.46.20, 5205.47.20, 5205.48…

6 November 2003 CN Brampton Terminal Update The statistics for the week of October 27 to November 2 are available. CN has noted that the pickups this weekend were fewer than last weekend, and continue to stress that the weekend pickup volumes must improve. The statistics can be viewed at: http://www…

6 November 2003 CSCB Toronto Region Seminar on ACI The CSCB Toronto Region invites your participation in their 2003 Fall Education Seminar, entitled “Advance Commercial Information (ACI)”. This event will take place on Tuesday, 25 November 2003 at the Day’s Hotel & Conference Centre on Airport Road…

6 November 2003 Proposed Revision to End-Use of Tariff Item No. 9994.00.00 Further to submissions received to the Department of Finance’s correspondence of October 28, 2003, they are proposing to further revise the end-use of tariff item No. 9994.00.00, to read as follows in bold: Items of heading…

6 November 2003 Update to AIRS-CFIA Web Site Chapter 08 has been changed as follows: 081040 Cranberries changed to approved.