Trade News

3 January 2003 Regulatory Amendments of the Food and Drug Regulations (Nutrition Labelling, Nutrition Claims and Health Claims) Members and their clients may find the questions and answers in this document from the CFIA Bureau of Food Safety and Consumer Protection useful regarding labeling…

3 January 2003 Tariff Notice TN-03 The Least Developed Country (LDC) initiative was officially implemented on 1 January 2003. Upon implementation, the LDCT on all qualifying goods will be reduced to the rate of zero. Further to Tariff Notice TN-02, the LDCT treatment will be effective January 1…

3 January 2003 Tariff Rate Quotas on Agricultural Products Entitled to the Benefit of the Mexico Tariff The only Mexican TRQ that reached its limit in 2002 was frozen broccoli and cauliflowers; that quota filled on 5 July 2002. Agricultural goods originating from Mexico are free of duty as of 1…

2 January 2003 Customs Notice CN-491 The following Customs Notice is available from the CCRA web site: CN-491 Security Deposit for Goods Imported Temporarily into Canada for Display This Notice announces a revised policy for security deposits required on Temporary Admission Permit, Form E29B, for…

2 January 2003 2003 Customs Tariff on Internet The following message is from the Electronic Commerce Unit at the CCRA. Members are advised that a revised CADEX-formatted 2003 Customs Tariff, including the Least Developed Country (LDC) Tariff rates, has been posted on the CCRA web site at the…

1 January 2003 Exotic Newcastle Disease Outbreak in Commercial Poultry Flocks in California The following message was sent on 31 December 2002 to all CFIA Import Service Centres, from Sarah Kahn, Director, Animal Health and Production Division of the CFIA. Members with questions on this matter…

31 December 2002 Customs Notices Available on CCRA Web Site The following Customs Notices are available on the CCRA web site: CN 489 Publication of the 2003 Customs Tariff CN 490 Rulings on Textile Articles for Quota Purposes CN 489 advises that the printed version of the 2003 Departmental…

31 December 2002 Customs Notice N-489 The following message is from the Electronic Commerce Unit at the CCRA. Further to Customs Notice N-489 [sent to you earlier this morning], members are advised that the Customs Commercial System will be updated today, 31 December, to incorporate the Least…

31 December 2002 Weekly Exchange Rates The weekly exchange rates, effective 31 December 2002, were not entered into CCS. The correct rates are shown in the following document, available on the CSCB web site: http://www.cscb.ca/listinfo/exchangerate.pdf The CCS system has been updated to show the…

31 December 2002 Request for Removal of Customs Duties on Certain Forged Steel Connecting Links The Department has received a request for removal of the customs duties on certain forged steel connecting links (joins chains together) and clevis and eye hooks with gates or self-locking safety devices…

31 December 2002 PC 2002-2238 PC 2002-2238 is the Order Amending the Schedule to the Customs Tariff (Least Developed Country Tariff). 1. The List of Tariff Provisions set out in the schedule to the Customs Tariff is amended as set out in Part 1 of the schedule to this Order. 2. The List of…

30 December 2002 D Memorandum D11-4-26 The following D memorandum is available on the CCRA web site: D11-4-26 Uniform Regulations – Chapter V of the Canada-Costa Rica Free Trade Agreement (CCRFTA) This Memorandum contains the Uniform Regulations for Chapter V of the CCRFTA of Canada and Costa Rica…

30 December 2002 Definition of Trademark to be Amended The following message is from Shezara Ali, Domestic Tariff Affairs in the International Trade Policy Division of the Department of Finance. Ms. Ali may be contacted at 613-992-4418, or by fax at 613-992-6761. Further to submissions received…

30 December 2002 Least Developed Countries and Elimination of Duties and Quotas On December 17, the CSCB advised members that Canada would eliminate the tariffs and quotas on most imports (with the exception of supply-managed agricultural products [dairy, poultry and eggs]) from a list of 48 Least…

30 December 2002 Changes to Fish Inspection Regulations and Meat Inspection Regulations On 18 December 2002 the CFIA’s Fish Inspection Regulations and Meat Inspection Regulations were amended to allow for recognition of foods that contain both meat and fish ingredients as either a meat product or a…

30 December 2002 New Requirements for Export of Seeds to the United States The CFIA has issued a new policy directive, D-02-10, outlining the requirements for exports of seeds to the US. This directive came into force on 18 December 2002. The Directive is available on the CFIA web site at the…

30 December 2002 CFIA and USDA and Joint Potato Virus Management Plan On 23 December, the CFIA and the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced a joint potato virus management plan to maintain high quality seed potato production. The plan will management the risks associated with…

20 December 2002 Preliminary Injury Inquiry No. PI-2002-003 NOTICE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PRELIMINARY INJURY INQUIRY Notice was received by the Secretary of the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (the Tribunal) on December 18, 2002, from the Director General of the Anti-dumping and Countervailing…