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16 July 2002 D Memorandum D2-5-7 This Memorandum has been revised to reflect the changes made to the E311 Customs Declaration Card in October 2001. Canadian residents must now pay duty on cigarettes, tobacco sticks and manufactured tobacco they include in their personal exemption entitlement, unless…

16 July 2002 Form A48 Available on CCRA Web Site Form A48, the fillable RMD correction form, is now available on the CCRA web site. From the home page, click on "Customs", then the "Business" bullet, then "Small Business", and finally the Small Business Customs Library. From this section, click on…

16 July 2002 Notice to Importers No. 632, Item 117.1 — Specialty Creams The purposes of this Notice are: (a) to inform importers of the Minister's policies and practices regarding the administration of the 394,000 kilogram TRQ for specialty creams; and (b) to invite applications for quota shares of…

16 July 2002 Notice to Importers No. 633 — Item 125.1 — Powdered Whey The purposes of this Notice are: (a) to inform importers of the Minister's policies and practices regarding the administration of the 3,198,000 kilogram TRQ for powdered whey; and (b) to invite applications for quota shares of the…

15 July 2002 Enhanced Biosecurity Measures The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is enhancing its biosecurity measures at airports, seaports and land borders as part of the Government of Canada Protecting Our Borders and Skies public awareness campaign. The Agency's enhanced measures are intended to…

15 July 2002 Suspended Implementation of ISPM No. 15: Guidelines for Regulating Wood Packaging Material in International Trade The following message is from the Canadian Wood Packaging Certification Program at the CFIA. The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) is a multilateral treaty of…

15 July 2002 CSCB Conference and AGM November may be four months away, but that hasn't stopped eager CSCB members from making their travel plans for the 2002 Conference and AGM in Nassau, The Bahamas. Although conference program details are not yet available, we certainly want to help any way that…

12 July 2002 Cancellation of Country Alert for Farmed Fish Products from China The CFIA has cancelled the country alert for chlorampheicol in farmed fish products from China announced on 2 May 2002. The country alert has been cancelled for a combination of reasons. There is now an adequate…

12 July 2002 Customs Notices N-454 and N-455 Customs Notice N-454 is Addendum to Customs Notice N-442, Change to "F" Type Consolidated Entries. This Notice provides further information to all participants in the Courier/Low Value Shipment (LVS) Program and all customs brokers that prepare "F" type…

12 July 2002 CP, Borealis weigh new Windsor crossings The following article is excerpted from the 12 July 2002 on-line edition of globeandmail.com. Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. and Borealis Transportation Infrastructure Trust said they are mulling options to improve cross-border traffic flow at…

12 July 2002 PC 2002-1171 PC 2002-1171 is the Regulations Amending the Regulations Defining Certain Expressions for the Purposes of the Customs Tariff. The amendments concern changes to the definition "imported from Israel or another CIFTA beneficiary" in section 1 of the Regulations Defining…

11 July 2002 Update to Outage on July 13-14, 2002 The following message is from the Electronic Commerce Unit at the CCRA. The CCRA has announced the following change (now until 10:00 am eastern time) in the duration of this weekend's outage: In order to perform a systems release, there is a planned…

11 July 2002 Preliminary Injury Enquiry No. PI-2002-001 CERTAIN WATERPROOF FOOTWEAR AND WATERPROOF FOOTWEAR BOTTOMS ORIGINATING IN OR EXPORTED FROM HONG KONG, CHINA; MACAO, CHINA; AND VIETNAM IN THE MATTER OF a preliminary injury inquiry, under subsection 34(2) of the Special Import Measures Act…

11 July 2002 Inquiry No. NQ-2001-004 FRESH TOMATOES, ORIGINATING IN OR EXPORTED FROM THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, EXCLUDING TOMATOES FOR PROCESSING IN THE MATTER OF an inquiry, under section 42 of the Special Import Measures Act, respecting: FRESH TOMATOES, ORIGINATING IN OR EXPORTED FROM THE…

11 July 2002 Nexus enrolment centre to re-open NEXUS allows pre-approved, low-risk travellers to enter Canada and the United States using dedicated lanes which speed the flow of traffic at the border. It has been in operation as a successful pilot program at the Blue Water Bridge since 2000. Besides…

10 July 2002 Outage on Saturday, July 13 and Sunday, July 14, 2002 The CCRA, in order to perform a systems release, is planning an outage this weekend affecting most EDI applications. Members transmitting CADEX data over CADEX lines are not affected by this outage. The remainder of Customs EDI…