Trade News

22 August 2002 Appeal No. AP-93-315 This is an appeal under section 81.19 of the Excise Tax Act from a decision of the Minister of National Revenue dated December 18, 1992. The appellant submitted that it purchased finished goods from a related company, Sofab (1984) Ltée, and that these goods were…

22 August 2002 Publications Bulletin Now Available on CITT Web Site The Bulletin for the period January to March, 2002 listing decisions taken by the CITT is now available on their web site, at the following address: http://www.citt-tcce.gc.ca/publicat/ja-ma2ce/ja-ma2ce.htm http://www.citt-tcce.gc…

22 August 2002 Facilities Designated for the Inspection of Meat Products from the US The following is an addition to the list of facilities designated for the inspection of meat products from the US: Est. S540A Imperial Freezers Mississauga, ON

21 August 2002 CCS Certification Process All of us at the CSCB are very excited about the launch this fall of the new Certified Customs Specialist program and the CCS designation, which is certain to become “the only name that matters – next to your own”. Although you may be much too young to think…

21 August 2002 Tribunal Safeguard Report on Imports of Certain Steel Goods Maurizio Bevilacqua, Secretary of State for International Financial Institutions, announced today that the report of the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT), Safeguard Inquiry on the Importation of Certain Steel…

21 August 2002 Contact Information Update for CFIA Service Centres The following information is from Kathy Telmosse, Import Officer in the National Import Operations Division of CFIA; she can be reached at 613-225-2342, ext. 4415 or by fax at 613-228-6133. Members are advised that the following…

21 August 2002 Appeal No. AP-2001-078 The issue in this appeal is whether the Villa Parabellum Airsoft gun imported by the appellant on August 14, 2001 is properly classified under tariff item No. 9898.00.00, as determined by the respondent. The respondent found that the good in issue is “intended…

19 August 2002 Presentations from August 15, 2002 CTACC Available The CCRA’s presentations on AMPS and FAST given at the CTACC meeting on 15 August are now available on the CSCB web site, at the following addresses: http://www.cscb.ca/listinfo/ctacc_aug1502_amps.ppt http://www.cscb.ca/listinfo…

16 August 2002 Changing office of release The following message is from the CCRA Electronic Commerce Unit. Prior to transmitting B3 data to confirm an EDI PARS, members are asked to consult the Release Notification System (RNS) or CADEX message to verify the correct office of release. In cases where…

16 August 2002 N-441 Importer Name-Number Changes As announced in Customs Notice N-441, Importer Name/Number Changes, the CCRA implemented a one-year pilot project on May 1, 2002, for the change of importer name/number information in a central region. A review of the importer name/number changes…

16 August 2002 Customs Notice N-441, Importer Name The following message is from David Martyn, Senior Program Officer in the Import Process Division of the CCRA (telephone 613-954-7135, or e-mail at [email protected]). As announced in Customs Notice N-441, Importer Name/Number Changes…

16 August 2002 PC 2002-1337 PC 2002-1337 is the appointment of Mr. Francois Guimont as Deputy Commissioner of the CCRA.

15 August 2002 T2002-7 Tariff Amendment Tariff amendment T2002-7 is available on the CCRA web site at the following address: http://142.221.110.166/news/DocE.cfm?documentid=2671 These amendments will be available in the Customs Commercial System (CCS) on 30 August 2002. The updated Tariff is…

15 August 2002 Update to Outage Times on 18 August 2002 The Customs EDI system will be unavailable from 3:00 am until 8:00 pm (eastern time) on Sunday, 18 August (previously, CCRA announced the times as between 6:00 am and 6:00 pm). No EDI messages will be transferred to or from the CCRA during this…

15 August 2002 Facilities Designated for the Inspection of Meat Products from the US The following is an addition to the list of designated facilities for the inspection of meat products from the US; Est. S729 Uni-Viande St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC

14 August 2002 Customs Notice N-463 Customs Notice N-463 is available on the CCRA web site, as follows: http://www.ccra-adrc.gc.ca/E/pub/cm/cn463/README.html This Notice deals with Goods for Sale and Spare Parts Imported Temporarily into Canada. It addresses the treatment of two different goods…