Trade News

27 May 2002 The CSCB has received a special bulletin from the Canadian Firearms Centre, oultining an update on U.S. Regualtions for Non-Residents (Non-Immigrant Aliens) importing Firearms and Ammunition into the United States for hunting and sporting purposes. Members wishing a copy of this bulletin…

27 May 2002 Pettigrew Announces $20 Million For Lumber Awareness And Trade Advocacy Initiatives International Trade Minister Pierre Pettigrew today announced that the Government of Canada will contribute $20 million to help Canada's softwood lumber industry raise awareness in the United States of…

24 May 2002 Lumber firms seen paying duty today The following article is excerpted from "The Globe & Mail" of 24 May 2002. VANCOUVER -- Canadian lumber producers are expected to begin making cash payments today to cover the cost of a punitive duty averaging 27 per cent on about $10-billion a year…

24 May 2002 The following article is excerpted from "The Globe & Mail" of 24 May 2002. Please note that the article posted earlier today was from the 22 May 2002 Globe and Mail. OTTAWA -- A new poll released by Ottawa sows more doubt about Canada's strained trading relationship with the United…

23 May 2002 SIMA Re-investigation re Certain Top-Mount Electric Refrigerators.... On 23 May the CCRA announced that a re-investigation has been completed regarding certain top- mount electric refrigerators, electric household dishwashers and gas or electric laundry dryers, originating in or exported…

23 May 2002 Change to the SIMA Code in CADEX B3 The following message is from the Electronic Commerce Unit at the CCRA. Members using EDI are advised of a change and an addition to the SIMA code required in the SIMA Code Field on the K130 record of the CADEX B3 (in the CUSDEC B3 it is GR#26, Segment…

21 May 2002 New box detectors, agents for Halifax The following article is excerpted from the 17 May 2002 on-line edition of "The Journal of Commerce". The Port of Halifax, Nova Scotia will get C$3.6 million ($2.3 million) worth of new customs inspection devices including a gamma ray container…

21 May 2002 Proposals for CCFTA Rules of Origin Changes — Initiation of Domestic Consultations The Department of Finance has published a notice in the 18 May 2002 edition of the "Canada Gazette", Part I, regarding a proposal related to the rules of origin requirements under the Canada-Chile Free…

20 May 2002 Notice to Exporters No. 136, Monitoring Softwood Lumber Exports to the United States Reduced Permit Requirements As noted in our messages to members of 10 and 14 May, the above-mentioned Notice to Exporters is now available on the DFAIT web site at the following address: http://www.dfait…

17 May 2002 Customs Notice N-443 This Notice advises that a re-investigation initiated on 29 October 2001, concerning the normal values and export prices of certain top-mount electric refrigerators, electric household dishwashers and gas or electric laundry dryers, originating in or exported from…

17 May 2002 Ontario-Toronto Regions Annual Meeting Information Registration forms for the Ontario-Toronto Regions annual meeting and golf tournament on 12-13 June are available in pdf format on the CSCB web site at the following addresses: http://www.cscb.ca/listinfo/ontoreg.pdf http://www.cscb.ca…

17 May 2002 Appeals No. AP-99-064 and AP-99-065 These are appeals under subsection 67(1) of the Customs Act from decisions of the Commissioner of the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency made under subsection 60(4) of the Customs Act on August 11, 1999. This matter was heard by way of written…

17 May 2002 Québec Region AGM The CSCB Québec Region annual meeting will be held on Wednesday, 12 June 2002, from 9:30 am to 5:00 pm at the Delta Hotel Centre-Ville, 777 University Street, Montréal. Please note this important date on your calendar. We look forward to seeing you there. This year…

16 May 2002 Interim Memorandum D11-6-9 D Memorandum D11-6-9 explains section 60.1 of the Customs Act that allows clients to make an application for an extension of time to file a dispute notice under section 60. The extension of time provision resulting from the amendments to the Customs Act in Bill…

16 May 2002 Customs Notice N-444 Customs Notice N-444 deals with the collection of the provincial sales tax, harmonized sales tax and provincial specific tobacco taxes on casual importations. Several provinces recently increased the rates of the Provincial Sales Tax, the Harmonized Sales Tax and the…

15 May 2002 D17-1-5 Revised D memorandum D17-1-5, Importing Commercial Goods, has been revised. Paragraphs 86, 93, 94, 105 and 122 of the Memorandum dated 28 March 2000 are updated. Paragraph 93 has been amended as a result of the introduction of the mandatory HS coding on 1 May 2002. Paragraphs 86…

15 May 2002 Tariff Amendment T2002-4 Tariff Amendment T2002-4 and the amended 2002 Customs Tariff are available on the CCRA web site in Winzipped Microsoft Access (2000) file format, at the following address: http://www.ccra-adrc.gc.ca/customs/general/vco/index-e.html Click on "News", then click on…