Trade News

7 March 2002 Exchange Rate for Iranian Rial The following message is from the Electronic Commerce Unit at the CCRA. The exchange rate for the Iranian Rial (IRR), entered into CCS for 5 March 2002, has been revised by the Bank of Canada. The correct rate should have been 0.000201.

7 March 2002 CCRA Lookout re Foot and Mouth Disease in China The CSCB has learned that due to a health risk from foot and mouth disease, the CCRA was requested by CFIA to increase surveillance of all meat and meat by-products originating in China after 5 February 2002. This surveillance includes all…

7 March 2002 Changes to business number and CSA The following information is from the Electronic Commerce Unit of the CCRA. On December 3, 2001 Customs Self Assessment (CSA) became operational. Under CSA, approved importers use their internal systems to report and pay duties and taxes to Customs…

6 March 2002 March 2002 SIMA Index The SIMA index for March, 2002 is now available on the CCRA web site, 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 March 2002 Customs Notice N-435 Policy Change in the Courier/Low Value Shipment (LVS) Program This notice clarifies that individual accounting packages that have been removed from a cargo/release list in the courier/LVS program must be presented as a hard copy accounting package to the Customs…

6 March 2002 Meeting between Customs Brokers, CCRA and CFIA Sarnia, Ontario February 2002 This information concerning the Ontario Region's meeting is also available to members only on the CSCB web site. Log in as a member, click on the CSCB Reference System bullet, then on "CSCB Regions" and finally…

6 March 2002 Import Code for West Bank and Gaza Strip The following message is from the Electronic Commerce Unit at the CCRA. Effective 1 April 2002, imports from the West Bank and Gaza Strip should be coded with the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) cod ‘PS' in the country of…

6 March 2002 Update to Sublocation List The CCRA has updated its sublocation list, and the changes are available on the CSCB web site at the following location: http://www.cscb.ca/listinfo/subcodes6march02.pdf Members who require the complete sublocation list should contact Nadia Le Guerrier at 613…

6 March 2002 Customs Notice N-434 This Notice advises that on 15 February 2002 the CCRA concluded its review of the normal values and export prices of certain corrosion-resistant steel sheet products originating in or exported from Brazil, the Federal Republic of Germany, Japan, the Republic of…

6 March 2002 PC 2002-279 PC 2002-279 is the Order Amending the Schedule to the Customs Tariff, 2002-1. This Order removes the tariff on: certain plastic and rubber sheets for the manufacture of thermal and flotation apparel; flexible plastic spouts for use in the manufacture of lids for gallon paint…

5 March 2002 Customs Notice N-433 Customs Notice N-433, Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Plate and High-Strength Low-Alloy Plate Subject to the SIMA, is available on the CCRA web site at the following address: http://207.61.56.166/news/doce.cfm?id=2434 This notice advises that on 15 January 2002 the…

5 March 2002 CSCB Toronto Region General Meeting, 27 March 2002 This information concerning the Toronto Region's forthcoming general meeting is also available to members only on the CSCB web site. Log in as a member, click on the CSCB Reference System bullet, then on "Regions" and finally on…

5 March 2002 Correction to BC Long Room Committee Report of 15 February 2002 The following message is from Mr. Paul Courtney of the BC Long Room Committee. In the BC Long Room Committee Report sent to members on 28 February, it was incorrectly stated that ViaSafe users might have difficulties…

4 March 2002 Preliminary Injury Inquiry No. PI-2001-003 IN THE MATTER OF a preliminary injury inquiry, under subsection 34(2) of the Special Import Measures Act, respecting: THE DUMPING OF AUTOMOTIVE LAMINATED WINDSHIELDS FOR THE REPLACEMENT MARKET EXPORTED FROM OR ORIGINATING FROM THE PEOPLE'S…

4 March 2002 Planned Outage for 10 March 2002 The following message is from the Electronic Commerce Unit at the CCRA. For maintenance purposes, there is a planned outage this Sunday, March 10, 2002. Therefore, the Customs EDI system will be unavailable from 3:00 am until 11:00 am (EST). This will…

4 March 2002 PC 2002-219 Several miscellaneous amendments to the Import Control List and Export Control List are needed to reflect technical changes or corrections. Specifically: — The amendments to Items 100, 109, 163, 174, 176, 184 and 185 of the Import Control List are consequential to changes…