Trade News

13 June 2002 Canada suffers WTO blow over softwood The following article is excerpted from the Globe & Mail of 13 June 2002 OTTAWA -- Canada has suffered an apparent setback in its fight at the World Trade Organization against U.S. softwood lumber duties, but federal government officials played down…

13 June 2002 U.S. trade through Canada, Mexico grows The following article is excerpted from the 13 June 2002 on-line edition of "The Journal of Commerce". United States trade transshipped through Canada and Mexico in 2000 increased in both tons and value, and is expected to continue to grow at the…

13 June 2002 Pettigrew Releases Public Consultations Report On Market Access For Least Developed Countries International Trade Minister Pierre Pettigrew today released a public consultations report on Canadian proposals to eliminate import duties and quotas for 48 of the world's least developed…

13 June 2002 Updates to Sublocation List The following file contains updates to the sublocation list. Members who require the complete sublocation document, please contact Nadia Le Guerrier at (613)941-0335 or via e-mail: [email protected]. http://www.cscb.ca/listinfo/subcodes…

12 June 2002 U.S. announces steel tariff exclusions The following article is excerpted from the 12 June 2002 on-line edition of "The Journal of Commerce". The U.S. Department of Commerce has announced its first list of steel products that will be excluded from the temporary tariffs imposed on…

12 June 2002 U.S. trade promotion revisited The following article is excerpted from the 11 June 2002 on-line edition of "The Journal of Commerce". What a difference a little over a year makes! In early 2001, the Bush administration stunned the business community by proposing to phase the U.S. Export…

12 June 2002 Closing Date Extended The following message is from DFAIT to all online brokers. This message is to inform Brokers that the Textiles and Clothing Division has extended the closing date for New Entrants to apply for non-wool apparel quota from May 31, 2002 to July 31, 2002. All requests…

11 June 2002 Internet Gateway Client The following message is from the Electronic Commerce Unit of the CCRA. Due to our Internet Gateway system problems on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, June 4, 5, and 6, 2002, if you have entries which have been penalized on the K84, please fax a request for…

11 June 2002 Bush security plan could shift Customs role The following article is excerpted from the 7 June 2002 on-line edition of "The Journal of Commerce". The head of the United States Customs Service on Friday backed President Bush's plan to create a cabinet-level domestic security agency, but…

11 June 2002 SIMA – Expiry Review Decision On February 11, 2002, that Canadian International Trade Tribunal (Tribunal), pursuant to subsection 76.03 (3) of the Special Import Measures Act (SIMA), initiated an expiry review of its findings made on October 27, 1997, in Inquiry No. NQ-97-001…

11 June 2002 Removal of the customs duty on a supercritical steam turbine-driven generator The Department of Finance is seeking members' views on a request for the removal of the customs duty on a supercritical steam turbine-driven generator set having a power capacity of 495 MW. These goods are…

7 June 2002 SIMA – Expiry Review Decision On February 7, 2002, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (Tribunal), pursuant to subsection 76.03(3) of the Special Import Measures Act (SIMA), initiated an expiry review of its order made on October 20, 1997, in Review No. RR-97-001, concerning…

07 June 2002 Tariff Amendment T2002-5 T 2002-5 TARIFF AMENDMENT The above noted amendments to the 2002 version of the Departmental Consolidation of the Customs Tariff reflects the following: - amendments made pursuant to the Order Amending the Schedule to the Customs Tariff (extension of Least…

7 June 2002 Alberta Hunter Education Instructors' Association to provide Firearms Safety Courses Provincially The following is from the Canadian Firearms Centre of the Department of Justice. Edmonton, June 6, 2002 -- The Alberta Hunter Education Instructors' Association (AHEIA) has entered an…

7 June 2002 The following article is excerpted from the 7 June 2002 on-line edition of "The Journal of Commerce". Customs Update - Security proposals abound, few make sense Despite the fact that we are now many months beyond the events of Sept. 11, the focus of Congressional and regulatory efforts…

7 June 2002 Prime Minister's Task Force On Canada-United States Relations Announced On May 29, 2002, Prime Minister Jean Chrétien announced the creation of a Prime Minister's Task Force on Canada-United States Relations. The Task Force will examine the relationship and consider ways to strengthen…