Trade News

28 February 2002 The following D-Memos are now available. D11-4-18 Uniform Regulations Chapters Three and Five and NAFTA The Uniform Regulations for Chapters Three and Five of NAFTA have been agreed to by the governments of Canada, Mexico and the United States. The Uniform Regulations elaborate in…

28 February 2002 The following article is excerpted from the 28 February 2002 on-line edition of "The Journal of Commerce". Every container is a possible bomb, every vessel, plane, railcar and truck a possible delivery device and every port a possible target! That's the threat which continues to…

28 Februray 2002 Long Room Committee Report 15 February 2002. The minutes of this meeting are also available to members only in the British Columbia area of the CSCB reference system, at http://www.cscb.ca. After logging in as a member, select "Regions" and then "British Columbia" to go to this page…

28 February 2002 Appeal No. AP-99-080 This is an appeal heard by way of videoconference in Hull, Quebec, and Vancouver, British Columbia, under subsection 67(1) of the Customs Act from a decision of the Deputy Minister of National Revenue dated July 14, 1999, pursuant to subsection 60(4) of the…

28 February 2002 Appeal Nos. AP-96-230 to AP-96-236 These are appeals under section 67 of the Customs Act regarding the classification of automatic card shuffling machines (card shufflers) and Chipper Champ® chip sorting machines. The first issue in these appeals is whether the card shufflers are…

27 February 2002 Pettigrew to use NAFTA to challenge pending U.S. Lumber Decision International Trade Minister Pierre Pettigrew today announced that Canada will challenge the U.S. Department of Commerce's final softwood lumber subsidy duty determination under the North American Free Trade Agreement…

27 February 2002 Outage March 2, 2002 The following message is from the Electronic Commerce Unit of the CCRA. Members should note that for maintenance purposes, there will be an outage of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)systems from 3:00 am to 7:00 am (EST) Saturday, March 2, 2002. Clients…

27 February 2002 The following report is also available to members only in the members-only Regional area of the CSCB reference system on our web site, at http://www.cscb.ca. A meeting was held on Feb.25, 2002 with Trade Services departments located at 333 Dunsmuir. Attending from the CCRS: Sari…

The following messages were sent on 27 February 2002. 1. Canada Customs and Revenue Angency - Electronic Commerce Outage March 2, 2002 2. Canadian Society of Customs Brokers - Meetings Report from CSCB BC Region 3. Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade - General Pettigrew to use…

26 February 2002 The following Customs Notice is available on the CCRA web site: N-431: Where to File Dispute Notices to Contest Customs Decisions on Tariff Classification, Value for Duty, Origin, Marking, and Advance Rulings This notice clarifies where you may file dispute notices (sometimes…

25 February 2002 Industry Minister Allan Rock Outlines Blueprint for Canada's Economic Growth. Members may be interested in a speech to the Canadian Chamber of Commerce by Industry Minister Allan Rock. Minister Rock outlined a series of national goals for a more competitive economy, more jobs and…

25 February 2002 Team Canada Scores $337 Million in New Business Deals in Russia. Prime Minister Jean Chrétien witnessed this week the signing of 77 new business deals by Canadian enterprises during the Russia portion of the Team Canada 2002 trade mission. To view the complete article, please visit…

25 February 2002 Proposed Amendments to the Designer Remission Order 2001. The Department of Finance is seeking views on certain technical amendments proposed for the Designer Remission Order, 2001. 1. defining the “limited quantities” of other articles that a producer of original designer apparel…

25 February 2002. The following Customs Notice is available on the CCRA web site: N-430: Fresh Iceberg (Head) Lettuce This notice advises that, on January 23, 2002, the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency (CCRA) concluded its re-investigation of normal values and export prices of fresh Iceberg (head)…

25 February 2002 Health Hazard Alert The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is warning the public who suffer from phenylketonuria (PKU) disease not to consume Pepsi brand cola as described below since this product contains aspartame that is not declared on the label. The affected product is sold…

25 February 2002. Seminars offered by CSCB Toronto Region. Futher to our message on 17 December 2001, the correct date for Seminar 3, Administrative Monetary Penalties (AMPS) is on March 14, 2002. The time and location remain the same.

25 February 2002 Expiry No. TE-2001-002 The CITT gives notice that the tariff relief order (Order in Council PC-1997-1668) which provides for the duty-free importation of certain textile products imported by Les Collections Shan Inc., is scheduled to expire on October 31, 2002. Under the Minister of…

25 February 2002 CITT has advised there is an error in that notice. The sentence: TR-96-008 to TR-96-013, concerning the goods that are described in the notice of expiry, that appeared in the March 9, 2002, edition of the Canada Gazette, Part I. Should read: TR-96-008 to TR-96-013, concerning the…