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2 October 2001 New Duty in Effect for Incoming Tobacco Products The Canada Customs and Revenue Agency announced that changes came into effect on 1 October for travellers who include tobacco products in their personal exemption entitlements. A new duty now applies on previously exempted quantities of…

2 October 2001 Administration of the Beef and Veal TRQ Return of Unused Quota-Shares Firms that use less than 90 per cent of their quota-shares in any one year will have their shares in the next year reduced by the percent under-utilization. However, firms may avoid the under-utilization penalty by…

2 October 2001 Importing Requirements for Regulated Energy-Using Products -- Reminder from Natural Resources Canada Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) wishes to remind members and their clients that under Canada'sEnergy Efficiency Regulations, they are required to provide specific information when…

2 October 2001 Request No. TR-2000-005 On 1 October 2001 the CITT issued its report, with a recommendation, to the Minister of Finance regarding a request for tariff relief filed on 1 November 2000 by Peerless Clothing Inc., regarding certain woven fabrics of combed wool. RECOMMENDATION In light of…

2 October 2001 Update to Sublocation Code List The sublocation code list has been updated. Members requiring the complete sublocation document should contact Jill Burgess at the CCRA, at 613-941-0335 or by e-mail at [email protected]. The update is available on the CSCB web site, at the…

2 October 2001 D Memorandum D2-2-1 Updated The following D memorandum has been updated: D2-2-1 Settlers' Effects, Tariff Item No. 9807.00.00 This Memorandum has been adjusted to reflect legislative changes and to explain that, effective 1 October 2001, a minimum duty applies to cigarettes, tobacco…

2 October 2001 Outage of CFIA Systems on Saturday, 6 October 2001 The following message is from the Electronic Commerce Unit of the CCRA. There will be an outage of the CFIA systems on Saturday, 6 October 2001 between 3:00 am and 7:00 am (ET). Clients are advised to present paper packages for…

1 October 2001 The Canadian Economy in the Second Quarter The following is excerpted from "The Economy in Brief, September 2001", which is available on the Department of Finance web site, at the following address: http://www.fin.gc.ca/ECONBR/ecbr01-09e.html. ... Foreign demand for Canadian goods and…

1 October 2001 CCRA Information Workshops in Hamilton The CCRA, in association with the CSCB Ontario Region and AICBA, are offering the following workshops on the harmonized system of classification, a NAFTA refresher course, and an introduction to valuation. Further information and the registration…

1 October 2001 Tariff Rate Quota for Frozen Pork originating in the European Union Effective 28 September 2001, the frozen pork TRQ from the European Union (EU), imported under tariff item No. 0203.29.00 of the Customs Tariff has filled, and therefore all imports to 31 July 2002 will be subject to…

1 October 2001 Countries Officially Recognized by Canada as free of Foot and Mouth Disease The CFIA has updated their list of countries officially recognized by Canada as free of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD). This list is available at the following address: http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/anima…

28 September 2001 D Memorandum D2-3-1 The following D memorandum has been updated and is available on the CCRA web site: D2-3-1 Returning Persons Exemption Regulations This Memorandum has been adjusted to reflect legislative changes and to explain that, effective 1 October 2001, a minimum duty…

28 September 2001 Changes to Ships' Stores Provisions Proposed The Honourable Martin Cauchon, Minister of National Revenue and Secretary of State (Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec), and the Honourable Jim Peterson, Secretary of State (International Financial…

28 September 2001 DFAIT Consultative Committee Meeting, 26 September 2001 The CSCB's DFAIT Consultative Committee met in Ottawa on September 26th to discuss issues relating to the implementation of the new Export Import Control System (EICS). This meeting was attended by Elaine Feldman, Director…

28 September 2001 Customs Proposal re Revision of Accounting Override Procedures in Memorandum D17-1-5, Importing Commercial Goods The following Customs Proposal P-010 is available on the CCRA web site: P-010 Customs Proposal re Revision of Accounting Override Procedures in Memorandum D17-1-5…

28 September 2001 B3 Transactions The following message is from the Electronic Commerce Unit of the CCRA. The CADEX problems experienced on 27 September have been resolved. For those B3 transactions that were due 27 September 2001 and accounted for today (28 September 2001) for which a penalty is…

28 September 2001 Solid Wood Packaging Material and the European Union Members are reminded that the new European Union import requirements regarding non-manufactured coniferous wood packaging material (eg pallets, containers, drums etc) come into effect on 1 October. All such packaging materials…

28 September 2001 Further Information on B3 Outage, 27 September 2001 The following information is from Mr. Paul Miller of the Electronic Commerce Unit at the CCRA. The outage affecting CADEX that occurred between 4:00 and 7:00 pm on 27 September was the result of a change made to the test…