Trade News

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…

28 September 2001 D Memorandum D19-10-3 The following D memorandum has been revised to update the administrative details therein: D19-10-3 Export and Import Permits Act (Exportations) Appendix C, Area Control List, has been updated.

27 September 2001 Implementation of the 11 September 2001 "Industry Advisory — Food, Feed, and Seed Products Containing Corn" In recognition of the events of 11 September in the US that have affected all North Americans and related trans-boundary activities between Canada and the US, the CFIA has…

27 September 2001 Appeal No. AP-2000-060 This rehearing follows a decision of the Federal Court of Appeal dated March 7, 2001, which set aside the Tribunal's decision in Appeal No. AP-98-085 and referred the matter back to the Tribunal for redetermination. Pursuant to subparagraph 48(5)(a)(i) of the…

26 September 2001 ACROSS Queue Stall The following message is from the Electronic Commerce Unit of the CCRA. This is a revision to the message sent on 14 September regarding the ACROSS queue stall. The EDI message number for the ACROSS queue stall problem has been changed from ERC500 to R15, with…

26 September 2001 Customs Notice N-399 This notice advises that the re-investigation initiated on February 26, 2001, pursuant to the Special Import Measures Act (SIMA), concerning bicycles and frames from Taiwan and the People's Republic of China, has been concluded. N-399 Bicycles and Frames from…

26 September 2001 Fast Track Tariff Relief Request on Printing Blanket Materials The Department of Finance has received a request for "fast track tariff relief" on printing blanket materials used to manufacture printing blankets employed in offset printing machinery. The printing blanket material…