Trade News

3 May 2001 Canada and Nigeria to Co-operate on Trade and Investment The Minister for International Trade, the Honourable Pierre Pettigrew, PC, MP and Chief Dubem Onyia, the Nigerian Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, have signed a Trade and Investment Co-operation Arrangement , during a three…

3 May 2001 Appeal Nos. AP-95-149 to AP-95-165, AP-95-167 and AP-95-168 These are appeals under section 67 of the Customs Act from decisions of the Deputy Minister of National Revenue (now the Commissioner of the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency) dated June 27, 1995, regarding the re-appraisal of…

3 May 2001 Canada-Costa Rica Free Trade Agreement Further to messages sent to members in March and July, 2000 concerning the Canada-Costa Rica Free Trade Agreement (CCRFTA), the following excerpts from a press release from the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade provides some…

2 May 2001 NAFTA Certificates and AMPS Compliance The following letter is from Mr. Fred Light, Director of the Customs-Wide Sanction Study at the CCRA, to the Consulting Department of a CSCB member firm. It contains information concerning record keeping and AMPS. ..... You asked if it was acceptable…

2 May 2001 Customs Notice N-379, Refined Sugar This Notice advises that on 3 November 2000 the CITT concluded a review of its findings made on 6 November 1995 concerning the dumping of refined sugar, refined from sugar cane or sugar beets, in granulated, liquid, and powdered form, originating in or…

2 May 2001 Dumping of Certain Concrete Reinforcing Bar On 2 May 2001 the CCRA announced the final determination of dumping with respect to certain concrete reinforcing bar originating in or exported from the Republic of Indonesia, Japan, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Moldova, the Republic…

2 May 2001 Customs Notice N-381, Order Amending the Customs Tariff (Extension of Most-Favoured-Nation Tariff to Albania and the Sultanate of Oman) Effective 15 March 2001, the benefits of the MFN Tariff are accorded to Albania and the Sultanate of Oman. Customs Notice N-381 outlines the conditions…

2 May 2001 Outage -- EDI Test The following message is from the Electronic Commerce Unit of the CCRA. The following is a message to all Electronic Commerce clients testing with the CCRA. Please be advised that the EDI TEST environment will not be available from Friday, 4 May from 7:00 a.m. ET to…

2 May 2001 Inquiry No: NQ-2000-006 In the matter of an inquiry, under section 42 of the Special Import Measures Act, respecting: garlic, fresh or frozen, originating in or exported from the People's Republic of China and Vietnam, excluding fresh garlic subject to the finding made in the CITT Inquiry…

The following messages were sent on 2 May: 1. Canada Customs and Revenue Agency (anti-dumping) Dumping of Certain Concrete Reinforcing Bar 2. Canada Customs and Revenue Agency (electronic commerce) Outage -- EDI Test 3. Canada Customs and Revenue Agency (general) NAFTA Certificates and AMPS…

1 May 2001 Request to Remove Customs Duty on Liquid Shoe Shine Preparation The Department of Finance is reviewing a request to remove the customs duty on imports of a liquid shoe shine preparation for use in the manufacture of shoe care products. This lubricating preparation is classified under…

1 May 2001 Third Phase of Quota Elimination under WTO Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC) Phase Three of the elimination of quotas under the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC) will be implemented on 1 January 2002. At that time, certain products will be…

1 May 2001 Countervailing Duty Case on Softwood Lumber: Notice to Canadian companies on Company Exclusions The following notice is from the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. On April 23, 2001, the US Department of Commerce initiated a countervailing duty investigation concerning…

1 May 2001 Second Annual Report on Canada's State of Trade The Minister for International Trade, the Honourable Pierre Pettigrew, PC, MP highlighted Trade Update 2001: Second Annual Report on Canada's State of Trade at a luncheon co-hosted by the Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters and the Canadian…

1 May 2001 Customs Proposal P-008: Sufferance Warehouse Sub-Location Code The following is a proposal for a change in Customs procedures from the CCRA. Members are asked to forward their comments or suggestions on this proposal to the CSCB, at [email protected]. In this publication, you will find a…

1 May 2001 Automation of Customs Office 816, Cascade The following message is from the Electronic Commerce Unit of the CCRA. Further to the message from the CCRA on 26 April concerning the automation of Customs office 816, Cascade, it has now been announced that this site is not ready and will not…

1 May 2001 PC 2001-622 PC 2001-622 authorizes the Minister of Foreign Affairs to execute and issue an Instrument of Full Powers authorizing the Minister for International Trade or the Deputy Minister for International Trade, to sign, subject to ratification, the Free Trade Agreement between the…