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8 May 2001 Application Forms for CSA Carriers and Importers Available on CCRA Web Site The following documents related to Customs Self Assessment are now available on the CCRA web site: Carrier Part II application http://207.61.56.166/news/doce.cfm?id=4439 Importer Part II application http://207.61…

8 May 2001 CFIA Maintenance Outage The following message comes from the electronic commerce unit of the CCRA. The CFIA EDI system, which interfaces with ACROSS for CFIA requests, will not be available on Saturday, 12 May 2001 from 3:00 am to 7:00 am (ET) for maintenance purposes. Members are advised…

8 May 2001 Foot and Mouth Disease Outbreak in Uruguay The following message is from Dr. Lou Skrinar, Chief, Import Programs, Food of Animal Origin Division, to all importers. All certificates dated on or after March 23, 2001, covering beef and lamb, other than commercially sterile canned meat…

8 May 2001 Customs Bond Form available on CCRA Web Site The Customs bond form from the CCRA is available on their web site, at the following address: http://207.61.56.166/news/doce.cfm?id=4440 http://207.61.56.166/news/doce.cfm?id=4440

7 May 2001 Schedule of Maintenance/Enhancement Outages for ACROSS/CCS/EDI from 1 May 2001 to 9 December 2001 The following message is from the Electronic Commerce Unit at the CCRA. The following is a list of planned maintenance/enhancement activities that will impact the availability of ACROSS/CCS…

7 May 2001 SIMA Re-investigation re Machine-Tufted Carpeting from the United States The CCRA announced on 7 May that a re-investigation has been completed regarding certain machine-tufted carpeting from the US. The subject goods are normally imported into Canada under HS classification numbers 5703…

4 May 2001 Request for Amendment of Tariff Item No. 9921 The Department of Finance has received a request to amend tariff item No. 9921, which provides duty-free entry for certain 100% cotton fabrics and shells for use in the manufacture of down or feather- filled pillows, duvets and featherbeds, to…

7 May 2001 New Procedure for Invoicing Softwood Lumber Permits The following is from the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. 1. Purpose The purpose of this message is to advise on-line customs brokers of the change in how softwood lumber (SWL) permits are invoiced in IPPS. 2…

4 May 2001 EICS Deployment Phases for CCRA Licensed Customs Brokers The aforementioned document has been updated on 3 May to include customs brokerage firms added to the third phase of the program. This document is available on the DFAIT web site at the following address: http://www.dfait-maeci.gc…

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…