Trade News

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…

30 April 2001 Preliminary Results of Customs Operations during Summit of the Americas in Quebec City The following information is from the CCRA. The Honourable Martin Cauchon, PC, MP, Minister of National Revenue and Secretary of State responsible for the Economic Development Agency of Canada for…

27 April 2001 New Address for CCRA Office in Granby The CCRA has announced that starting 27 April 2001, it will provide Customs services in Granby at the following address: 391 Principale Street Suite 110 Granby, QC J2G 2W7 telephone: 450-372-6691 fax: 450-372-5388

27 April 2001 Notice to Importers No. 616 Items 117 to 134 and 141 to 160 -- Dairy Products on the Import Control List: Supplementary Import Permits 1.1 This Notice addresses Items 117 to 134 and 141 to 160 on the Import Control List of the Export and Import Permits Act ("dairy products") as…

27 April 2001 Windsor Standing Committee Meeting, 25 April 2001 The following minutes of the Windsor Standing Committee meeting on 25 April are also available to members only on the CSCB web site in the Ontario Region web page, at http://www.cscb.ca. Customs/Brokers Associations Meeting Commercial…

26 April 2001 SOR/2001-134 SOR/2001-134 is the Order Amending the Schedule to the Customs Tariff, 2001-1. This Order came into force on 5 April 2001, and can be found on the CCRA web site at the following address: http://207.61.56.166/news/doce.cfm?id=4425 http://207.61.56.166/news/doce.cfm?id=4425

26 April 2001 NAFTA 2001 Tariff Preference Level Utilization Reports The following reports are available on the DFAIT web site: NAFTA 2001 Tariff Preference Level Utilization, January 1 to February 28, Exports http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/~eicb/textile/ntpl-exe-feb-e.htm NAFTA 2001 Tariff Preference…

26 April 2001 NAFTA Origin Verification Questionnaires The following documents are available on the CCRA web site: NAFTA Origin Verification Questionnaire Regional Value Content -- Net Cost Method NAFTA Origin Verification Questionnaire Regional Value Content -- Transaction Value Method The first…

26 April 2001 Automation of Work Location 816 The following message is from the Electronic Commerce Unit of the CCRA. Effective 25 April 2001, work location 816 Cascade has become automated.

26 April 2001 No Outage Scheduled for 28-29 April 2001 The following message is from the Electronic Commerce Unit of the CCRA. The following is further to our GEMDES message of October 16, 2000, containing the list of planned outages for the next six months. Contrary to the information posted in the…