Trade News

The following messages were sent on 26 April: 1. Canada Customs and Revenue Agency (electronic commerce) Automation of Work Location 816 No Outage Scheduled for 28-29 April 2001 2. Canada Customs and Revenue Agency (notices) SOR/2001-134 NAFTA Origin Verification Questionnaires 3. Canadian Society…

24 April 2001 Toronto Region General Meeting, 10 May 2001 The next Toronto Region General Meeting is scheduled for 10 May 2001, 6:00 pm, at the Airport Marriott Hotel. A registration form for this meeting is available on our web site, at the following address: http://www.cscb.ca/listinfo/togm.htm…

24 April 2001 Penalties Due to Systems Outage The following message is from the Electronic Commerce Unit of the CCRA. Members who are clients of the CCRA's electronic services are asked to note that, as a result of systems problems on Monday, 23 April, penalties will subsequently be waived without…

24 April 2001 Tariff Amendment T2001-4 and Customs Tariff Tariff amendment T2001-4 is available on the CCRA web site, as is the updated version of the 2001 Customs Tariff. These amendments will be available in the CCS on 10 May 2001. These documents can be found at the following addresses: T2001-4…

24 April 2001 Importation of Human Pathogens via Courier The following letter regarding the importation of human pathogens via the courier stream to courier and LVS participants is from Brian Jones, Director, Import Process Division at CCRA. This letter is in reference to the importation of human…

24 April 2001 Request for Removal of Customs Duty on Oil-Based Lubricating Preparation The Department of Finance is reviewing a request to remove the customs duty on imports of an oil-based lubricating preparation for wet drawing of tire wire. This lubricating preparation is classified under tariff…

24 April 2001 US Initiation of Lumber Investigations The following is a statement from The Honourable Pierre Pettigrew, PC, MP. On April 23, the U.S. Department of Commerce initiated countervailing and antidumping investigations of softwood lumber exports from Canada. This decision by the U.S…

24 April 2001 Toronto/Ontario Regional Golf Tournament Members are invited to attend the golf tournament that accompanies the joint Toronto/Ontario Regional annual meeting in Stratford. The tournament is scheduled to take place on Thursday, 14 June at the Stratford Country Club. A registration form…

23 April 2001 Request for Removal of Customs Duty on 5-ply and 7-ply Hardwood The Department of Finance is reviewing a request to remove the customs duty on imports of 5- play and 7-ply hardwood plywood for use in the manufacture of hardwood flooring. This plywood is classified under tariff item No…

23 April 2001 Outage affecting EDI The following message is from the Electronic Commerce Unit of the CCRA. The CCRA is currently experiencing a data base problem affecting all EDI data with the exception of B3 via CADEX lines. The problem will not be resolved until 9:00 pm EDT. This impacts all EDI…

23 April 2001 Toronto/Ontario Regions Annual Meeting Members interested in attending the joint annual meeting of the CSCB Toronto and Ontario regions are asked to complete a registration form and return it to the meeting convener, Paula Carson of Carson Customs Brokers Ltd., by 8 May 2001. The…

23 April 2001 Certain Flat Hot-Rolled Carbon and Alloy Steel Sheet and Strip, Inquiry No.: NQ-2001-001 NOTICE OF COMMENCEMENT OF INQUIRY Notice was received by the Secretary of the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (the Tribunal) on April 19, 2001, from the Acting Director General of the Anti…

23 April 2001 PC 2001-579 PC 2001-579 is the Order Amending the Schedule to the Customs Tariff, 2001-1. 1. The List of Tariff Provisions set out in the schedule to the Customs Tariff is amended by adding, in numerical order, the tariff provisions set out in the schedule to this Order. 2. This Order…

20 April 2001 Canada Customs and Revenue Agency imposes provisional duties on hot-rolled steel sheet and strip The Canada Customs and Revenue Agency (CCRA) announced on 19 April that it will assess provisional duties on imports of certain hot-rolled steel sheet and strip from, Brazil, Bulgaria, the…

20 April 2001 D Memorandum D13-5-1 The following D memorandum is available from the CCRA web site: D13-5-1 Application of Sections 49 and 50 of the Customs Act This memorandum outlines and explains the method of determining the value for duty based on the transaction value of identical goods or…

20 April 2001 Date for CCRA Qualifying and Professional Examinations Set Members may wish to note that the CCRA Customs Brokers Qualifying and Professional Examinations will be held nationally on Saturday, 16 June 2001. As has been the case since 1987, the CSCB has been awarded the contract to…

19 April 2001 BC Region Longroom Committee Report on Foot and Mouth Disease Members are asked to note that in the report of the BC Longroom Committee posted on 18 April, Argentina was not identified as a target country in terms of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD). In fact, imports from Argentina and EU…

19 April 2001 Outage for Maintenance Activities on 22 April 2001 The following message is from the Electronic Commerce Unit of the CCRA. This is a notice of a planned outage for maintenance activities this Sunday, April 22, 2001. Therefore, the EDI system will be unavailable from 3:00 am to 13:00 pm…