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2 October 2000 Working to Avert a Trucking Crisis During the past two weeks several groups representing the trucking industry, including the National Truckers' Association and the Ontario Trucking Association, have worked to deal with the fuel price issue in order to avoid threatened protests…

2 October 2000 New Category in CSCB Reference System Members may wish to access the following articles, written by CSCB President Carol West for "Logistics Quarterly" over the past year and a half: "Communication and Value in a Network Economy", April 1999 (http://www.cscb.ca/articles/network.htm)…

2 October 2000 Request for Removal of Duties from Bricks, Blocks, Tiles and Shapes The Department of Finance has received a request for the removal of Customs duties on a wide range of bricks, blocks, tiles and shapes used to line refractory equipment employed in the production of steel. The…

29 September 2000 SIMA Index for October 2000 To view the SIMA index for October, please go to the following address: http://www.cscb.ca/listinfo/sima.htm Thank you. http://www.cscb.ca/listinfo/sima.htm

29 September 2000 Changes to the Table of Interest Rates, Appendix to D17-1-19 The updated Table of Interest Rates and Monthly Interest Rates is available on the Revenue Canada web site, at the following address: http://207.6.23.164/news/doce.cfm?id=4175 http://207.6.23.164/news/doce.cfm?id=4175

29 September 2000 Memorandum D15-1-50 The following D memorandum has been updated: D15-1-50 Carbon Steel Welded Pipe (Republic of Korea) The Memorandum refers to the application of anti-dumping duty, pursuant to section 3 of the SIMA, to importations of certain carbon steel welded pipe, originating…

29 September 2000 AP-99-063 This is an appeal under section 67 of the Customs Act from two decisions of the Deputy Minister of National Revenue (now the Commissioner of the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency) on July 8, 1999, pursuant to section 63 of the Customs Act. The issue in this appeal is…

28 September 2000 PC 2000-1495 PC 2000-1495 is the Regulations Amending the United Nations Sierra Leone Regulations. These regulations implement Resolution 1306 (2000) adopted by the United Nations Security Council on 5 July 2000. Resolution 1306 obliges all member states of the UN to prohibit the…

27 September 2000 Memorandum D15-1-84 The following D memorandum has been released: D15-1-84 Women's Leather and Non-Leather Boots This Memorandum refers to the application of anti-dumping duty to importations of women's leather and non-leather boots, originating in or exported from the People's…

27 September 2000 Non-Automated Ports in British Columbia As of 25 September, the CCRA advises that the ports of Osoyoos, BC (819); Victoria, BC (811); and Kingsgate, BC (818) will be classified as not automated, and the K115 release information must be transmitted on the CADEX B3.

27 September 2000 Suspension of Investigation into Bingo Paper On 27 September the CCRA announced that it has accepted a price undertaking and has suspended the dumping investigation of bingo paper, in finished or unfinished form, originating in or exported from the USA and produced by or on behalf…

27 September 2000 Certain Stainless Steel Round Bar The CCRA announced on 27 September the final determination of dumping regarding certain stainless steel round bar, originating in or exported from Brazil, and of subsidizing with respect to the same goods originating in or exported from Brazil and…

27 September 2000 Request to Members regarding GST/QST/HST Issues To look at information about the annual conference program, please go to the following address: http://www.cscb.ca/conference/agm.htm. At this year's annual conference in Montreal, we will be holding a seminar on GST/QST/HST issues…

27 September 2000 Seminar Program in Ontario Region in 2000-2001 The Ontario Region of the CSCB announces the following seminar program for 2000-2001; the seminars will be provided by the CCRA, Trade Administration Services in the Southern Ontario Region (Hamilton), and are available to members of…

27 September 2000 Updating Classification and Tariff Code Files on 28 September 2000 The following message is from the Electronic Commerce Unit at the CCRA. On 28 September 2000 the ECU will update the classification and tariff code files to incorporate the changes made to the hard copy Customs…

26 September 2000 Development of List of Contacts with Members The following message is from the EICB at DFAIT. DFAIT is establishing a list of contact names to whom the Bureau will provide updated information when a power failure, IPPS system or EXCAPS shutdown occur. The following information is…

25 September 2000 EDI Outage The following message is from the Electronic Commerce Unit of the CCRA. The ECU advises members that they were unable to process any inbound or outbound EDI messages for clients using AT&T between 10:00 pm on Sunday, 24 September and 10:30 am on Monday, 25 September (ET)…

25 September 2000 Request for Fast-Track Tariff Relief on Certain Greige Polyester-Cotton Fabrics The Department of Finance has received a request for fast-track tariff relief on certain greige polyester-cotton fabrics for use by textile converters. The fabrics are described as follows: Woven…