Trade News

13 December 2000 Canadian Proposals for FTAA Agreement Canada's written submissions to Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) negotiating groups are now available on the DFAIT web site, at the following address: http://dfait-maeci.gc.ca/tna-nac/ftaa_neg-e.asp The submissions include briefs on market…

12 December 2000 WTO Grants Canada Right to Impose Sanctions against Brazil over Aircraft Subsidy Dispute Canada today formally requested and was granted authority from the World Trade Organization's (WTO) dispute settlement body to impose economic countermeasures against Brazil for the continued…

11 December 2000 Preliminary Injury Inquiry No.: PI-2000-005 Notice was received by the Secretary of the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (the Tribunal) on December 4, 2000, from the Acting Director General of the Anti-dumping and Countervailing Directorate at the Canada Customs and Revenue…

11 December 2000 Inquiry No.: NQ-2000-004 IN THE MATTER OF an inquiry, under section 42 of the Special Import Measures Act, respecting: WATERPROOF FOOTWEAR AND BOTTOMS OF PLASTIC OR RUBBER ORIGINATING IN OR EXPORTED FROM THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA FINDING The Canadian International Trade…

11 December 2000 Appeal No. AP-99-105 IN THE MATTER OF an appeal heard on May 9 and 10, 2000, under section 67 of the Customs Act, R.S.C. 1985 (2d Supp.), c. 1; AND IN THE MATTER OF 67 decisions of the Commissioner of the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency dated November 10, 15, 16 and 26, 1999, with…

11 December 2000 Notice to Exporters, Serial No. 130 Date: November 24, 2000 Export and Import Permits Act 1.0 Purpose 1.1 The purpose of this Notice is to: a) remind exporters of the functioning of the policy on under-utilization of export level allocations; and b) remind quota holders that, if…

11 December 2000 CSA Draft Importer and Carrier Application Forms The following message is from the CCRA. The CCRA has decided to accept draft importer and carrier applications for Customs Self-Assessment (CSA) until such time as the finalized versions are made available. The draft applications are…

11 December 2000 State of Michigan to Reduce Canadian Carriers' Business Tax by Two-Thirds The following message is from the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. International Trade Minister Pierre Pettigrew welcomed a Michigan bill that will result in Canadian truckers paying…

8 December 2000 Customs Notices N-362 and N-363 The following Customs Notices are available on the CCRA web site: N-362 Fresh Garlic, Originating in or Exported from the People's Republic of China N-363 Filling of Wheat Products Tariff Rate Quota N-362 advises that the CCRA initiated a re…

8 December 2000 Facilities Designated for the Inspection of Meat Products from the US The following establishment has been removed from the list of designated facilities for the inspection of meat products from the US. Est. 459 Maple Leaf Food Inc. Mississauga, Ontario

8 December 2000 2001 Classification and Tariff Code Files The following message is from the Electronic Commerce Unit at the CCRA. Members are advised that the 2001 classification and tariff code files have now been sent. Members who requested this information via internet e-mail, but have not…

8 December 2000 Disregard the following Tariff Code Files The following message is from the Electronic Commerce Unit at the CCRA. Members should disregard the tariff code files EXPIRIES and UPDATES that were just forwarded either by internet e-mail or disk. These were sent in error. The tariff codes…

7 December 2000 SIMA Index for December 2000 The SIMA index has been updated for December 2000; it is available on the CCRA web site at the following address: http://www.ccra-adrc.gc.ca/customs/business/sima/monthly-e.html http://www.ccra-adrc.gc.ca/customs/business/sima/monthly-e.html

7 December 2000 Planned Outage for Maintenance on 10 December 2000 The following message is from the electronic commerce unit of the CCRA. The following is a reminder of a planned outage for maintenance activities on Sunday, 10 December 2000. Therefore, the EDI system will be unavailable from 3:00…

7 December 2000 PC 2000-1725 PC 2000-1725 is the Regulations amending the Softwood Lumber Products Export Permits Fees Regulations. Amendments 1. (1) Subsection 8(1) of the Softwood Lumber Products Export Permits Fees Regulations is amended by adding the following in alphabetical order: "Second…

6 December 2000 Amendments to the Harmonized System (HS) Nomenclature Pursuant to Article 16 of the International Convention on the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System The following information is available from the CCRA web site, at the following address: http://207.61.56.166//news…

6 December 2000 Items 96 to 113 — Chicken and Turkey for Further Processed Poultry Products Notice to Importers Serial No. 605 Date: November 24, 2000 The following Notice to Importers can be found on the DFAIT web site, at the following address: http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/~eicb/notices/ser605-e…

6 December 2000 Items 96 to 104 — Chicken and Chicken Products Notice to Importers No. 606 November 24, 2000 The following Notice to Importers is available on the DFAIT web site at the following address: http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/~eicb/notices/ser606-e.htm. 1.0 Coverage 1.1 This Notice replaces…