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30 June 2000 PC 2000-1001 PC 2000-1001 is the Order Amending the Schedule to the Customs Tariff, 2000-2. The Order provides tariff relief to a variety of manufacturing inputs. Amendments 1. Tariff item No. 0306.14.00 in the List of Tariff Provisions set out in the schedule to the Customs Tariff is…

29 June 2000 NQ-99-004 In the matter of an inquiry, under section 42 of the Special Import Measures Act, respecting: THE DUMPING IN CANADA OF CERTAIN HOT-ROLLED CARBON STEEL PLATE ORIGINATING IN OR EXPORTED FROM BRAZIL, FINLAND, INDIA, INDONESIA, THAILAND AND UKRAINE, AND THE SUBSIDIZING OF CERTAIN…

29 June 2000 NQ-2000-001 In the matter of an inquiry under section 42 of the Special Import Measures Act respecting the dumping in Canada of Certain Refrigerators, Dishwashers and Dryers Originating in or Exported from the United States of America. And in the matter of a request from counsel for…

29 June 2000 Ontario Region Seminars The following information is from the CSCB Ontario Region, and also appears on the Ontario Region web page in the CSCB internet site, at http://www.cscb.ca. Please contact the CSCB Ontario Region with your response to these questions, at mailto:cscb.ontario.div…

29 June 2000 Preliminary Determination of Dumping re Certain Stainless Steel Round Bar from Brazil On 29 June, the CCRA announced a preliminary determination of dumping with respect to certain stainless steel round bar, originating in or exported from Brazil, and of subsidizing with respect to the…

28 June 2000 Customs Notice N-336 The following Customs Notice has been issued: N-336 Rates of Duty on Certain Woven Fabrics This Notice is available from the CCRA internet site, at http://www.ccra-adrc.gc.ca. http://www.ccra-adrc.gc.ca

28 June 2000 CTR 3565 -- Simplified Action on Appeal Pursuant to Section 135 of Customs Act... At issue was the size of the penalty assessed by the Minister of National Revenue under the Customs Act. Order made suggesting the Minister reconsider the penalty but, in the absence of such a…

28 June 2000 Notice to Exporters No. 126 — Amendment Item 5203: Sugar-containing Products This Notice amends and is an adjunct to Notice to Exporters No. 117, dated 11 June 1999. It refers to Item 5203 of the Export Control List, "sugar-containing products (United States)". The purpose of this…

27 June 2000 Customs Notice N-337 The following Customs Notice has been issued: N-337 Bicycles and Bicycle Frames from Taiwan and the People's Republic of China This notice advises that the re-investigation initiated on September 1, 1999, pursuant to the SIMA, respecting bicycles and bicycle frames…

27 June 2000 Decision on NAFTA Chapter 11 Claim Favours Canada On 27 June the NAFTA Tribunal handed down its (unanimous) decision on two articles of NAFTA's investor-state chapter concerning Performance Requirements and Expropriation. The ruling indicates that Canada's implementation of the Canada…

The following messages were sent on 27 June: 1. Canada Customs and Revenue Agency (notices) Customs Notice N-337 2. Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (general) Decision on NAFTA Chapter 11 Claim Favours Canada

26 June 2000 Dispute Resolution Corporation is a New Player The following information is from Mr. Doug Shouldice, Member Services Co-ordinator of the Dispute Resolution Corporation. Member companies of the new DRC (Dispute Resolution Corporation) no longer require a Canadian Food Inspection Agency…

26 June 2000 New dot-com plans direct links between air shippers and carriers The following article is excerpted from "The Journal of Commerce" edition of 22 June 2000. Joe Fenley is a brave man. Twenty years after founding Gateway Freight Services, which Fenley describes as the first privately held…

26 June 2000 Notice of Reconsideration of Request No. TR-99-003 The CITT gives notice it will reconsider the request by Western Glove Works Ltd. For tariff relief and the recommendation made to the Minister of Finance on 4 February 2000, in Request No. TR-99-003. The recommendation was for the…

26 June 2000 Change of Name for Canadian Importers Association At their annual general meeting earlier this month, the Canadian Importers Association unanimously voted to change its name to the Canadian Association of Importers and Exporters Inc. More than 60 per cent of its membership are both…

23 June 2000 All species of sturgeon, including eggs (commonly known as "CAVIAR") are CITES-listed The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) has listed over 30,000 species of wild animals and plants whose movement from one country to another for…

23 June 2000 Customs Notice N-335 Order Amending the Customs Tariff (Extension of General Preferential Tariff to the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) Effective 4 May 2000, the benefits of the GPT are accorded to the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina…

23 June 2000 Customs Notice N-334 The following Customs Notice has been issued: N-334 Customs Office — Change of Address This Notice advises that effective 13 March 2000, the address for the customs office at Penticto Airport has been changed to: Canada Customs and Revenue Agency 111-3000 Airport…

23 June 2000 Customs agreement paves way for electronic bill of lading between US, Mexico The following article is excerpted from "The Journal of Commerce" edition of 23 June 2000. The long-promised uniform electronic bill of lading between the United States and Mexico is one step closer following…