Trade News

20 October 2000 Request for Fast Track Tariff Relief on Products Used in the Manufacture of Commercial Sample Books The Department of Finance has received a request for fast track tariff relief on certain products for use in the manufacture of commercial sample books. Items of headings 3918, 3921…

20 October 2000 New On-Line Course on Tariff Classification from CSCB The CSCB is offering the first of three on-line modules on single subjects of particular interest to those involved in international trade. This course is about the Canadian Harmonized System of tariff classification, and is…

19 October 2000 2001 Classification and Tariff Code Files The following message is from the Electronic Commerce Unit at the CCRA. The 2001 classification and tariff code files will be available during the first week of December 2000 from the CCRA, in the following formats: 3 ½ inch diskette, or via…

19 October 2000 D Memorandum D2-5-1 The following D memorandum has been revised: D2-5-1 Charter Access to Airports This Memorandum outlines the Customs guidelines and conditions under which airlines or owners of commercial aircraft may operate international charter service, including transborder…

19 October 2000 Minutes from British Columbia Region TAS and Airport Committees Following are minutes of meetings in British Columbia Region that took place recently. These minutes are also available to members only on the British Columbia Region area of the CSCB web site, at http://www.cscb.ca. TAS…

18 October 2000 Minutes from Ontario Regional Committee Meeting, October 2000 The Ontario Regional Committee held their meeting on October 11, 2000. The following are the highlights from that meeting. Attendance: Bob Beausoleil Paul Davidson Candi Sider John Moccia Nick Castrillo Wendy Pickett…

16 October 2000 Schedule of Maintenance/Enhancement Outages for ACROSS/CCS/EDI, October 29 to April 29, 2001 The following information is from the electronic commerce unit at the CCRA. The following is a list of planned maintenance/enhancement activities that will impact the availability of ACROSS…

16 October 2000 Amendments to Conversion Factors to Eviscerated Equivalent Kilograms for Imported Chicken and Turkey Members are asked to note that effective 16 October, the table of conversion factors for imports of chicken and turkey products has been amended: chicken turkey live 0.75 0.82…

13 October 2000 Scheduled Outage for Maintenance on 15 October 2000 The following is a reminder of a planned outage for maintenance activities on Sunday, 15 October 2000. Therefore the EDI system will be unavailable from 03:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. (ET). This will impact all EDI applications including…

Conference Room Block The CSCB Annual Conference may still be five weeks away but if you are planning to attend, you should take note that one significant deadline is imminent. After Monday, October 16, 2000 the CSCB can no longer guarantee availability of rooms at the conference rate as our room…

13 October 2000 Customs Notice N-357 and D Memorandum D2-5-7 The following Customs Notice is available on the CCRA web site: N-357 Certain Flat Hot-Rolled Carbon and Alloy Steel Sheet Products This notice advises that on 5 September 2000 the CCRA concluded its review of the normal values and export…

13 October 2000 Facilities Designated for the Inspection of Meat Products from the US The following has been added to the CFIA list of designated facilities for the inspection of meat products from the US: Est. 6 Les Fermes Sunchef Inc. 650 Boul. Cremazie Ouest Montréal, QC H3N 2W9

13 October 2000 Pettigrew Outlines Proposals for a More Transparent WTO On 13 October 2000, International Trade Minister Pierre Pettigrew today released Canada's detailed proposals on how the World Trade Organization (WTO) can become more transparent and open to the public. The proposals, to be…

12 October 2000 Customs Notices N-353 and N-356 The following customs notices have been issued by the CCRA: N-353 Saskatchewan District Office N-356 Certain Stainless Steel Welded Pipe Originating in or Exported from Taiwan Customs Notice N-353 advises that, effective immediately, the address for…

12 October 2000 The following report also is available to members only on the British Columbia region web page on the CSCB web site, at http://www.cscb.ca. Pacific Highway Committee Report From your committee members, Lise Laberge and Kathleen Nasichuk RELEASES NOT IN THE SYSTEM We advised Customs…

11 October 2000 D Memoranda D17-1-19 and D15-2-31 The following D memoranda have been revised and are available on the CCRA web site: D17-1-19 Interest Rate for Customs Purposes Regulations D15-2-31 Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Plate D17-1-19 updates the Table of Interest Rates and Monthly Interest Rate…

11 October 2000 Preliminary Injury Inquiry No.: PI-2000-001 The Dumping and Subsidizing of Certain Grain Corn originating in or Exported from the USA and Imported into Canada for use or Consumption West of the Manitoba-Ontario Border Preliminary Determination of Injury On 9 August 2000 the Acting…

11 October 2000 Correction to Exchange Rate for Tunisia The CCRA advises that the exchange rate for Tunisia effective October 7, 8, 9 and 10, 2000 was incorrect; the correct currency rate should have read 1.0374.