Trade News

29 March 2000 The Canada Customs and Revenue Agency, formerly Revenue Canada, recently launched a new 1-800 network with extended hours to better serve Canadian business. Clients with business enquiries can now speak to a client service representative from 8:15 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. local time, Monday…

29 March 2000 PC 2000-349 PC 2000-349 is the Export Control List Notification Regulations. Under subsection 101(1) of the renewed Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA, 1999), Canadian exporters must provide notice to the Minister of the Environment of proposed exports of substances…

28 March 2000 Toronto Region Annual General Meeting The Toronto Region will hold their annual meeting at the Nottawasaga Inn in Alliston, Ontario on Thursday, 15 June 2000.

27 March 2000 Quarterly Interest Rate Table Updated To view the updated quarterly interest rate table, please go to the following address: http://www.cscb.ca/listinfo/rates.htm Thank you. http://www.cscb.ca/listinfo/rates.htm

27 March 2000 D Memoranda Updated The following D memoranda have been revised: D17-1-19 Changes to the Table of Interest Rates Appendix to Memorandum D17-1- 19 D3-1-5 International Commercial Transportation D3-2-1 International Air Traffic D8-2-5 Foreign Aircraft Servicing Equipment Remission Order…

24 March 2000 Request for Removal of Duty on Certain Aluminum Can Lids The Department of Finance has received a request for the removal of Customs duty on certain aluminum can lids, with an easy-open feature, for use in the manufacture of food cans. The aluminum lids in question are coated or…

24 March 2000 Request for Removal of Duty on Cast PVC The Department of Finance is reviewing a request for removal of the Customs duty on cast PVC film for the Canadian sign industry. Specifically, tariff relief is sought on plastic film described as flexible self-adhesive sheets constructed of one…

24 March 2000 D Memoranda Revised The following D memoranda have been updated: D18-2-1 Imported Tobacco Products and the Return of Canadian Manufactured Tobacco Products D3-2-3 In-Transit Movements D18-2-1 has been updated to revise the terminology pertaining to the tobacco industry, and add a new…

24 March 2000 Modification to Delivery Party Address in 00.1 ACROSS Release The following message is from the Electronic Commerce Unit at the CCRA. The following is to advise members that the following is a replacement to section 2 (a) of the message sent on March 10, which stated that the Province…

23 March 2000 British Columbia Region Annual General Meeting The CSCB BC Region will hold their annual meeting and conference on 12 and 13 May 2000 at the Grand Okanagan Hotel in Kelowna. Please contact Paul Courtney at [email protected] for further information. mailto:[email protected]

23 March 2000 Schedule of Maintenance/Enhancement Outages for ACCROSS/CCS/EDI, April 1 to September 30, 2000 The following is from the Electronic Commerce Unit of CCRA. The following is a list of planned maintenance/enhancement activities that will impact the availability of ACROSS/CCS/EDI. The…

23 March 2000 RR-99-002, Subsidized Canned Ham and Canned Pork-Based Luncheon Meat In the matter of a review, under subsection 76(2) of the Special Import Measures Act, of the order made by the Canadian International Trade Tribunal on March 21, 1995, in Review No. RR-94-002, continuing, without…

23 March 2000 23 March 2000 Request for Removal of Customs Duties on Rheological Additives The Department of Finance is reviewing a request for removal of the customs duty on rheological additives for use in the manufacture of coatings and sealants. The rheological additives are primarily organic…

23 March 2000 Correction to Times for Outage, April 1 and April 2, 2000 The following correction is from the Electronic Commerce Unit at the CCRA. ACROSS/CCS/EDI will not be available from 2:00 am on April 1 to 8:30 am ET on April 2 due to time change adjustment (return of daylight saving time) and…

22 March 2000 Quebec Region Annual General Meeting The CSCB Quebec Region annual general meeting will take place on Friday, 2 June 2000 at the Intercontinental Hotel, Salon Vieux Montreal, between 11:00 am and 6:00 pm.

22 March 2000 Electronic Commerce Unit Office Move The following message is from the Electronic Commerce Unit at the CCRA. On Friday, 24 March the ECU will move to a different location; this will not interrupt any processing of EDI systems (CADEX, CUSDEC, RNS, ER, rail, marine, ASN). For assistance…

22 March 2000 Notice of Public Hearing, Textile Tariff Request No. TR-99-004 Further to the notice of public hearing dated 17 February 2000, members with an interest in this matter are asked to note that the hearing date has been changed from 19 April 2000 to 3 May 2000. It will begin at 9:30 am in…