Trade News

7 March 2000 PC 2000-0266 PC 2000-0266 is the Regulations Amending the NAFTA Rules of Origin Regulations. These regulations came into force on February 9, 2000.

6 March 2000 Canadian Exporters Promoted in South America The International Trade Minister, the Honourable Pierre Pettigrew, PC, MP will travel to Uruguay, Argentina and Chile between 8 and 13 March to promote Canadian exports and meet political leaders in those countries. Mr. Pettigrew will also…

6 March 2000 The CCRA paves the way for upcoming officer powers The following is a press release from the CCRA. The Honourable Martin Cauchon, Minister of National Revenue and Secretary of State responsible for the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the regions of Quebec, today spoke about…

6 March 2000 Memorandum D13-1-1 Updated The following D memorandum has been updated: D13-1-1 Valuation for Duty Regulations

6 March 2000 Administrative Changes in Anti-dumping and Countervailing Directorate On February 21, 2000, the Anti-Dumping and Countervailing Directorate held a presentation outlining changes that are planned in some of the administrative practices currently used by this Directorate. These…

3 March 2000 Notice of Commencement of Inquiry re Certain Carbon Steel Plate Notice was received by the Secretary of the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (the Tribunal) on February 28, 2000, from the Acting Director General of the Anti-dumping and Countervailing Directorate at the Canada…

2 March 2000 Provisional Duties Imposed on Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Plate On 1 March the CCRA announced that provisional duties are being imposed on imports of hot-rolled carbon steel plate from Brazil, Finland, India, Indonesia, Thailand and Ukraine. An investigation was started on October 15, 1999…

2 March 2000 Knowledge speeds US-Canada border crossing The following article is excerpted from "The Journal of Commerce" edition of 2 March 2000. Business travel between the United States and Canada, increasingly important as the economies integrate under the North American Trade Agreement…

2 March 2000 D Memoranda Available The following D memoranda are now available: D15-2-27 Concrete Reinforcing Bar D21-4-3 Visiting Forces Personnel Tariff Item No. 9827.00.00

2 March 2000 Appeal AP-99-037 The issue in this appeal is whether the goods in issue, called "mèches" in French, are properly classified under tariff item No. 503.10.00 as synthetic staple fibres of nylon, not carded, combed or otherwise processed for spinning, as determined by the respondent, or…

2 March 2000 Appeal Nos. AP-99-015 to AP-99-025 These are appeals pursuant to section 67 of the Customs Act from decisions of the Deputy Minister of National Revenue (now the Commissioner of the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency) made on March 8, 1999, with respect to 11 shipments of two products…

2 March 2000 Textile Reference — Annual Status Report The CITT has provided a copy of the annual status report (for the period 1 October 1998 to 30 September 1999) on the investigation process regarding investigations into requests from Canadian producers for tariff relief on imported textile inputs…

1 March 2000 T2000-1 Tariff Amendment Members who wish to download tariff amendment T2000-1 in MS Access format may do so from the CCRA internet web site, at http://www.ccra-adrc.gc.ca. From the front page, under the Customs heading, click on "Business", then the "Virtual Customs Office". Once in…

1 March 2000 Correction to Foreign Exchange Information for 11 February 2000 The exchange rate effective 11 February for Norway's currency was incorrect. The rate should read 0.1773.

1 March 2000 The New Customs Environment: Opportunities and Obligations Members who have not yet taken advantage of the opportunity to attend our presentation entitled "The New Customs Environment: Opportunities and Obligations" are encouraged to attend the final session. This will take place on…

1 March 2000 PC 2000-209 PC 2000-209 is the Tribuyltetradecylphosphonium Chloride Regulations. 1. In these regulations, "substance" means tribuyltetradecylphosphonium chloride that has the molecular formula C26H56P.Cl. 2. These regulations do not apply in respect of the manufacture, use, processing…