Trade News

25 August 2000 Canada Further Opens Market to Least-Developed Countries Canada will increase the number products that enter the country duty-free from the world's least- developed countries; these tariff measures will come into effect on 1 September 2000. Five hundred and seventy additional tariff…

25 August 2000 Outage in Test Environment on 28 August 2000 All EDI clients currently testing over CADEX lines are advised that there will be a scheduled outage in the test environment on Monday, 28 August from 9:00 am to 12:00 noon. You are asked not to send test data over CADEX lines during this…

24 August 2000 Customs Notice N-344 The following Customs Notice has been published: N-344 Customs Office at London Airport This Notice gives details of the hours of service, location and contact information regarding the Customs office at the London, Ontario airport. The Notice is available on the…

24 August 2000 Request for Interim Review No.: RD-2000-001 In the matter of a request for an interim review of the order made by the Canadian International Trade Tribunal on April 21, 1997, in Review No. RR-96-004, continuing, with amendment, its finding made on April 21, 1992, in Inquiry No. NQ-91…

24 August 2000 SOR/3000-320 The Technical Amendments Order (Customs Tariff) 2000-2 is as follows: 1. Tariff item No. 8443.59.20 in the List of Tariff Provisions set out in the schedule to the Customs Tariff is repealed. 2. The List of Tariff Provisions set out in the schedule to the Act is amended…

23 August 2000 Memorandum D21-1-1 Amended The following D memorandum has been amended: D21-1-1 Customs Privileges for Diplomatic Missions, Consular Posts, and International Organizations (Tariff Item No. 9808.00.00) Appendix A has been amended. Appendix A identifies, in chart form, the categories of…

The following message was sent on 23 August: 1. Canada Customs and Revenue Agency (notices) Memorandum D21-1-1 Amended

21 August 2000 Fourth-Quarter Interest Rates for 2000 The interest rates charged by the CCRA for the fourth quarter of 2000 are available at the following address: http://www.cscb.ca/listinfo/rates.htm Thank you. http://www.cscb.ca/listinfo/rates.htm

21 August 2000 D Memorandum D6-2-6 Revised The following D memorandum has been revised: D6-2-6 Refund of Duties and Taxes on Non-Commercial Importations This memorandum has been changed to reflect the organizational changes resulting from the implementation of the CCRA last November 1, and includes…

21 August 2000 Customs Information Day in Lethbridge The CCRA has announced that it will hold a Customs Information Day for importers, exporters and the travelling public on Saturday, 14 October 2000 in Lethbridge, Alberta. The event will take place at the Lethbridge & District Exhibition, 3401…

The following is a message to all Electronic Commerce Clients. Please be advised that EDI will not be available Sunday, August 20, 2000 from 4:00AM to 8:00AM ET. This outage is necessary for maintenance . This will impact all EDI applications including ER; RNS; CUSDEC; Marine and Rail Cargo. No EDI…

The following D Memorandum is now available: D6-2-6: Refund of Duties and Taxes on Non-Commercial Importations

The CSCB recently asked for an update to a 1998 press release concerning the examination of marine containers. The statistics in the following response, provided by Mark Connolly, Director General of the Contraband and Intelligence Services Directorate, should prove interesting to all members. This…

The following is from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency: This is further to our memorandum of March 9, 2000. This is to inform you of changes made to the list of designated facilities for the inspection of meat products from the United States for the following establishment: Est. S554 Borden Cold…

14 August 2000 At the request of several members, the CSCB has asked for clarification concerning records that customs brokers must keep while acting as a sub-agent. Following is the response received from the CCRA. Members who wish to comment may forward their comments to the CSCB. " I refer to…

The following are the updates to the sublocation list. If you want the complete documetn, please contact Jill Burgess at 613-941-0335 or via e-mail: mailto:[email protected] To view the list please click on the following URL: http://www.cscb.ca/listinfo/sublocation.htm mailto:jill.burgess…