Trade News

11 August 2000 Notice of Commencement of Preliminary Injury Inquiry re Grain Corn Notice was received by the CITT on 9 August 2000 stating that the CCRA Commissioner had initiated an investigation into a complaint respecting the alleged injurious dumping and subsidizing in Canada of grain corn in…

11 August 2000 Customs Notices N-342 and N-343 The following Customs Notices are available on the CCRA web site: N-342 Kitchener Customs Office and Sufferance Warehouse (http://207.6.23.164/news/doce.cfm?id=4139) N-343 Tariff Item No. 9993.00.00 Consumable Goods (http://207.6.23.164/news/doce.cfm?id…

11 August 2000 DOT calls for talks on HOS The following article is excerpted from "The Journal of Commerce" edition of 10 August 2000. Bowing to mounting industry pressure, U.S. Transportation Secretary Rodney E. Slater Wednesday called for discussions on the controversial proposed hours-of-service…

10 August 2000 Disruption in ECU Telephone Services The following information is from the Electronic Commerce Unit at the CCRA. The CCRA apologizes for this morning's interruption in telephone service in the ECU. They are converting the 613-946-4334 number to a toll-free service. It was their goal…

10 August 2000 Provisional Duties Imposed on Waterproof Footwear On 10 August the CCRA announced that provisional duties will be imposed on waterproof footwear and bottoms of plastic or rubber, including moulded clogs, originating in or exported from the People's Republic of China (PRC), excluding…

Outage Scheduled for 13 August 2000 The following message is from the Electronic Commerce Unit at the CCRA. EDI will not be available on Sunday, 13 August 2000 between 3:00 and 11:00 am ET, due to monthly maintenance requirements. This will impact all EDI applications, including ER, RNS, CUSDEC…

9 August 2000 Shippers, carriers told: Use e-commerce The following article is excerpted from the 8 August 2000 issue of "The Journal of Commerce". Shippers and carriers can reduce transportation costs and expand the market for their products and services by incorporating the efficient business…

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9 August 2000 Disruption to IPPS The following message is from Mr. Luc Scott of DFAIT. DFAIT is experiencing problems with their telecommunications lines. Access to the IPPS system is therefore subject to disruption. Members who are on-line brokers will be advised by DFAIT as soon as the problem is…

9 August 2000 IPPS System Returns to Operational Status The following message is from Mr. Luc Scott of DFAIT. The IPPS system is now operational.

9 August 2000 SIMA Investigation re Grain Corn On 9 August 2000 the CCRA initiated an investigation under the SIMA into the alleged injurious dumping and subsidizing into Canada of grain corn in all forms, excluding seed corn, sweet corn, popping corn and certain white dent corn, originating in or…

9 August 2000 Ontario Region Meeting with CCRA Scheduled in Windsor A meeting between the CSCB Ontario Region in Windsor and the CCRA is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, 23 August 2000. Members wishing to submit items for discussion are asked to contact Mr. John Moccia at [email protected] as…

8 August 2000 Special Characters The following is a message from the Electronic Commerce Unit at the CCRA. This is a reminder that the following six special characters should not be sent in the free text fields of EDI messages (release, arrivals, CUSDEC B3): exclamation mark; single quote; colon…

8 August 2000 Certain Iodinated Contrast Media used for Radiographic Imaging, Originating in or Exported from the USA (Including the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico) On 8 August 2000 the CCRA initiated a review pursuant to section 55 of the SIMA. This review follows the CITT finding of material injury…

8 August 2000 PC 2000-1142 PC 2000-1142 is the Regulations Amending the Exportation of Certain Goods to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) Exemption Regulations (Miscellaneous Program). Paragraph 2(1)(a) of the Exportation of Certain Goods to the Federal Republic of…

4 August 2000 Request for Removal of Customs Duty on Certain Stainless Steel Plate for use in Manufacture of Pressure Vessels The Department of Finance has received a request for the removal of Customs duty on certain stainless steel plate for use in the manufacture of pressure vessels, such as…

4 August 2000 Request for Removal of Duty on Refractory Cement re Moulds The Department of Finance is reviewing a request for the removal of Customs duty on refractory cement for use in the manufacture of moulds and parts for the aluminum and foundry industries. The cement is imported in a powder or…

3 August 2000 CCRA Internet Gateway The following message is from the Electronic Commerce Unit of the CCRA. The CCRA has announced that its internet Gateway was placed into production on 30 July 2000, and is now available for testing with external clients. Members who wish to undertake testing are…