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5 July 2000 Appeal No. AP-99-083 This is an appeal under 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 under section 63 of the Customs Act. The issue in this appeal is whether certain drill…

5 July 2000 Appeal No. AP-99-012 This is an appeal under section 67 of the Customs Act from a decision of the Deputy Minister of National Revenue (now the Commissioner of the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency). This appeal deals with the classification of the following goods imported by the…

5 July 2000 Request for Removal of Duty on Certain Resin Bonded Magnesia-Graphite Refractory Brick The Department of Finance has received a request for the removal of the customs duty on certain resin bonded magnesia-graphite refractory brick used in lining the slagline of steel making ladles. The…

4 July 2000 Inquiry No. NQ-2000-002, Certain Stainless Steel Round Bar Notice was received by the Secretary of the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (the Tribunal) on June 29, 2000, from the Acting Director General of the Anti-dumping and Countervailing Directorate at the Canada Customs and…

4 July 2000 Checklist of Customs Notices Updated for May, 2000 To view the updated checklist of Customs Notices for the month of May, 2000 from the CCRA, please go to the following address: http://www.ccra-adrc.gc.ca/E/pub/cm/cn0500eq/cnlist5b.pdf http://www.ccra-adrc.gc.ca/E/pub/cm/cn0500eq…

4 July 2000 IPPS Electrical System Failure The following information is from the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. Members are advised that, due an electrical system failure, IPPS is running on a diesel generator backup. There may be a need to shut down the system without…

4 July 2000 Request for Fast Track Tariff Relief on Certain Coloured Polyester Staple Fibres The Department of Finance has received a request for fast track tariff relief on certain coloured polyester staple fibres, measuring 3.3 decitex or less, of a length exceeding 31 mm but not exceeding 50 mm…

4 July 2000 Free Trade Negotiations with Costa Rica The Minister for International Trade, the Honourable Pierre Pettigrew, MP, PC has announced the launch of free trade negotiations with Costa Rica. The first negotiating session will be held in Ottawa between July 11 to 14. "A free trade agreement…

30 June 2000 Final Determination of Dumping Respecting Top-Mount Electric Refrigerators... On 30 June the CCRA announced the final determination of dumping respecting top-mount electric refrigerators, electric household dishwashers, and gas or electric laundry dryers, originating in or exported from…

30 June 2000 July 2000 SIMA Index The SIMA index for July, 2000 is now available on the CSCB web site, at the following address: http://www.cscb.ca/listinfo/sima.htm. http://www.cscb.ca/listinfo/sima.htm

30 June 2000 Minutes of BC Regional General Meeting, March 2000 The minutes from the BC Regional General Meeting on 16 March 2000 are now available on the BC Region web page on the CSCB web site, at http://www.cscb.ca. http://www.cscb.ca

30 June 2000 PC 2000-1001 PC 2000-1001 is the Order Amending the Schedule to the Customs Tariff, 2000-2. The Order provides tariff relief to a variety of manufacturing inputs. Amendments 1. Tariff item No. 0306.14.00 in the List of Tariff Provisions set out in the schedule to the Customs Tariff is…

29 June 2000 NQ-99-004 In the matter of an inquiry, under section 42 of the Special Import Measures Act, respecting: THE DUMPING IN CANADA OF CERTAIN HOT-ROLLED CARBON STEEL PLATE ORIGINATING IN OR EXPORTED FROM BRAZIL, FINLAND, INDIA, INDONESIA, THAILAND AND UKRAINE, AND THE SUBSIDIZING OF CERTAIN…

29 June 2000 NQ-2000-001 In the matter of an inquiry under section 42 of the Special Import Measures Act respecting the dumping in Canada of Certain Refrigerators, Dishwashers and Dryers Originating in or Exported from the United States of America. And in the matter of a request from counsel for…

29 June 2000 Ontario Region Seminars The following information is from the CSCB Ontario Region, and also appears on the Ontario Region web page in the CSCB internet site, at http://www.cscb.ca. Please contact the CSCB Ontario Region with your response to these questions, at mailto:cscb.ontario.div…

29 June 2000 Preliminary Determination of Dumping re Certain Stainless Steel Round Bar from Brazil On 29 June, the CCRA announced a preliminary determination of dumping with respect to certain stainless steel round bar, originating in or exported from Brazil, and of subsidizing with respect to the…

28 June 2000 Customs Notice N-336 The following Customs Notice has been issued: N-336 Rates of Duty on Certain Woven Fabrics This Notice is available from the CCRA internet site, at http://www.ccra-adrc.gc.ca. http://www.ccra-adrc.gc.ca

28 June 2000 CTR 3565 -- Simplified Action on Appeal Pursuant to Section 135 of Customs Act... At issue was the size of the penalty assessed by the Minister of National Revenue under the Customs Act. Order made suggesting the Minister reconsider the penalty but, in the absence of such a…

28 June 2000 Notice to Exporters No. 126 — Amendment Item 5203: Sugar-containing Products This Notice amends and is an adjunct to Notice to Exporters No. 117, dated 11 June 1999. It refers to Item 5203 of the Export Control List, "sugar-containing products (United States)". The purpose of this…

27 June 2000 Customs Notice N-337 The following Customs Notice has been issued: N-337 Bicycles and Bicycle Frames from Taiwan and the People's Republic of China This notice advises that the re-investigation initiated on September 1, 1999, pursuant to the SIMA, respecting bicycles and bicycle frames…