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Updates to Sublocation List The following are updates to the sublocation list. Members wishing to receive the complete sublocation document should contact Pauline Morris at 613-954-0827 or [email protected]. Division Port Sub-Office Warehouse Name #1-2 Quebec 0303 2216 Canimex Inc. #2-2…

1 May 2000 SIMA Index for May 2000 To view the SIMA index for May, please go to the following address: http://www.cscb.ca/listinfo/sima.htm Thank you. http://www.cscb.ca/listinfo/sima.htm

1 May 2000 Customs Notice N-322 The following Customs Notice has been issued: N-322 Customs Office - Closure This notice advises that the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency has approved the closure, effective immediately, of the Customs office located at Flathead, BC. Customs service is available…

1 May 2000 Prairie Region Annual Meeting, 15 May 2000 Members are invited to attend the Prairie Region annual meeting, which will take place at the Sheraton Cavalier Hotel in Calgary on Monoday, 15 May 2000. The agenda for this meeting is available on the Prairie Region page of our web site, at http…

1 May 2000 Report on International Market Access Members may be interested in a report published by the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, entitled "Opening Doors to the World: Canada's International Market Access Priorities - 2000". This document is available on DFAIT's web site…

28 April 2000 Customs Notices and D Memorandum Available The following Customs Notices and D memorandum are available: N-316 Certain Carbon Steel Welded Pipe N-317 Bicycles and Bicycle Frames N-318 Certain Oil and Gas Well Casing D5-1-1 Customs International Mail Processing System N-316 advises that…

28 April 2000 In two months time, you could be attending a conference at the beautiful, beachfront Renaissance Jamaica Grande in Ocho Rios. Click on the following URL to review the conference program and learn more about the IFCBA 2000 World Conference. We have made some changes since our last…

The following messages were sent on 27 April: 1. General NAFTA quotas to be traded online -- Canadian ... 2. Orders in Council PC 2000-547

27 April 2000 NAFTA quotas to be traded online — Canadian company provides Web site The following article is excerpted from "The Journal of Commerce" of 27 April 2000. A Canadian firm is preparing to offer textile and apparel traders in North America an electronic way to buy and sell the quotas…

27 April 2000 PC 2000-547 PC 2000-547 fixes 1 May 2000 as the day on which An Act to amend the Customs Act and the Criminal Code (assented to on 12 May 1998, being chapter 7 of the Statutes of Canada, 1998) comes into force.

25 April 2000 Customs Notice N-320 The following Customs Notice has been released: N-320 Plastic Shrinkable Bags The undertakings regarding plastic shrinkable bags originating in or exported from the US, pursuant to the SIMA, are being renewed until 2 April 2003.

20 April 2000 Compliance assistance The following article is excerpted from "The Journal of Commerce" issue of 19 April 2000. ... Since the Customs Informed Compliance and Modernization Act was enacted in 1993, [U.S.] Customs has urged importers to build in-house customs compliance departments in…

19 April 2000 IPPS Holiday Schedule for 2000 The following information is from DFAIT. The following schedule for IPPS during holidays this year has been announced. The system is down on: April 21, 2000 Good Friday May 22, 2000 Victoria Day July 3, 2000 Canada Day holiday September 4, 2000 Labour Day…

18 April 2000 Change to Textile and Clothing Permit Applications with Error Codes 104, 106 and 121 The following message is from Mr. Ian Burney, Director, Trade Controls Policy Division of the Import and Export Controls Bureau. In order to streamline the permit issuance process, the Import and…

18 April 2000 PC 2000-516 The date on which An Act to amend the Special Import Measures Act and the Canadian International Trade Tribunal Act came into force was fixed as 15 April 2000. *** 18 April 2000 PC 2000-517 PC 2000-517 is Regulations amending the Special Import Measures Regulations. The…

17 April 2000 Easter Weekend Service The following information is from the Electronic Commerce Unit at the CCRA. The electronic commerce unit will be closed for the Easter holiday from Thursday, April 20th at 5:00 pm (ET) until Monday, April 24th at 8:00 am (ET). On Monday, April 24th , between 8:00…

17 April 2000 Customs Notice N-321 The following Customs Notice has been issued: N-321 Estimated Time and Date of Arrival of Commercial Goods and the Provision of the Container Number This notice advises of changes to customs policy and is directed to parties involved in importing commercial…