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5 October 2006 CN-CHECK SEPT 06 Customs Notices – Checklist (September 2006) The list of Customs Notices issued in September, 2006 is available at http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/E/pub/cp/cn-check_sept_06/README.html http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/E/pub/cp/cn-check_sept_06/README.html

5 October 2006 D0–CHECKLIST D Series Table of Contents and Checklist The checklist of D memoranda is available at http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/E/pub/cm/d0-checklist/README.html http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/E/pub/cm/d0-checklist/README.html

5 October 2006 RC4229 Importing Commercial Goods into Canada – How to complete form B3 when importing commercial goods This publication explains how to complete a B3 form, and is found at http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/E/pub/cp/rc4229/README.html http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/E/pub/cp/rc4229/README.html

5 October 2006 BSF164 Application to Participate in the Courier/LVS System This application is only available in electronic format, and is found at http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/E/pbg/cf/bsf164/README.html http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/E/pbg/cf/bsf164/README.html

5 October 2006 Items 162 TO 181 – Wheat Products Notice to Importers Serial No. 700 Date: October 6, 2006 1.0 Coverage 1.1 This Notice is an adjunct to Notice to Importers No. 628 dated January 10, 2002. It refers to Items 162 to 181 of the Import Control List; namely wheat products falling under…

5 October 2006 Update to CFIA AIRS Web Site Chapter 08 was published to update requirements for fresh apples from Brazil. / Le chapitre 08 a été publié pour modifier les exigences pour les pommes fraîches du Brésil. 08.08.10.4001 - Apples (fresh) / Pommes (fraîches) This resulted in a requirement…

5 October 2006 Update to CFIA AIRS Web Site Chapter 08 was published to update requirements for fresh apples from Brazil. / Le chapitre 08 a été publié pour modifier les exigences pour les pommes fraîches du Brésil. 08.08.10.4001 - Apples (fresh) / Pommes (fraîches)

5 October 2006 Thanksgiving Weekend, 7-9 October 2006 Monday, 9 October is a statutory holiday, and the Bureau's offices will be closed (no officers or Help Desk staff will be available). The EICS system will be available for normal hours. Please note that the Help Desk email ONLY will be monitored…

5 October 2006 Softwood Lumber Exporters - Business Number Exercise The following message is from the EICB. This is to advise brokers that the EICB has commenced with the updating of the Canada Revenue Agency Business Numbers (BN) for softwood lumber exporters. The BN now incorporates the new…

5 October 2006 PC 2006-1057, Interest Rates (Excise Tax Act) Regulations In the federal budget tabled on 18 February 2003 the government proposed to begin the implementation of Standardized Accounting by harmonizing, among others, provisions concerning the amount of interest and penalties payable on…

5 October 2006 PC 2006-1056, Interest Rates (Excise Act, 2001) Regulations The proposed Interest Rates (Excise Act, 2001) Regulations are necessary to establish the applicable rates of interest both for amounts owed to and by the government under the new Act. The proposed Regulations also harmonize…

4 October 2006 Update to “Areas Infested with or Suspected of Being Infested with Japanese Beetle in Canada and the United States” Appendix 5, " Areas Infested with or Suspected of Being Infested with Japanese Beetle in Canada and the United States”, of Directive D-96-15, "Phytosanitary Requirements…

4 October 2006 Two weeks remaining! There are only two weeks remaining until the 2006 annual conference scheduled for Queen’s Landing Inn and Conference Resort, Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON from October 21 – 23, 2006. If you are planning to attend and have not already registered, there’s no time like the…

4 October 2006 Revision to Message concerning Update to “Areas Infested with or Suspected of Being Infested with Japanese Beetle in Canada and the United States” The CFIA has noted that it is Appendix 8, not Appendix 5, that has been updated concerning “Areas Infested with or Suspected of Being…

4 October 2006 CP Implementation of eDemurrage This notice is from CP’s vice president of marketing. Canadian Pacific Railway strives to optimize equipment utilization so customers’ rail shipments arrive at the right place at the right time. Delays in returning railcars to CPR means customers may…

4 October 2006 Container Security Initiative Reaches Gold: Fifty Seaports Now Targeting and Pre-Screening Cargo Destined For U.S. The following news release was issued by US Customs and Border Protection on 3 October 2006. United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP)… announced that with the…

3 October 2006 Request for Removal of Customs Duties on Imports of Rolls of Natural or Artificial Abrasive Powder or Grain The Department of Finance is currently reviewing a request for the removal of the customs duties on imports of rolls of natural or artificial abrasive powder or grain, not cut…

3 October 2006 Revising the Canadian Food Inspection Agency's TSE import policy for small ruminants and their products The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is proposing to revise its TSE import policy for small ruminants (sheep and goats and their exotic relatives) and their products. [TSE’s…

3 October 2006 Revision to List of orchards and packinghouses of the People's Republic of China approved for shipping pears as specified D-94-32 Appendix 3, "List of orchards and packinghouses of the People's Republic of China approved for shipping pears as specified D-94-32", of Directive D-94-32,…

3 October 2006 Wheat Products Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ) The following message is from the EICB. This message affects imports of wheat products classified under Customs Tariff headings: 11.01, 11.03, 11.04, 11.08, 11.09, 19.01, 19.02, 19.04, 19.05 and 23.02. The purpose of this message is to inform you…