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12 December 2005 PC 2005-2212 Stainless Steel Round Wire Products Anti-Dumping Duty Remission Order PC 2005-2212 is the Stainless Steel Round Wire Products Anti-Dumping Duty Remission Order. “Stainless steel round wire products” means: (a) stainless steel belting wire used in the production of…

12 December 2005 RILA Urges Department of Homeland Security to Use C-TPAT Program as Model for Public-Private Partnership The following article is excerpted from the 12 December 2005 edition of “Canadian Transportation & Logistics”. The US-based Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA), which…

9 December 2005 Scheduled Outage, 11 December 2005 The following is a message from the Electronic Commerce Unit of the Canada Border Services Agency. In order to complete a systems migration, the Customs EDI system will be unavailable from 4:30 am until 9:00 am (ET) on Sunday December 11th, 2005…

9 December 2005 Tariff Notice TN-12 The CBSA has made the following changes to the 2006 Departmental Consolidation of the Customs Tariff: • pursuant to section 82 of the Customs Tariff, the Order Amending the Schedule to the Customs Tariff 2005-4 (changes to Chapter 44 only) • pursuant to section 82…

9 December 2005 CFIA Regulated Goods and CN The CSCB participated in a recent conference call with representatives from the CBSA, CFIA, CN and CP concerning CN's requirement for hard-copy confirmation, from CFIA, that goods have been approved for release and have met CFIA requirements. If the…

9 December 2005 EICS Christmas Hours of Operation The following message is from the EICB. The EICS will close at 20:00 EST (8pm) on Saturday December 24th and will resume at 04:00 EST Monday December 26th as normal. Monday and Tuesday, December 26 & 27 2005 are designated government holidays, and…

9 December 2005 Clearance of Airfreights at “Wheels Up” The following message is from the Electronic Commerce Unit at the CBSA. The purpose of this message is to clarify the policy of CBSA concerning the clearance of airfreight at “wheels up”. As of December 12, 2005, air carriers will be able to…

9 December 2005 New ACROSS Error Code The following message is from the Electronic Commerce Unit at the CBSA. On December 12, 2005, there will be 5 new error codes in ACROSS. Since the internal ACROSS Element ID Numbers below did not have any external error numbers assigned to them in the past, the…

9 December 2005 CN Intermodal Terminal Holiday Hours CN's Intermodal Terminal hours for the holiday period are now available on the CN IMX website -- click on Terminal Schedule under What's New. http://www.cn.ca/productsservices/intermodal/en_IMX.shtml http://www.cn.ca/productsservices/intermodal/en…

9 December 2005 Further Information concerning Clearance of Airfreights at “Wheels Up” Further to the message sent earlier today regarding Air Freight at Wheels-Up, the CBSA has advised that wheels-up can only be used with Air Canada shipments at Toronto's PIA and with FedEx air shipments in…

9 December 2005 PC 2005-2066 Hunter Douglas Canada Remission Order This Order remits antidumping duties in the amount of $103,527.64 payable on certain wood slats from the PRC processed in the US before importation to Canada between 19 February 2004 and 18 June 2004. Pursuant to section 55 of the…

9 December 2005 PC 2005-2065 Temporary Importation Remission Order, No. 1 (Customs Tariff) This Order remits money that represents a portion of the customs duties and excise taxes paid or payable on certain goods not available from domestic sources that were required temporarily in Canada prior to 1…

9 December 2005 Optimism runs low ahead of Hong Kong WTO talks The following article is excerpted from the 9 December 2005 edition of “globeandmail.com”. Optimism is in short supply as politicians, farmers, social activists and trade officials head to Hong Kong for what was supposed to be the final…

8 December 2005 Update to CFIA AIRS Web Site Chapter 05 was published. Meat inspection system is now approved for veal casings from Japan./Le chapitre 05 a été publié. Le système d'inspection des viandes est maintenant approuvé pour les boyaux de veau du Japon. 05.04.00.5341.01 - Beef casings -…

8 December 2005 CCS Examination Results - 2005 Congratulations to the 407 students in our CCS (Certified Customs Specialist) course who are now entitled to use the CCS designation, having passed the CCS final examination. The passing grade for the CCS course is 65%. The average grade this year was…

8 December 2005 CN Tariff Update, 2006 A letter was sent to CN customers on October 14th 2006, outlining the changes CN intended to make to its supplemental services, fees and business practices in 2006. This is found in the CSCB Reference System, at http://www.cscb.ca/050/rs_prev_e.cfm?ID=11496…

8 December 2005 Alternate Contacts at CFIA During Holiday Period Kim Rodrigue of CFIA will be on holiday between Monday, December 12 to Tuesday January 3, 2006. All EDI testing is suspended for this time period. EDI CLIENTS IN PRODUCTION - Please contact your nearest Import Service Centre: Eastern…

8 December 2005 ETSL55 -- Notice to all Licensed Jewellery Manufacturers and Wholesalers under the Excise Tax Act, and to Importers -- Changes to the Excise Tax on Clocks and Watches This notice from the Canada Revenue Agency provides guidance concerning amendments made to the wording of Section 5…

8 December 2005 Transport Canada Orders CN to Limit all Northbound Trains in the Squamish Area to a Maximum of 80 Cars The following is excerpted from a news release from Transport Canada on 7 December 2005. Transport Canada … announced a Notice and Order has been issued to the Canadian National…

8 December 2005 U.S. details China textile entry The following article is excerpted from the 7 December 2005 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. The U.S. government has given importers a schedule detailing when they can secure the release of Chinese-made apparel that was denied entry to the United…