Trade News

31 August 2004 Inquiry No. NQ-2004-004 Outdoor Barbeques NOTICE OF COMMENCEMENT OF INQUIRY Notice was received by the Secretary of the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (the Tribunal) on August 27, 2004, from the Director General of the Anti-dumping and Countervailing Directorate at the Canada…

31 August 2004 Certain Steel Fuel Tanks Inquiry No. NQ-2004-002 IN THE MATTER OF an inquiry, under section 42 of the Special Import Measures Act, respecting: CERTAIN STEEL FUEL TANKS ORIGINATING IN OR EXPORTED FROM THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA AND CHINESE TAIPEI FINDING The Canadian International…

31 August 2004 WTO approves sanctions against US The following article is excerpted from “The Journal of Commerce” edition of 31 August 2004. The European Union, Japan and Brazil have received approval from the World Trade Organization to impose tariffs on U.S. imports after Congress failed to end…

31 August 2004 CN Terminal Opening Times over Labour Day Weekend CN has provided the following details concerning opening times for their terminals over the coming Labour Day weekend. Canadian Terminals: HALIFAX (HIT) TERMINAL OPERATIONS: NORMAL HOURS - reduced staff GATE: NORMAL HOURS MONCTON…

30 August 2004 Canada Completes First Phase of Pre-Clearance for Export of Seed Potatoes to Mexico The following news release is from the CFIA on 27 August 2004. The first phase of a pre-clearance program that will allow Canadian seed potatoes to be exported to Mexico has now been successfully…

30 August 2004 Labour Day Weekend The following message is from the Electronic Commerce Unit at the CBSA. The Electronic Commerce Unit will be closed on the statutory holiday of Monday, September 6, 2004. B3 Entries processed and accepted on both Monday Sept 6 and Tuesday, September 7 will appear on…

30 August 2004 WTO backs Wheat Board The following article is excerpted from the 30 August 2004 edition of “globeandmail.com”. The World Trade Organization … rejected a U.S. appeal against an earlier finding that Canada does not violate international law in its wheat trade. The WTO appeals body…

30 August 2004 EICS Bulletin Web and EDI connectivity to the EICS may be intermittently unavailable between 7:30 and 8:00 am est on Tuesday, 31 August. The servers will be rebooted, and this must take place in line with other processes.

30 August 2004 Flynn again hammers away at port security The following article is excerpted from the 27 August 2004 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. National and homeland security expert Stephen E. Flynn on Wednesday continued to press members of Congress to increase funding for federal efforts…

30 August 2004 Railway shipments boom in the second quarter The following article is excerpted from the 27 August 2004 edition of “Canadian Transportation & Logistics”. Canadian railways reported their strongest quarter for shipments in five years between April and June this year. Statistics Canada…

27 August 2004 Customs Notice N-584 Certain Women’s Boots from the PRC This Notice advises that on 23 June 2004 the CBSA initiated a review of the normal values and export prices of certain women’s boots from the PRC. This Notice is available on the CBSA web site, at: http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/E…

27 August 2004 Customs Notice N-585 Deductions from the Price Paid or Payable (Paragraph 48(5)(b) of the Customs Act) This Notice clarifies the importer’s obligations with respect to the provision for deductions in paragraph 48(5)(b) when determining the value for duty using the transactional value…

27 August 2004 CN N-586 Exporters – Business Number and RM Account Identifier All exporters exporting goods from Canada have to register with the CRA for a Business Number with an RM account identifier for exporting. This Notice provides information on the BN and RM account identifier. It is found…

27 August 2004 Labour Day Long Weekend, 4-6 September 2004 Monday, 6th September is a designated government holiday, and the Bureau's offices will be closed (no officers or Help Desk staff will be available). Please note that ONLY the Help Desk email will be monitored Monday [6 September] between 08…

27 August 2004 Preliminary Determine of Dumping and Subsidizing respecting self-standing barbeques On 27 August 2004 the CBSA made a preliminary determination of dumping and subsidizing, pursuant to subsection 38(1) of the SIMA, respecting self-standing barbeques for outdoor use, consisting of metal…

27 August 2004 Expiry Review No. RR-2004-001 NOTICE OF CHANGE OF DATE OF PUBLIC HEARING On April 28, 2004, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal gave notice that it had initiated a review pursuant to subsection 76.03(3) of the Special Import Measures Act concerning its finding made on January 12…

27 August 2004 … Making intermodal transportation work starts with a common vision The following article is excerpted from the 27 August 2004 edition of “Canadian Transportation & Logistics”. With intermodal movements increasing an average of 13% each year since 1996, the growing importance of…

26 August 2004 Customs Notice N-583 Certain Stainless Steel Round Bar from Brazil and India CN-583 advises that on 28 July 2004 the CBSA initiated a review of the normal values and export prices of certain stainless steel round bar originating in or exported from Brazil and the amounts of subsidy of…