Trade News

26 August 2004 Request No. TR-2003-004 Peerless Clothing Inc. (Certain Woven Fabrics of Textured Polyester Filament Yarns) RECOMMENDATION … [T]he Tribunal hereby recommends to the Minister that tariff relief be granted, for an indeterminate period of time, on importations from all countries of woven…

26 August 2004 Interim Review No. RD-2004-002 IN THE MATTER OF an interim review, under subsection 76.01(1) of the Special Import Measures Act, of the finding made by the Canadian International Trade Tribunal on June 27, 2000, in Inquiry No. NQ-99-004 concerning: THE DUMPING OF CERTAIN HOT-ROLLED…

26 August 2004 Partial Outage scheduled for 28 and 29 August 2004 The following message is from the Electronic Commerce Unit at the CBSA. There is a partial outage planned this weekend for the migration of a system enhancement. The CADEX and CUSDEC systems will be unavailable on Saturday August 28…

26 August 2004 SIMA – Expiry Review Decision concerning certain concrete reinforcing bar originating in or exported from the Republic of Cuba, the Republic of Korea and the Republic of Turkey On 28 April 2004 the CITT, pursuant to subsection 76.03(3) of the SIMA, initiated an enquiry review of its…

26 August 2004 Expiry Review No. RR-2003-004 Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Sheet Products IN THE MATTER OF an expiry review, under subsection 76.03(3) of the pecial Import Measures Act, of the findings made by the Canadian International Trade Tribunal on August 27, 1999, in Inquiry No. NQ-99-001…

26 August 2004 U.S. opens border bases to boost security The following article is excerpted from the 25 August 2005 edition of the “Montreal Gazette”. The world’s so-called longest undefended border will soon be defended by five air and marine bases - including one south of Montreal - as U.S…

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26 August 2004 Possible Delays at CN’s Montreal Taschereau Intermodal Terminal The following message is from the CN Customer Service Centre in Winnipeg. For your information, there will be an administration-employee meeting this afternoon between 13h00 and 14h00 at the Montreal Taschereau Intermodal…

25 August 2004 Expiry No. LE-2004-005 NOTICE OF EXPIRY OF FINDING CONCERNING CERTAIN HOT-ROLLED CARBON STEEL PLATE The Canadian International Trade Tribunal (the Tribunal) hereby gives notice, pursuant to subsection 76.03(2) of the Special Import Measures Act (SIMA), that its finding made on June 27…

25 August 2004 CN-CHECK0604 Customs Notice – Checklist (June 2004) This checklist of Customs Notices issued in June 2004 is available on the CBSA web site, at: http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/E/pub/cm/cn-check0604/README.html http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/E/pub/cm/cn-check0604/README.html

25 August 2005 US takes fingerprints, photographs at borders The following article is excerpted from the 25 August 2004 edition of “globeandmail.com”. U.S. authorities have begun photographing and fingerprinting Canadian landed immigrants and other foreigners who visit their country -- part of a new…

25 August 2004 Delays at Port of Montreal The following article is excerpted from the 25 August 2005 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. Record import container traffic has filled the Port of Montreal … beyond capacity, delaying shipments to some U.S. customers. "There are some delays," Montreal…

25 August 2004 FEFC to implement ISPS charge on September 15 The following article is excerpted from “American Shipper” on 25 August 2004. Liner carrier members of the Far East Freight Conference will impose an International Ship and Port Facility [Security] (ISPS) charge in Europe, effective Sept…

25 August 2004 U.S. Customs and Border Protection Achieves Container Security Initiative (CSI) Milestone of 25 Operational Ports The following article is excerpted from a press release from US Customs and Border Protection, issued on 25 August 2004. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)…

24 August 2004 B4 Personal Effects Accounting Document This form is now available on the CBSA web site, at: http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/E/pbg/cf/b4/README.html http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/E/pbg/cf/b4/README.html

24 August 2004 Customs Tariff Amendment Package T2004-4 Tariff amendment package T2004-4 is in the processing of printing at the CBSA. Changes in this package are as follow: ۰ The Minister of Finance, pursuant to section 13 of the Customs Tariff, hereby makes the annexed Technical Amendments…

24 August 2004 EICS Bulletin Web connectivity to the EICS may be intermittently unavailable due to technical problems with the PKI Certificate Authority. As the source of the problem lies outside the DFAIT network, they are unable to provide an estimate for return of services. The situation is under…

24 August 2004 Ministerial Order SOR/2004-168 SOR/2004-168 is the Technical Amendments Regulations (Customs Tariff) 2004-1. 1. The List of Tariff Provisions set out in the schedule to the Customs Tariff is amended as set out in Part I of the schedule to these Regulations. 2. The List of Tariff…

24 August 2004 Improve forecasts or endure more delays, say supply-chain execs The following article is excerpted from the 23 August 2004 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. The U.S. supply chain is headed for years of congestion and delays if ocean carriers … and shippers fail to accurately…

24 August 2004 Prior notice compliance continues to improve, says FDA The following article is excerpted from the 23 August 2004 edition of “American Shipper”. Companies are submitting about 160,000 prior notices, up from about 140,000 in January and February, of import food shipments per week as…