Trade News

21 May 2004 Customs Notice N-573 Extension of the General Preferential Tariff and Least Developed Country Tariff Programs On 29 April 2004 Royal Assent was given to Bill C-21, An Act to Amend the Customs Tariff, which extends the benefits of the GPT and the Least Developed Country Tariff to June 30…

21 May 2004 D0-CHECKLIST D Series of Contents and Checklist This document is available on the CBSA web site, at the following address: http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/E/pub/cm/d0-checklist/d0-checklist-e.html http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/E/pub/cm/d0-checklist/d0-checklist-e.html

21 May 2004 Directive D-02-12 Updated Appendix 2 of D-02-12, “Import requirements of non-manufactured wood and other non-propagative wood products, except solid wood packaging material, from all areas other than the continental United States” has been revised. The List of Tropical Species that are…

21 May 2004 CSCB Québec Region Annual Meeting – Documents available in French The invitation and preliminary agenda for the Québec Region annual meeting on 2 June are now available in French, at the following links: Invitation http://www.cscb.ca/members/qc2004agminvitef.pdf Agenda http://www.cscb.ca…

20 May 2004 EICS Bulletin - Connectivity Resolved The following message is from the EICB on 19 May. We apologize for the very slow connectivity today. The PKI Certificate Authority reports that normalcy has been consistently restored. The problem was an inordinately heavy load on their servers which…

20 May 2004 Victoria Day Holiday, 24 May 2004 The following message is from the Electronic Commerce Unit at the CBSA. Systems operations and accounting procedures for the statutory holiday on Monday May 24, 2004: entries confirmed from May 22 to May 25, 2004 (inclusive) will appear on the K84 notice…

20 May 2004 Update to Directive D-01-01 Appendix 1 of D-01-01, “Phytosanitary Requirements to Prevent the Entry of Phytophthora ramorum associated with Sudden Oak Death into Canada” has been updated to include Lake County in California. This document is found at the following address: http://www…

20 May 2004 China, Sri Lanka and Taiwan Electronic Licence Confirmation Prior to processing an application for an import permit for a shipment of clothing and textiles accompanied with an export licence, confirmation of the accompanying export licence should be verified using the electronic foreign…

20 May 2004 Directive D-00-08 Updated Appendix 1 of D-00-08, “Requirements to Prevent the Introduction of undescribed species of Phytophthora pathogenic to Alder (Alnus spp)” has been revised, to add Poland and Ireland to the Areas Regulated for Phytophthora Pathogenic to Alder (Alnus spp). This…

20 May 2004 Reminder about CSCB Québec Region Annual Meeting Members are reminded that Québec Region will hold their annual meeting on Wednesday, June 2, 2004 at the Montréal Airport Hilton in Dorval. Plan to be there – the registration form is found at http://www.cscb.ca/members/2004qcagmregform…

20 May 2004 Trade says Customs should regulate security The following article is excerpted from the 19 May 2004 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. Customs & Border Protection should incorporate security into its trade compliance regulations, said William G. Peck, president of Global Trade…

20 May 2004 NCBFAA weighs in on bioterror rules The following article is excerpted from the “American Shipper” edition of 20 May 2004. The Food and Drug Administration should modify its system for monitoring the safety of food imports to reduce the administrative burden on brokers and importers that…

19 May 2004 RC4299 Free and Secure Trade (FAST) – Highway Carrier Application Process This updated publication is available at: http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/E/pub/cp/rc4299/README.html http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/E/pub/cp/rc4299/README.html

19 May 2004 D15-1-95 Carbon-Steel Welded Pipe The following are changes in this Memorandum: 1. change Taiwan to Chinese Taipei 2. add a new first paragraph about the Tribunal’s last review in 2001 to continue the finding, but excluding Venezuela 3. remove Venezuela from the finding as a result of…

19 May 2004 EICS Bulletin - 19 May - Connectivity Problems EICS is currently experiencing connectivity delays due to technical problems with the PKI Certificate Authority. If you are able to connect, be warned that activity will be extremely slow. The situation is under investigation. Further…

19 May 2004 ACI EDIFACT Marine PRD v2.8 The CBSA has provided an updated version of the ACI EDIFACT Marine Participants Requirement Document, and a detailed list of changes made to the PRD. Members wishing a copy of these files are asked to contact the CSCB at [email protected].

19 May 2004 Inquiry No. NQ-2004-003 Notice was received by the Acting Secretary of the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (the Tribunal) on May 17, 2004, from the Director General of the Anti-dumping and Countervailing Directorate at the Canada Border Services Agency, stating that a preliminary…

19 May 2004 Expiry Review No. RR-2003-001 Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Plate and High-Strength Low-Alloy Plate originating in or exported from Italy, the Republic of Korea, Spain and the Ukraine IN THE MATTER OF an expiry review, under subsection 76.03(3) of the Special Import Measures Act, of…

19 May 2004 Long Weekend 22-24 May 2004 EICS (web & EDI) will close at 12:00 (Noon) EST Saturday 22 May, and will resume at 04:00 ( 4AM EST) Monday, 24th May as per normal. Monday, 24 May is a designated government holiday, and the Bureau's offices will be closed (no officers or Help Desk staff will…

19 May 2004 Update to D-98-09 Appendix 1 of Directive D-98-09, “Comprehensive policy to control the spread of North American gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar in Canada and the United States” has been revised and is available at: http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/plaveg/protect/dir/gmlist_e.shtml This…