Trade News

25 November 2003 Exporting to the United States (US) The purpose of this communique is to advise you of the U.S. Registration of Food Facilities and Prior Notice of Imported Food regulations under the FDA Bioterrorism Act which will take effect on December 12, 2003. These regulations will affect…

25 November 2003 D13-3-9 Royalties and Licence Fees (Customs Act, Section 48) This memorandum has been amended to reflect changes to CCRA policy arising as a consequence of the effect of judicial decisions on the interpretation of the “condition of sale” element included in subparagraph 48(5)(a)(iv)…

25 November 2003 D13-3-14 Quota Payments (Customs Act, Sections 48 to 53) This memorandum has been amended to reflect changes to CCRA policy arising as a consequence of judicial and CITT decisions addressing payment made for quota allocation in a particular sequence of commercial events…

25 November 2003 Preliminary Investigation PI-2003-003 NOTICE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PRELIMINARY INJURY INQUIRY Notice was received by the Secretary of the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (the Tribunal) on November 21, 2003, from the Director General of the Anti-dumping and Countervailing…

25 November 2003 Preliminary Injury Inquiry No. PI-2003-004 CERTAIN STAINLESS STEEL WIRE -- NOTICE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PRELIMINARY INJURY INQUIRY Notice was received by the Secretary of the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (the Tribunal) on November 21, 2003, from the Director General of the…

24 November 2003 D14-1-1 Special Import Measures Regulations This revised memorandum reflects the following amendments to the Special Import Measures Regulations: (a) by way of Order in Council SOR/2001-0054, PC 2001-110 dated 23 January 2001. These amendments of certain provisions of the…

24 November 2003 Update to AIRS-CFIA Web Site Chapter 23 was updated this morning: 23.09.6253 -- amine acid/acide aminé

24 November 2003 Facilities Designated for the Inspection of Meat Products from the US The following establishment has been added to the list of facilities for the inspection of meat products from the US: Est. S748 Congébec Inc. Boucherville, QC

24 November 2003 ACI Marine Data Requirements The CCRA has provided five charts indicating the data required in the ACI marine mode. These charts can be viewed at: http://www.cscb.ca/listinfo/a6amarinecargoemptycontainerdata_ver1.1.xls http://www.cscb.ca/listinfo/a6amarinecargoexportdata_ver1.1.xls…

24 November 2003 US Unveils Final Regulations for Electronic Pre-Notification of Cross-Border Shipments The following article is excerpted from the Ontario Trucking Association on-line newsletter of 21 November 2003. Shipping Canadian exports to the US is going to get a whole lot more difficult and…

24 November 2004 Planned Outage, 29 November 2003 The following message is from the Electronic Commerce Unit at the CCRA. Members are advised that there is a planned outage for Saturday, 29 November 2003 for the migration of a system release. Therefore, the Customs EDI system will be unavailable…

21 November 2003 CCN-CHECK1003 Customs Notice – Checklist (October 2003) The list of Customs Notices issued in October, 2003 is available on the CCRA web site, at: http://www.ccra-adrc.gc.ca/E/pub/cm/cn-check1003/README.html http://www.ccra-adrc.gc.ca/E/pub/cm/cn-check1003/README.html

21 November 2003 K32 Drawback Claim This fillable form is available on the CCRA web site, as follows: http://www.ccra-adrc.gc.ca/E/pbg/cf/k32/README.html http://www.ccra-adrc.gc.ca/E/pbg/cf/k32/README.html

21 November 2003 E646 Customs Self Assessment – Importer Part 1 Application This fillable form is available on the CCRA web site at the following address: http://www.ccra-adrc.gc.ca/E/pbg/cf/e646/README.html http://www.ccra-adrc.gc.ca/E/pbg/cf/e646/README.html

21 November 2003 SIMA – Expiry Review Decision re Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Plate On 23 July 2003 the CITT, pursuant to subsection 76.03(3) of the SIMA, initiated an expiry review of the order made on 17 May 1999, in Review No. RR-98-004, continuing without amendment its finding made on 17 May…

21 November 2003 GEMDES Faxes The following message is from the Electronic Commerce Unit at the CCRA. The following is to advise that the Electronic Commerce Unit will be discontinuing its use of FAX messaging effective February 1 st, 2004. As of this date, our information messages concerning…

21 November 2003 EICS Bulletin 21 November 2003 The GTIS PKI Certificate Authority (CA) service has resolved the problem experienced earlier this morning, and connectivity to the EICS is restored.

21 November 2003 Initiation of Investigation regarding Wood Venetian Blinds and Slats On 21 November, the CCRA initiated an investigation under the SIMA into the alleged injurious dumping into Canada of wood Venetian blinds and slats originating in or exported from Mexico and the People’s Republic…