Trade News

7 October 2003 NAFTA Commission Joint Statement Canada and its North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) partners today announced several practical steps to ensure that the Agreement continues to stimulate trade and investment in North America. International Trade Minister Pierre Pettigrew, U.S…

The following messages were sent on 7 October: 1. Canada Customs and Revenue Agency (notices) CN541 Warehouse Closure - Kingston, Ontario 2. Canadian International Trade Tribunal Textiles - Requests Not Yet Initiated Procurement Review Process: A Descriptive Guide... 3. Canadian Society of Customs…

6 October 2003 CN540 Black Granite Memorials and Black Granite Slabs, Originating in or Exported from India This re-investigation of normal values and subsidy was part of the CITT’s injury finding of 20 July 1994, respecting black granite memorials of all sizes and shapes and black granite slabs of…

6 October 2003 Y14 Crew’s Effects Declaration This document is found on the CCRA web site, at http://www.ccra-adrc.gc.ca/E/pbg/cf/y14/README.html http://www.ccra-adrc.gc.ca/E/pbg/cf/y14/README.html

6 October 2003 E369-1 Application to Obtain a Carrier Code (for Foreign Freight Forwarder) This form is available on the CCRA web site, at http://www.ccra-adrc.gc.ca/E/pbg/cf/e369-1/README.html http://www.ccra-adrc.gc.ca/E/pbg/cf/e369-1/README.html

6 October 2003 These minutes are also available on the members-only area of the CSCB web site, at http://www.csc.ca. After logging on as a member, click on "CSCB Reference System", then "Regions", and finally "Ontario". Ontario Region Annual General Meeting Ontario Region June 5, 2003 Holiday Inn…

6 October 2003 Customs Meeting Minutes Fort Erie, Ontario Sept 16, 2003 In Attendance: Debbie Smyth – CCRA Lippy Tiberi – CCRA Gary Possler - A.I.C.B.A Pat Mines – A.I.C.B.A John Moccia – C.S.C.B Old Business: The August 1st deadline for the registration of drivers under the Commercial Driver…

6 October 2003 Tariff Rate Quota for frozen pork originating in the European Union Effective 3 October 2003, the frozen pork TRQ from the EU imported under tariff item No. 0203.29.00 of the Customs Tariff has filled, and therefore all frozen pork imports from the EU, until 31 July 2004, will be…

6 October 2003 October 2003 Broker/Carrier Meeting Minutes Windsor, Ontario REPRESENTING THE SPIRIT OF THE BROKERS/CARRIERS: Leslie Bagley of Livingston; Debbie McGivern of PBB; Debbie Price of Dent & Associates; Judy Bialkowski of Danzas; Cara Weese of Expeditors; Kerry Marshall of Dell Will. FOR…

3 October 2003 RC4209 Nexus: Information and Application Form This information package is available on the CCRA web site, at http://www.ccra-adrc.gc.ca/E/pub/cp/rc4209/README.html http://www.ccra-adrc.gc.ca/E/pub/cp/rc4209/README.html

3 October 2003 D Memorandum D11-4-22 Tariff Preference Levels Memorandum D11-4-22 has been revised to reflect the introduction of the order to implement the tariff preference level (TPL) provisions of the Canada-Costa Rica Free Trade Agreement (CCRFTA). The Imports of Certain Textile and Apparel…

3 October 2003 CN Takes Measures to Improve BIT Performance As a means to improve the performance at the Brampton Intermodal Terminal (BIT), CN has taken steps to decrease the overall turn around time of containers in that terminal. These steps are outlined in the following message, forwarded to the…

3 October 2003 CN367 Update The CCRA has provided additional information to clarify Customs Notice 367 - Time Frames for the Release of Goods. Members are reminded to check the list of marine carriers for those who transmit data electronically. As well as the URL listed in this message for the list…

3 October 2003 Path smoothed for Canada-U.S. border deal The following article is excerpted from the 3 October 2003 edition of “The Globe and Mail”. The U.S. government has resolved an internal battle over a Canada-U.S. refugee agreement, smoothing the path for likely implementation of the so-called…

2 October 2003 EICS Bulletin - 01 October 2003 The following message was sent by the EICS at 19:00 EST on 1 October. EICS has been experiencing intermittent connectivity with the PKI Certificate Authority since approximately 17:00 EST [1 October]. Further up-dates will be forthcoming as required…

2 October 2003 L55 Application for Customs Brokers Examination The application for the Customs Brokers Professional Examination is now available on the CCRA web site, at http://www.ccra-adrc.gc.ca/E/pbg/cf/l55/README.html Those interested in applying to write the Customs Brokers Professional…

2 October 2003 Importer Valuation Guides The CCRA has released a draft Importer Valuation Guide. This document is found, in English and French, at http://www.cscb.ca/listinfo/valuationguide.pdf http://www.cscb.ca/listinfo/valuationguidef.pdf CCRA sought input for this draft from two groups only: the…

2 October 2003 EICS Bulletin - 2 October 2003 The GTIS PKI Certificate Authority has advised that their servers are back in business. If you encounter trouble when you log in to EICS, please advise the EICS Help Desk so that we can address the problem right away. [email protected] or by…