Trade News

7 April 2003 CCRA Announces 24-hour Rule for Marine Cargo The Minister of National Revenue has announced that, following extensive consultations with stakeholders, Canada will be implementing a 24-hour advance cargo notification rule for marine cargo importation. The 24-hour advance notification…

4 April 2003 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) Notice to Food Processors, Distributors and Importers April 3, 2003 The World Health Organization (WHO) is currently coordinating a global response to reported outbreaks of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), an atypical pneumonia presently…

4 April 2003 CANPASS Publications Available from CCRA The following publications are available on the CCRA web site: RC4075 CANPASS – Private Aircraft – Extending Border Services – DRAFT http://www.ccra-adrc.gc.ca/E/pub/cp/rc4075/README.html RC4119 CANPASS – Corporate Aircraft – DRAFT http://www…

4 April 2003 CSCB Toronto Region Seminar, “The New Export Regulations and AMPS Penalties” The CSCB Toronto Region is offering its final seminar of the winter/spring 2003 series, “The New Export Regulations and AMPS Penalties”, on 23 April 2003. You are encouraged to take this opportunity to learn…

4 April 2003 CFIA Web Site and AIRS Will be Available on 6 April The following message is from Kathy Telmosse, Acting Import Officer in the National Import Operations Division of the CFIA. Members are advised that the CFIA web site down time on Sunday, 6 April has been postponed, and that the AIRS…

3 April 2003 Appeal No. AP-2002-010 The appeal concerns a notice of decision dated February 15, 2002, which confirmed the determination allowing for a partial refund for overpaid federal sales tax but disallowing the claim for the remaining amount sought by Corlab Inc. for federal sales tax paid on…

3 April 2003 CFIA Web Site and AIRS Unavailable on 6 April 2003 The following message is from Kathy Telmosse, Acting Import Officer, National Import Operations Division at the CFIA. The CFIA web site, and the AIRS tool, will be unavailable from approximately 9:00 am until 3:00 pm on Sunday, 6 April…

3 April 2003 Canadian and American Customs Agencies and Canada’s Two Largest Railways Agree to Strengthen Security Arrangements Canadian and United States customs agencies and Canada's two major railways today announced they have signed a declaration of principles to further enhance security at the…

2 April 2003 SIMA Review of Undertakings regarding Plastic Shrinkable Bags On 2 April 2003 the CCRA announced that a review pursuant to section 53 of the SIMA has been concluded with respect to plastic shrinkable bags, whether in finished or semi-finished (tubular) form, for vacuum packaging of meat…

2 April 2003 Expiry Notice No. TE-2003-001 The CITT gives notice that the tariff relief order (Order in Council PC 2002-1087) made on 20 June 2002 to implement the Tribunal’s recommendation to the Minister of Finance in Review No. TA-2001-001, concerning certain ring-spun yarns, is scheduled to…

2 April 2003 PC 2003-415 PC 2003-415 is the CCRFTA Sugar Aggregate Quantity Limit Remission Order. 1. The following definitions apply in this Order: “goods” means refined sugar of tariff item Nos. 1701.91.00, 1702.90.11, 1702.90.12, 1702.90.13, 1702.90.14, 1702.90.15, 1702.90.16, 1702.90.17, 1702.90…

1 April 2003 CFIA Import Service Centre in Toronto Temporarily Unavailable The CFIA Import Service Centre in Toronto is experiencing communications problems, and cannot send any faxes. It is expected that this problem will last at least until noon today, 1 April 2003. Members are asked to fax…

1 April 2003 Updated Chapters in AIRS On 1 April 2003 the AIRS web site was updated as follows: In chapters 02, 05 and 16: meat products from the US: fully marked and unstamped In chapters 15, 19 and 21: meat products from the US: other than waiver In chapter 16: new OGD extension: 16.065.90.93.32…

1 April 2003 SIMA Index for April 2003 Now Available Please note that the SIMA index for April, 2003 is now available on the CCRA web site, at the following address: http://www.ccra-adrc.gc.ca/customs/business/sima/monthly-e.html http://www.ccra-adrc.gc.ca/customs/business/sima/monthly-e.html

1 April 2003 Another Update regarding Toronto Import Service Centre The CFIA Import Service Centre in Toronto continues to experience communications problems; members are asked to fax information to the Montreal Import Service Centre, at 514-93-4103, or 1-877-493-0468, until at least 3:00 pm today…

1 April 2003 Production Database Backup on 5 April 2003 The following message is from the Electronic Commerce Unit at the CCRA. The ECU will do a full database backup of the production database (PROD) on Saturday, 5 April 2003. Due to the work that needs to be done to the Production Database…